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IL House Passes ‘Junk Fee’ Bill The Illinois House passed a bill ( HB 228 ) that would amend the state’s Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act to prohibit businesses from...
Anthropic Not Releasing New AI Model to Public The artificial intelligence company Anthropic—recently in the headlines for demanding that the Pentagon agree to certain limitations on the use of...
CT Lawmakers Target AI in Employment A bill (SB 435) before Connecticut’s legislature would require employers to disclose to job applicants when they are communicating with artificial intelligence...
On March 11, Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson (D) signed HB 2303 . The law, which takes effect June 11, bars employers from requesting, requiring or coercing workers or job applicants to accept a subcutaneous...
ND Regulators Approve Bank-to-Bank Stablecoin Use North Dakota’s Industrial Commission approved the use of the state bank’s planned stablecoin, the Roughrider Coin, for bank-to-bank transactions...
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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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