California Governor Gavin Newsom vetoes SB 771, which would've fined social media companies up to $1M if their algorithms promoted violent or extremist content
To the Members of the California State Senate: I am returning Senate Bill 771 without my signature. Sophia Bollag / GovTech : California Governor Signs New Artificial Intelligence Laws Anabel Sosa / S...
Mark Zuckerberg's letter to Jim Jordan gave Republicans just enough to claim a political win, without getting Meta in more trouble amid its FTC antitrust suit
Mark Zuckerberg's letter to Chairman Jim Jordan and the House … Nick Heer / Pixel Envy : Mark Zuckerberg Ingratiates Himself With U.S. Republican Politicians Casey Newton / Platformer : Zuckerberg dra...
Several legal experts say Section 230 will not protect firms from lawsuits over the outputs of generative AI, echoing SCOTUS Justice Gorsuch's 2023 statement
especially when it makes a mistake.” … Forums: r/aiwars : The AI Industry Is Steaming Toward A Legal Iceberg: Several legal experts say Section 230 will not protect firms from lawsuits over the output...
Several legal experts say Section 230 will not protect firms from lawsuits over the outputs of generative AI, echoing SCOTUS Justice Gorsuch's 2023 statement
Legal scholars, lawmakers and at least one Supreme Court justice agree that companies will be liable for the things their AIs say and do … Mastodon: @statesdj@genomic.social and @mimsical@mastodon.soc...
In the years since Facebook and Twitter banned Donald Trump after the January 6 attacks, he and his allies have beaten down efforts to filter election lies
A government shutdown is looming — again Frank Ricci / The Daily Caller : Biden Admin's ‘Misinformation’ Crackdown Faces Day Of Reckoning At SCOTUS Ryan King / New York Post : Pence has ‘forgiven’ Tru...
In his year-end report, SCOTUS Chief Justice John Roberts says AI is a mixed blessing for the legal field, urging “caution and humility” when adopting the tech
Chief Justice John Roberts. https://www.cnn.com/... Forums: Msmash / Slashdot : US Supreme Court's Roberts Urges ‘Caution’ as AI Reshapes Legal Field
The current push for age restrictions on certain online content in the US echoes the Communications Decency Act of 1996, which was struck down by SCOTUS in 1997
New York Times : Mastodon: @kashhill@mastodon.social . Tweets: @amarisllis and @kashhill Mastodon: @kashhill@mastodon.social : Lawmakers worried about the internet's effects on young brains have prop...
“Welcome to hell, Elon”: Musk won't be able to grow Twitter users and revenue without enormous compromises and realizing that content moderation is the product
Now It's Elon Musk's Turn Benj Edwards / Ars Technica : How to download a backup copy of your Twitter data (or deactivate your account) Peter Kafka / Vox : The Big Tech boom is over and Wall Street kn...
Over half of the top 20 YouTube search results for “RBG” this week pointed to conspiracy-theory videos about Ruth Bader Ginsburg's health
Washington Post : Tweets: @tonyromm , @drewharwell , @oneunderscore__ , and @slpng_giants See also Mediagazer Tweets: Tony Romm / @tonyromm : NEW: Looking for RBG on YouTube? Users who searched for t...