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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...
For two years running , we’ve opened our annual story predicting the top issues for state legislators in the coming year by noting just how tense and uncertain things are, what with the war in Ukraine...
States Sue to Block H-1B Visa Fee The attorneys general of 20 states, led by California and Massachusetts, filed a federal lawsuit aimed at blocking the Trump administration’s new $100,000 fee...
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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The Trump administration released an “AI Action Plan,” aimed at speeding the development of artificial intelligence in the United States, including by removing “red tape and onerous regulation.” Among other things the plan recommends that federal agencies with “AI-related discretionary programs...consider a state’s AI regulatory climate when making funding decisions and limit funding if the state’s AI regulatory regimes may hinder the effectiveness of that funding or award.” (NEW YORK TIMES, WHITE HOUSE)
New York Sen. Andrew Gounardes (D) has introduced bills that would require social media platforms to display warning labels (SB 4505) and require social media companies to let users turn off the algorithms that determine the content they see (SB 4506). The warning label measure has already been passed by both chambers. The algorithm control measure is in the Senate’s Committee on Internet and Technology. (STATE OF POLITICS, LEXISNEXIS STATE NET)
—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK
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