Axios: California Republic … What does this mean? Worth exploring

As goes Sacramento …
 
Illustration of the California flag with an AI sparkle in place of the star
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To see where tech policy is going in the U.S., look west: California is escalating its push to regulate AI across multiple fronts, Axios’ Ashley Gold reports.

Why it matters: California’s multi-pronged approach makes it likely that AI companies in the U.S. will treat the state’s rules as a de facto national standard, even as the White House moves to rein in state regulation.

It follows a familiar pattern: California acts first, companies adapt to keep doing business there and Congress dithers, eventually yielding to states because of gridlock.

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed an AI executive order this week as state legislators advance a number of AI bills and consider other regulatory avenues for AI.

It aims to “raise the bar for AI companies seeking to do business with the state,” per the announcement, and makes procurement standards stronger.

The state will develop a plan for contracting best practices requiring companies to explain their policies on distribution of illegal content, model bias and violation of civil rights and free speech.

In a clear shot at the Pentagon-Anthropic dispute, the order also enables California to “separate the procurement authorization process from the federal government’s if needed,” the release says.Share this story.
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Life event that changes all: Horse riding accident in Zimbabwe in 1993, a fractured skull et al including bipolar anxiety, chronic fatigue …. co-morbidities (Nietzche 'He who has the reason why can deal with any how' details my health history from 1993 to date). 17th 2017 August operation for breast cancer (no indications just an appointment came from BreastCheck through the Post). Trinity College Dublin Business Economics and Social Studies (but no degree) 1997-2003; UCD 1997/1998 night classes) essays, projects, writings. Trinity Horizon Programme 1997/98 (Centre for Women Studies Trinity College Dublin/St. Patrick's Foundation (Professor McKeon) EU Horizon funded: research study of 15 women (I was one of this group and it became the cornerstone of my journey to now 2017) over 9 mth period diagnosed with depression and their reintegration into society, with special emphasis on work, arts, further education; Notes from time at Trinity Horizon Project 1997/98; Articles written for Irishhealth.com 2003/2004; St Patricks Foundation monthly lecture notes for a specific period in time; Selection of Poetry including poems written by people I know; Quotations 1998-2017; other writings mainly with theme of social justice under the heading Citizen Journalism Ireland. Letters written to friends about life in Zimbabwe; Family history including Michael Comyn KC, my grandfather, my grandmother's family, the O'Donnellan ffrench Blake-Forsters; Moral wrong: An acrimonious divorce but the real injustice was the Catholic Church granting an annulment – you can read it and make your own judgment, I have mine. Topics I have written about include annual Brain Awareness week, Mashonaland Irish Associataion in Zimbabwe, Suicide (a life sentence to those left behind); Nostalgia: Tara Hill, Co. Meath.
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