Lyft‘s pledge to protect women and nonbinary riders will be tested nationwide today (Feb. 13), as the app announces its Women+ Connect safety feature is expanding to users across the country. Women+ Connect is an opt-in setting for women and
Author: Chase DiBenedetto
Health insurers can’t rely on AI to decide Medicare coverage, according to new federal guidelines
Patients under Medicare Advantage (MA) plans have more protection from the threat of AI-related bias, according to new rules from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the federal agency tasked with overseeing Medicare, Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance
The FCC has decided: Those realistic AI robocalls are illegal.
Following calls to pass a law at the federal level, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has officially declared AI-created robocalls illegal. The decision isn’t a new law, but an expansion of protections already applied to consumers under The Telephone Consumer
New Senate bill would provide path for victims of nonconsensual AI deepfakes
Following the viral spread of pornographic AI images of singer Taylor Swift, government leaders are addressing the creation and sharing of sexualized AI-generated deepfakes. On Jan. 30, a bipartisan group of Senators introduced a new bill that would criminalize the
OpenAI’s new election rules are already being put to the test
Months away from the 2024 election and less than a week after AI’s biggest name pledged to help uphold a fair democratic process, developers are testing those promises. On Jan. 20, according to the Washington Post, OpenAI banned the team
Artifact, the AI news app created by Instagram’s founders, is shutting down
Artifact, a personalized news app curated by AI, is shuttering its windows and shutting off comments, just one year after it launched from the minds of Instagram’s former founders. “We have built something that a core group of users love,
OpenAI policies got a quiet update, removing ban on military and warfare applications
OpenAI may be paving the way toward finding out its AI‘s military potential. First reported by the Intercept on Jan 12., a new company policy change has completely removed previous language that banned “activity that has high risk of physical
YouTube searches for first aid will now automatically show verified medical tutorials
Those searching YouTube for emergency first aid tutorials will no longer have to scroll through pages of videos and skip through ads to find life-saving information. In a new addition to the site’s other health content like health labels and