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MI to Weigh Ban on Stock Buybacks for Companies Receiving Tax Breaks Michigan Sen. Mallory McMorrow (D) introduced a bill ( SB 783 ) that would prohibit publicly traded companies receiving economic incentives...
VA House Passes Paid Sick Leave Bill Virginia’s House of Delegates approved a bill ( HB 5 ) that would expand the state’s current paid sick leave law, which applies only to a small segment...
VA Lawmakers Okay Prescription Drug Affordability Board Virginia lawmakers have passed legislation ( SB 271 / HB 483 ) that would create a prescription drug affordability board to review drug prices...
Geolocation data has become a new frontier in privacy protection. This year, Virginia could join Maryland and Oregon as the first states to prohibit the sale of information that provides the precise...
Insurance Bill Raises Concerns in FL A fast-moving bill ( SB 1028 ) in Florida, sponsored by Sen. Joe Gruters (R), chairman of the Senate’s Banking and Insurance Committee, would require Citizens...
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A pair of bills aimed at protecting minors from harm by chatbots are nearing passage in California. Of the two, tech groups favor SB 243, which would allow citizens to sue for damages caused by AI chatbot companions, over the more sweeping AB 1064, which would require entities that make chatbots available to users to implement protocols to ensure they don’t encourage minors to engage in harmful behaviors. (PLURIBUS NEWS)
The attorneys general of California and Delaware sent a letter to OpenAI warning the company of their “serious concerns” about the safety of its chatbot, ChatGPT, especially for minors, in light of a recent suicide in California and a murder-suicide in Delaware associated with the chatbot. The two officials, California AG Rob Bonta (D) and Delaware AG Kathleen Jennings (D) have unique powers to regulate nonprofits like OpenAI. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK
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