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NY Gov Signs AI Safety Bill New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) signed legislation ( AB 6453 / SB 6953 ) establishing safety and reporting requirements for major developers of so-called frontier artificial...
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Florida House Speaker Daniel Perez (R) unveiled a two-bill healthcare package aimed at aligning the state with President Trump’s new federal framework. HB 693 would tighten eligibility for Medicaid...
President Donald Trump has waded into one of the most pressing and prevalent issues in state capitols these days: regulating artificial intelligence. In early December, the president said on his Truth...
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed an artificial intelligence safety measure (SB 53), exactly one year after vetoing a similar but broader bill (SB 1047 [2024]). The new law is aimed at preventing the most advanced AI systems from posing “catastrophic risk,” such as by helping to create a biological or nuclear weapon. The New York Legislature passed a similar law in June (SB 6953). (PLURIBUS NEWS, LEXISNEXIS STATE NET)
In response to the growing popularity of wearable neurotechnology devices, Connecticut (SB 1295) and Montana (SB 163) have enacted legislation amending their existing privacy laws to include protections for neural data. At least five other states have considered neural data privacy measures this year. California and Colorado enacted first-in-the-nation neural data privacy laws last year. (PLURIBUS NEWS, LEXISNEXIS STATE NET)
—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK
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