Monthly Archives: May 2024

Apple and Google have agreed to a standard to notify users when unknown bluetooth devices are tracking users. For iOS the notifications will begin with ios17.5 and Android 6.0 @techcrunch

New tech term to know: “extended reality” Extended reality will also be a new regulatory exploration.  The term includes technologies that merge the digital and physical worlds that includes metaverse, augmented reality, and virtual reality. @MITSloan

Amarillo is one of the first cities to utilize an AI assistant, an AI woman named Emma, created by Amarillo’s IT team and Dell Technologies. “When Emma becomes fully operational later this year, city officials expect the digital assistant to converse multilingually across more than 60 languages, adroitly answering questions, retrieving information and, when necessary, […]

We’ve been talking about how Quantum is going to be the next big thing for lawmakers.  Colorado Governor signed HB24-1325 – Tax Credits for Quantum Industry Support. The new state tax credits for Quantum are triggered only if the Colorado based company also receives multi-million dollar federal funding. @afrotech

Colorado Governor signed  Senate Bill 24-205 which makes it the first state legislature to create AI regulatory framework. In his signing statement, the Governor raised concerns about the legislation impacting the growth of the nascent industry and concerns over not considering the intent of AI as it relates to discrimination. @goodgoodgoodco Route Fifty | Colorado […]

MIT researchers say they have tracked AI and noted that AI technologies “are adept at bluffing in poker, deceiving people and using underhanded methods to get the upper hand in financial negotiations.⁠” @telegraph MIT Technology Review

HB 1192 (2024 | GA), a bill that would have suspended tax breaks for new data centers in Georgia because of the strain on electricity supplies, has been vetoed.  The veto is based on the bill “inhibiting important infrastructure and job development.”

Atalanta City Council is considering amending its ordinances to prohibit new data centers near certain transit lines.

Connecticut legislature is considering SB 2 (2024 | CT) to create a state framework for AI regulation. Opponents say a state approach stifles innovation and hinders economic growth. Opponents also say the broad disclosures required by the bill are vague and create too much uncertainty for business. CT Mirror Viewpoints | Don’t let hasty AI regulation cripple […]

Remember a couple years ago when a tech giant was calling for data privacy to be a right? There’s a move in Canada to make data privacy a human right with amendments to Bill C- 27 . The Hill Times | Data privacy as a human right must be recognized by privacy and AI bill, […]