Amid the AI boom, rents and evictions are skyrocketing. While many point to a lack of housing as the driver of rising rents and evictions, some say the story is more nuanced.
Category: Artificial Intelligence
Posted inArtificial Intelligence, From the Newsroom, Government & Politics
Our AI Reporting Reached the Congressional Candidate Debates. The Facts Got Lost in the Exchange.
Candidates rarely call out our work directly, but this month Connie Chan and Scott Wiener debated the Public Press’ reporting live on stage.
Posted inArtificial Intelligence, Data Privacy, Government & Politics
San Francisco Airport Contractor Exports Facial Data to Federal Agencies, Critics Charge
A San Francisco International Airport contract for facial recognition technology that sends data to Customs and Border Protection violates local sanctuary city policies, advocates said at an Airport Commission meeting Tuesday.
Posted inArtificial Intelligence, California, Economy & Business, Government & Politics, Technology
Following California’s Lead, New York Says AI Companies Need Not Warn Regulators of Safety Risks
Seventeen minutes into his final State of the State address on Jan. 8, Gov. Gavin Newsom declared California’s newly enacted artificial intelligence safety law “a template for the nation.” He boasted that New York “adopted our approach” in regulating the Silicon Valley companies that are releasing increasingly powerful chatbots.
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California’s New AI Safety Law Created the Illusion of Whistleblower Protections
California’s first-in-the-nation AI safety law includes whistleblower protections, but late concessions narrowed them sharply, limiting coverage to select safety staff and requiring serious harm or extreme risk before employees are protected, leaving many potential insiders vulnerable to retaliation.