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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...
New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez (D) filed a lawsuit alleging Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta gives sexual predators free access to minors. Torrez said other lawsuits filed against the company have focused mainly on the negative mental health affects of social media on minors, but his state’s suit is the first to also focus on the potential harms of sexual abuse and sex trafficking. (SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN)
Meta and IBM launched a new group they’re calling the AI Alliance to advocate for an open-source approach to the development of artificial intelligence. Companies like Google, Microsoft and ChatGPT developer OpenAI, instead, favor a proprietary approach to AI development. Meta’s chief AI scientist, Yann LeCun, has claimed Google and OpenAI aim to consolidate their power over development of the technology, while OpenAI’s chief scientist and co-founder, Ilya Sutskever, has contended that it would be dangerous to release details about such a powerful technology to the public. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Google is releasing its most powerful artificial intelligence model, Gemini, this week. Company executives said the model performed better than OpenAI’s GPT 3.5. The company plans to license the technology for customers to use in their own applications through Google Cloud. (CNBC)
U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland warning that foreign governments are using push notification records from Apple and Google to spy on users of the companies’ smartphones. Wyden said his office had investigated a tip claiming foreign government agencies had been “demanding” these records, which include news alerts, emails and social media alerts and can reveal insights about users. (CNBC)
The Federal Trade Commission is looking into whether Microsoft Corp.’s investment in OpenAI violates antitrust laws. The agency hasn’t launched a formal investigation, however. (BLOOMBERG)
—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK
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