Context: California, Colorado and Utah have each already passed new state laws to regulate automated decision-making systems, generative AI systems and/or synthetic content. Most states have AI-related bills in progress, mostly at earlier stages in the legislative process.
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Civil Liberties Groups Oppose AI Ban Proposals
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Civil liberties organizations, the National Conference of State Legislatures and a bipartisan group of state attorneys general, and other have opposed both the 10-year AI ban and the 5-year version.
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Senate Amendment Seeks Strip AI Consumer Protection Five-Year Compromise
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Big update on the budget reconciliation provision that would ban states and local governments from creating or enforcing AI-related consumer protections. Senators @SenMarkey and @SenatorCantwell had already filed their own amendment today to strip the 5-year compromise.
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VentureBeat Transform Event Coverage and AI Innovation
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ICYMI: My latest freelance story for @VentureBeat about this week’s #VBTransform event.
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Google Adtech Antitrust Case Faces EU Secrecy Rule Conflict
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New Google filings in the adtech antitrust case ask the court to order production of docs outlining potential adtech remedies in a separate antitrust case it has in the EU. Google lawyers say they can’t share the docs for the US case w/out risking violation of EU secrecy rules.
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Entrepreneurial Success in Technology: Taking Action Over Overthinking
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Congrats, Alex!! It's both impressive and inspiring how much Big Technology's grown so far. Glad to see examples of entrepreneurial journalists thriving! On a related note: As a fellow over-thinker, your first point about the need to "just go for it" is especially resonant.
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AI Agents Built Differently: Writer’s Adaptive Systems Approach
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During her talk at #VBTransform, @may_habib said AI agents are “categorically different” in how they’re built, operate and improve. My latest @VentureBeat story looks at @Get_Writer takes a different approach to building adaptive systems than traditional software. (Link in)
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Data Management Practices Gap in Organizations: Gartner Survey
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A related data point I found: a @Gartner_inc survey of data management leaders revealed 63% think their organizations either lacked proper data practices or were unsure if they had them.
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Enterprises Must Prioritize AI-Ready Data Governance Planning
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In another story about @VentureBeat
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Replit CEO discusses vibecoding, AI agents and future vision
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New byline alert: I just wrote my first freelance story for @VentureBeat
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