(CalMatters) - California legislators just sent Gov. Gavin Newsom more than a dozen bills regulating artificial intelligence, testing for threats to critical infrastructure, curbing the use of algorithms on children, limiting the use of deepfakes, and more.
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Property Owners Would Be Able to Use Power They Generate for Themselves
(The Independent) - A bill that would enable schools, shopping centers and landlords of multi-unit residential buildings to use the electricity they collect with their own rooftop solar systems has passed the California Legislature.
(ALM LAW) - In the final days of California’s legislative session, lawmakers sent Gov. Gavin Newsom a closely watched bill that creates new rules for large-scale generative artificial intelligence models, setting the stage for the tech friendly leader to opt for precedent-setting regulation or industry-demanded innovative space.
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District 13’s state senator prioritizes AI, homeless housing and the justice system
(San Mateo Daily Journal) - As the 2023-24 legislative session comes to a close, state Sen. Josh Becker, D-Menlo Park, has authored several bills that have successfully passed the Legislature and are now waiting for Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signature — including artificial intelligence regulation and streamlining homeless shelter production.
It was known as the Mexican Repatriation, and it began in 1930, as the Great Depression took hold. President Herbert Hoover announced a plan to ensure “American jobs for real Americans” – implying anyone of Mexican descent was not a “real” American.