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North Carolina’s House Bill 462 would allow consumers to limit online shadowing (you know. the algorithms) and prevent their personal information from being sold for targeted ads or data mining.  Route Fifty | North Carolina lawmakers consider bill to let consumers opt out of targeted online ads

Colorado’s Senate Bill 25-86 “would regulate social media companies by requiring they remove people from the platform who violate the terms of service by exploiting young people for sexual content or sell drugs or firearms.” The Senate voted to override the veto, the House did not. Colorado’s Governor vetoed the measure stating “This law imposes sweeping […]

The Executive Order is a call ““To ensure the United States remains a global leader in this technological revolution, we must provide our Nation’s youth with opportunities to cultivate the skills and understanding necessary to use and create the next generation of AI technology,”

Add Arizona to the growing list of state legislatures that are creating state bitcoin reserves. SB 1025 strengthens state recognition of crypto currencies & SB 1373 creates the reserve. The bills are on the Governor’s desk. If signed it would be the first state bitcoin reserve. NBC News | Arizona Legislature pushes for a state […]

@MIT Sloan introduces us to the new term of art, “intelligent choice architectures.” Intelligent choice architectures are “AI systems that proactively participate in structuring and shaping strategic decisions.” What makes this so powerful? “their ability to actively learn from outcomes, seek information, and alter the options available to decision makers.”

Guess which country leads in innovation? If you guessed Switzerland, you are correct. Sweden is 2nd. The U.S. is third. WIPO’s GII 2024 results

@techcrunch reports that OpenAI is complaining that saying please and thank you to their AI costs them millions. These are smart people, right? So why not program the AI to ignore please and thank you? What kind of a society are we if there is no please and thank you- that’s like the barest of […]

A new report from Semperis, an identity security and cyber resilience company, found that 62% of water and power operators in the United States and the United Kingdom have been targeted by cyberattacks in the past year, 80% of which have been targeted multiple times. 59% of those surveyed confirmed that cyber criminals sponsored by […]

Pennsylvania Legislature is considering making it a criminal offense to use a tracking device to track someone. HB 407 (2025 | PA) Similar laws have been enacted in Ohio; Florida; and according to NCSL 11 states have created criminal offense for tracking devises. Route Fifty } PA House passes bill creating criminal offense for tracking […]

An Arkansas judge struck down the state’s social media law that restricts kids social media use and verifies the ages of all account holders. The judge found the law unconstitutional as it violates residents’ First Amendment rights by restricting speech without being tailored narrowly to serve a “compelling government interest.”  Route Fifty | Judge strikes […]