California lawmakers spent the year pursuing ambitious plans to impose new regulations on the tech industry, from social media and artificial intelligence (AI) to data privacy and autonomous vehicles. The results, as legislators gaveled out of session over the weekend, were decidedly mixed.
Lawmakers approved first-in-the-nation legislation to require safeguards on AI systems that cost more than $100 million to train, over the opposition of some of the world's largest AI giants. But a bill to regulate the use of AI-backed automated decision-making didn't cross the finish line after the Senate watered down its language.
Bills barring addictive social media feeds for minors and the sale of youth data without parental authorization won approval, but a tougher measure to impose fines on social media companies for harms caused to children was shelved amid heavy lobbying from the tech industry.
A look at California lobbying filings shows the tech industry spent millions — final filings are still trickling in — to woo California lawmakers. It's clear lawmakers across the country are zeroing in on Big Tech, and the industry is going on a lobbyist spending spree to match. Read more at Pluribus News.
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