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This week’s moves show how “neutrality” is becoming a lever to freeze bias fixes even as AI deployments spread. Federal limits on equity in AI crash into weak state oversight (VA), ambitious data-sharing and AI-fueled infrastructure (KY), and quiet surveillance feeding insurers (AZ)—shifting risks and costs onto patients, homeowners, and ratepayers unless guardrails catch up. |
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AI / Political News of the Week
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Virginia Mercury Takeaway State auditors say Virginia’s AI registry is confusing and often out of date; many AI uses may be untracked even as approvals rise. VITA plans a centralized AI lead, and a Warner–Hawley bill would require reporting AI-related layoffs.
Why it matters Registry gaps turn fast-growing AI use into a black box—thin oversight and few worker safeguards. Expect pressure for a single accountable lead and public logs; until then, untracked pilots will spread, raising privacy and fairness risks. |
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| | | TIME Takeaway A new order to “Prevent Woke AI” bars federal agencies from using equity or systemic racism criteria in AI work. Health experts warn it will stall fixes to biased medical tools, worsening outcomes for Black patients and women.
Why it matters By prohibiting equity-based safeguards, the order chills efforts to correct bias in health and hiring tools and shifts discretion to political appointees—setting up court fights and compliance confusion for agencies, states, and hospitals. |
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| | | Lexington Herald-Leader Takeaway Kentucky’s AI task force issued 10 recommendations, including stronger consumer data rules and Medicaid data-sharing for preventive care. Regulators also approved $3B for new gas plants amid rising AI demand as tax breaks draw data centers.
Why it matters Expect pushes to use Medicaid data and expand AI-hungry infrastructure—potential savings for agencies but higher utility costs and privacy risks for residents. The fight is over who controls health data and who pays for the grid. |
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| | | Arizona Mirror Takeaway Near Space Labs flew high-altitude balloons over metro Phoenix, capturing detailed images of homes for insurers like Swiss Re, often without homeowners’ knowledge. Rules are thin; a California transparency bill stalled.
Why it matters Cheap AI-driven sky scans turn mass surveillance into an insurance pricing tool—letting carriers raise rates or drop homes at scale without consent. Expect growing pressure for guardrails on data reuse, transparency, and appeal rights. |
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Worth thinking about “Neutrality, in a system built on inequity, is not justice. It’s reinforcement of the very biases it pretends to ignore.” —Dr. Joel Bervell |
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