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Chatbot Bills Near Passage in CA 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...
NM Gov Calls Special Session to Bolster Safety Net New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) announced a special session in October to bolster safety net programs in response to the federal spending...
Political “debanking,” the practice of banks restricting or closing customers’ accounts for political or religious reasons, has once again become a hot topic , thanks to President Donald...
CO Lawmakers Tweak Last Year’s First-In-Nation AI Law In a special session that began last week, Colorado Senate Majority Leader Robert Rodriguez (D) introduced legislation ( SB 4 a ) that would...
States Seek Ways to Replace Expiring Federal Health Subsidies Policymakers in California, Colorado, Maryland and other states are considering ways to backfill pandemic-era federal health insurance subsidies...
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Texas Rep. Mary González (D) has prefiled a package of bills for next year’s session targeting minors’ access to artificial intelligence-generated sexually explicit images and videos. The state has already passed legislation dealing with nonconsensual pornographic deepfakes, but these measures would go further, placing requirements on AI image generators.
One of the bills (HB 581) would require AI image-generating sites to verify the age of users and ensure that individuals depicted in uploaded images are at least 18 and have given their consent, as well as prohibit explicit images of minors. Other bills would allow individuals to sue deepfake generator sites for unauthorized use of their image (HB 421) and update the state’s existing ban on nonconsensual explicit deepfakes to include still images (HB 449). (PLURIBUS NEWS, LEXISNEXIS STATE NET)
States are offering generous incentive packages to try to attract new data centers and the tax revenues and high-tech jobs they provide. But data centers place huge demands on already strained power grids at the same time that many states are trying to meet 100% renewable energy goals. Lawmakers may start combining incentives with provisions to bolster the energy supply. (PLURIBUS NEWS).
—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK
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