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NY Enacts Social Media Protections for Minors New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) signed first-in-the-nation legislation ( SB 7694 ) prohibiting social media platforms from providing algorithmic feeds to...
CA to Make Changes to Labor Law Costing Employers Billions Business and labor groups in California have agreed on changes to the Private Attorney’s General Act, a landmark state law that has allowed...
PBMs Driving Up Prescription Drug Prices The three largest pharmacy benefit managers—CVS Health, Cigna and UnitedHealth Group—often “steer patients toward pricier drugs, charge steep...
With America facing an obesity epidemic , it’s no wonder some are embracing the concept that food—simple, healthy, nutritious food—is medicine in and of itself, a philosophy that’s...
VT Gov Vetoes Tough Privacy Bill Vermont Gov. Phil Scott (R) vetoed HB 121 , which would have been one of the strongest consumer data privacy laws in the nation, allowing residents to sue data brokers...
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) signed SB 205, the most sweeping artificial intelligence legislation in the country so far. In a letter to lawmakers, the governor said he was signing the measure in the hope of furthering the national conversation about AI regulation but that he was doing so “with reservations,” and he called on lawmakers to “significantly improve” on the law before it goes into effect in 2026. (PLURIBUS NEWS, LEXISNEXIS STATE NET)
Vermont’s Democrat-led legislature passed one of the nation’s strongest data privacy bills (HB 121), which would prohibit companies from selling sensitive data like financial and health information and allow consumers to bring civil lawsuits against violators. But Gov. Phil Scott (R) is concerned about how part of the measure could impact small businesses and his spokesperson said he would make a decision about whether or not to sign the bill after he’s reviewed the final version passed by lawmakers. (ASSOCIATED PRESS, LEXISNEXIS STATE NET)
The OpenAI team tasked only a year ago with evaluating the long-term risks of artificial intelligence has been dissolved by the company. The news followed the departure of the team’s leaders, OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever and Jan Leike, from the company. Leike wrote that the company’s “safety culture and processes have taken a backseat to shiny products.” (CNBC)
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