Monthly Archives: August 2025

We talked about Illinois new law prohibiting AI for mental health. Now we need to add Nevada’s AB 406, Utah’s HB 452, Pennsylvania’s proposed SB 631, New Jersey’s proposed HB 5603, and California’s proposed SB 579. Association of Health Care Journalists | States crack down on AI for behavioral health care

In 2024, Colorado became the first state to establish a regulatory framework for AI. Now the Colorado Legislature is in a special session to revise its 2024 laws. The competing interests are consumer protections; the cost to public and higher education to implement regulations; and the business community’s concern that regulations will stifle innovation. CPR […]

A new report from MIT found that companies are reporting a 95% failure rate with generative AI. In total these companies spent $30 billion on generative AI. The report found that to achieve success, generative AI needs to achieve contextual adaptation and autonomous operation. The Hill | Companies have invested billions into AI, 95 percent […]

37 Attorneys General sent a letter to Instagram about its early August new location sharing feature. The letter calls on Instagram to revise its feature. They wrote, “Unrestricted location-sharing features pose a particular risk for minors as they can be readily used by sexual predators to identify and geographically target children in the real world. We […]

The Information Technology Industry Council has advice for the new national cyber director: focus on “results-driven action.” Their report lists recommendations that include advance national cyber security priorities (bye,bye state cyber laws); prepare for quantum threats; modernize cryptography; and harden the software supply chain to raise the cost for adversaries.

AI psychosis is explained by @time as “people developing delusions or distorted beliefs that appear to be triggered or reinforced by conversations with AI.”  Seems like a good time to mention that Illinois became the first state to prohibit AI from offering mental health care or therapy. @morningbrew

According to the Conference of State Bank Supervisors, 40+ states seek to regulate cryptocurrency. The main objectives of state regulation are “identifying and managing risks and nurturing innovative developments.” Examples include a bill in Illinois to have crypto currencies register with the state’s  Department of Financial and Professional Regulation while exempting technology companies that provide no financial services […]

@mitsmr reminds us that AI can’t read people or a room, which means when your organization utilizes “real human communication” then your organization is ahead of the game.

Meet the new Commission on Cyber Force Generation, which sprouts from the Center for Strategic and International Studies and the Foundation for Defense of Democracies’ Cyber Solarium Commission 2.0. Because, you know, efficiency. Who will be on this new commission? Cyber leaders in the private and public sectors, which will include former officials from U.S. […]

Kansas joins the list of states that are protecting personal data from being disclosed to the federal government. Kansas is refusing to send SNAP personal data to the USDA. Multiple states have sued to protect their residents’ data.   Kansas Reflector | State officials again refuse to release Kansans’ personal data to USDA