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The Hidden Price Tag of California's AI Oversight Bill

The topline of my LLM-derived analysis for AB 1018: Individual firms could face $2 to $6 million in regulatory burdens over a decade.
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Two Cheers for the AI Moratorium!
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A review of the cost from three AI rules + a sensitivity analysis from LLMs
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It is much later than you think
A long overdue update + restarting Exformation
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Clarifying the picture over teen mental health
A graph I published last year included an error. This piece corrects the error, walks through the full recalculation, and then describes some surprising…
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The new AI Executive Order deserves closer legal scrutiny. Most are underweighting the legal challenges and problems to rule of law.
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Silicon innovation is colliding with jurisdictional steel
From DoNotPay's Supreme Court ambitions to the modern 'AI License Raj', regulatory frameworks are challenging the development of AI-driven services.
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