Welcome to the Future!
So, how is NYC going to become the crypto capital? Creating a digital asset for city services and taxes; creating a new “digital asset advisory council” to advise on workforce issues; and adopting a digital coin.
Government Technology | NYC Mayor Spells Out Big Plans for Crypto and Blockchain
@harvard_business_review tells us that the top uses of GenAI are therapy/companionship; organizing “my life;” “finding my purpose;” enhanced learning; generating ideas; fun and nonsense; creativity; and healthier living.”
The Digital Equity Act is a federal act that seeks to expand access to broadband. President Trump says it is “racist and illegal $2.5 billion giveaway.” In response, Alisa Valentin, broadband policy director at open internet advocacy group Public Knowledge, said in a statement, “The irony is that the weaponization of the word ‘equity’ will halt progress in closing the digital divide and will also severely impact his voter base of white Americans who live in rural areas in red states, including veterans and the elderly.”
Route Fifty | BEAD uncertainty swirls, joined by Trump’s threats to the Digital Equity Act
California Privacy Protection Agency is the first of its kind in the nation. It was approved by voters in 2020. It proposed some rules about AI that the Governor and businesses said would be too costly. This week the agency revised its proposed rules, which they say won’t apply to 90% of businesses and reduces the cost to businesses from $843 million to $143 million.
Governing | California’s Privacy Agency Backs Off AI Regulations
Yale’s Digital Ethics Center helps states navigate the balance of regulation and innovation in state AI legislation.
Yale News | Yale’s Digital Ethics Center helps U.S. states navigate the promise and perils of AI
Colorado Legislature attempted to reach an agreement to resolve concerns over their 1st in the nation AI bill. Those negotiations met legislative deadlines and the previously passed AI legislation will be implemented.
GovTech | Colorado House Fails in Late-Night Move to Slow AI Rules
What are data centers saying in the midst of discussions of AI and energy use? Data centers create jobs, are economic engines, are key to the future of the economy, that have contributed $3.46 trillion to U.S. gross domestic product and created more than 600,000 direct jobs according to the industry.
Route Fifty | Data centers defend environmental record amid AI push
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 requirements that social media platforms, rather than law enforcement, enforce state law. It mandates a private company to investigate and impose the government’s chosen penalty of permanently deplatforming a user even if the underlying complaint is malicious and unwarranted. In our judicial proceedings, people receive due process when they are suspected of breaking the law.“
Route Fifty | Colorado Senate votes to override Polis veto of social media regulation bill
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,”