April is the last fully funded month for a popular federal program that gives $30 discounts for internet access. Thousands of Oakland residents were signed up.
The multi-year process started in late 2021 took the next step toward regulating business use of AI in California. The rules are expected to be influential given the number of
California in 2014 decided undocumented people could qualify for LifeLine, a program that helps low income families afford internet and cell service. A decade later undocumented people still can’t get it.
California in 2014 decided undocumented people could qualify for LifeLine, a program that helps low income families afford internet and cell service. A decade later undocumented people still can’t get it.
California's Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) is preparing for its next trick: Putting guardrails on AI. The state privacy regulator, which has an important role in setting rules of the road for digital giants given how much of Big Tech (and Big AI) is headquartered on its sun-kissed soil, has today published draft regulations for how people's data can be used for what it refers to as automated decisionmaking technology (ADMT ). The draft represents "by far the most comprehensive and detailed set of rules in the 'AI space'", Ashkan Soltani, the CPPA's exec director, told TechCrunch.