Monthly Archives: January 2024

Florida legislature is moving HB 1 (2024 | FL) that would ban kids under 16 from being on social media. “Sites like TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, X, Snapchat and YouTube are expected to become targets, out of concern that they could affect young people’s mental health.” Politico | Legislature wants kids on digital detox

  In 2023 Utah passed restrictions on kids using social media. Tech groups sued. Utah’s attorneys told the court that the Legislature would repeal and replace the laws in 2024. The Legislature is in the process of doing so.  Salt Lake Tribune | Big changes to how Utah kids use social media are — again — […]

Ring, the doorbell camera company, will no longer allow police to ask Ring users for video footage. Ring announced the new policy by blog post. Ring is owned by Amazon. @ABCNEWS NPR | Ring will no longer allow police to request users’ doorbell camera footage

Identifying business trends: Quantum Computing. “McKinsey has estimated that 5,000 quantum computers will be operational by 2030 but that the hardware and software necessary for handling the most complex problems won’t be available until 2035 or later.” @MITSLOAN

Pennsylvania and Open A.I. have announced a new partnership. Governor Shapiro said, “I believe Pennsylvania can be a national leader in the safe and responsible use of generative AI in our government operations—and this first-in-the-nation pilot with OpenAI will help us safely and securely learn from and use this important technology to serve Pennsylvanians and […]

Open AI and Arizona State University, those Sun Devils, are partnering. This is the 1st university to partner with Open AI so that “Arizona State University will have full access to ChatGPT Enterprise and plans to use it for coursework, tutoring, research and more.” @CNBC

Idaho Legislature is considering a bill that will “make it a crime to use sexually explicit images generated by artificial intelligence to harass victims or extort money from the victim depicted. “ Idaho Capital Sun | Idaho Legislature introduces new bill banning explicit AI media to harass or extort victims 

Executive Orders: California + Pennsylvania Task Forces on A.I.:  New Jersey, Oklahoma and Wisconsin Issued policy guidance:  Kansas, South Dakota and Utah A smattering of model acts: European Union’s AI Act, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s Recommendations on Artificial Intelligence, &  National Institute of Standards and Technology’s AI Risk Management Framework Route Fifty | A good AI policy needs to consider these 12 […]

Do we regulate AI voices/appearances in advertising? Well, there’s a sweepstakes that uses an AI generated Taylor Swift voice and face. The sweepstake is for a certain cookware brand that had nothing to do with these FaceBook ads. “In April, the Better Business Bureau warned consumers that fake celebrity scams made with A.I. were “more convincing than […]

Politics and A.I. feels like a punch line, and maybe it is. Florida lawmakers are considering disclaimers on any political information that utilizes content derived from artificial intelligence. Miami Herald | 10 Things to Watch as Florida lawmakers begin 2024 session