Senate Bill 1047, a sprawling piece of legislation introduced by San Francisco Democrat Scott Wiener in February, offers protection to whistleblowers and citizens. The coming weeks could decide its fate.
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California’s two biggest school districts botched AI deals. Here are lessons from their mistakes.
Educators can learn caution mistakes with artificial intelligence in Los Angeles and San Diego. But they also face pressure to adopt AI technology quickly.
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Still need your landline? California regulators just stopped AT&T from pulling the plug
The California Public Utilities Commission rejected the telecom’s bid to stop providing service in many parts of the state. The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors was among the bodies weighing in against AT&T’s application.
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Could AI reject your resumé? California tries to prevent a new kind of discrimination
State regulators have proposed rules on evaluating workers and job applicants using artificial intelligence. “This new technology can obscure responsibility and make it harder to discern who’s responsible when a person is subjected to discriminatory decision-making,” one analyst says.
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Millions of Californians weigh options after losing an affordable internet subsidy
A federal affordable internet subsidy is going away and 3 million Californians must decide whether to end access largely considered a human right.
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Who’s selling your digital data? California gives you tools to protect your online privacy
About 450 companies are on the data broker registry in California, and a law passed last year will make it easier to delete the data they collect about people.
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Californians get hacked all the time. The state’s top cybersecurity job is vacant
After the previous head of California’s Cybersecurity Integration Center left in 2022, Gov. Gavin Newsom has yet to appoint a commander who is tasked with informing businesses and governments of cybersecurity threats.
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Bill package takes aim at AI and elections
A suite of five bills introduced this week seeks to protect election integrity from bad actors using artificial intelligence, especially on social media.