A look at the growing torrent of US state-based AI bills, as the states shift from comprehensive AI regulation to focus on narrower issues, like mental health
A check-in — Introduction — This newsletter first started picking up readers because of my writing about AI regulations in state governments.
The EU publishes a voluntary code of practice to help companies follow its AI Act, including requiring developers to provide up-to-date AI feature documentation
digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/ policies/... Yoshua Bengio / @yoshuabengio : All of us who drafted the Chapter are independent experts. With lots of useful input from industry, civil society, and a...
Oregon and Louisiana warn that the MOVEit hackers may have stolen the SSNs and driver's license numbers of 3.5M Oregonians and 3M+ Louisianians from state DMVs
what you need to know Kevin Collier / NBC News : Info from dozens of companies, millions of Americans compromised by Russia-speaking cybergrime group Benjamin Freed / StateScoop : More state governmen...
The US House bans TikTok on all House-managed devices, citing a “high risk due to a number of security issues”, after similar bans by US state governments
Analysis: Amazon has secured around $650M in tax breaks from US local and state governments so far in 2021 as incentives to expand one-day and same-day delivery
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Adam Mosseri faces criticism after comparing social media to cars, saying “cars create way more value than they destroy”, even though people die in accidents
a delightful & depressing social lubricant blending short-term euphoria w/ long-term regret that offers to young consumers a messy cocktail of dopamine, disorientation, and dependency. Social media is...
Local officials, educators, and advocacy groups are frustrated by refusal of ISPs to provide data on how many customers they signed up via low income programs
AT&T, Verizon, Comcast — won't share data, because they say its ‘proprietary.’ Fascinating item from @cfarivar https://www.nbcnews.com/... @nbcnews : Even though most internet service providers offer ...
Facebook launches Fundraisers in India and expands partnerships with state governments for WhatsApp and Messenger helplines to tackle coronavirus misinformation
Manish Singh / TechCrunch :
EU governments agree on copyright reform, that needs EU parliament approval, to let news sites charge aggregators for snippets, force upload filters on websites
Update from May 25th 2018, 13:37: Member State governments have today adopted their position on the copyright reform …
How Amazon uses an in-house team of specialists to gain incentives from local and state governments for building projects, including its second headquarters
Wall Street Journal :