State officials have found they are using six high-risk AI-like systems. One year ago, they reported using zero.
Author Archives: Khari Johnson , CalMatters
Posted inBusiness & Labor
Union leaders have a message for Newsom: Regulate AI if you want to be president
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.
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.