Leaders from the AFL-CIO, representing 2.3 million nationwide members, say Gov. Gavin Newsom needs to focus on the technology’s harms to win support for her presidential run.
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Posted inArts & Culture
Generative AI is eating culture. See how close it’s getting to disrupting dance
Dancers say their craft can’t be duplicated by AI. Our tests show they’re right — for now.
Posted inBusiness & Labor
California orders Elon Musk’s AI company to immediately stop sharing sexual deepfakes
Attorney General Rob Bonta said it is a violation of California law to create and distribute of nonconsensual sexual AI images as xAI has done.
Posted inPolice & Courts
Newsom just vetoed a bill to regulate license plate readers — even as fresh evidence of misuse emerges
Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would have required regular purges of license plate databases and regularly audited how automated plate readers are used. He said the regulations would have impeded criminal investigations.
Posted inMendocino
Opinion: The Democratic Party has abandoned Mendocino County’s working class
Removing dams creates water scarcity and deepens poverty. People must come first.