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New York Passes Novel Law Requiring Safeguards for AI Companions

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Artificial intelligence (AI) companion apps have been in the news, with Commissioner Melissa Holyoak of the Federal Trade Commission calling for a study on AI companions earlier this month, and lawmakers at the state and...more

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Utah Enacts Multiple Laws Amending and Expanding the State's Regulation of the Deployment and Use of Artificial Intelligence

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Alongside California and Colorado, Utah has emerged as one of the most active states in regulating the deployment and use of artificial intelligence ("AI"). Diverging from Colorado's approach, Utah first enacted laws in 2024...more

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AI Therapy

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I have mixed feelings about the AI takeover, but here is a positive. In this field test, the AI therapist was ‘on call’ at all times, so that insomniacs could get therapy in the middle of the night....more

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State Attorneys General Continue to Collaborate on Bipartisan Issues

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State Attorneys General (AGs) across the country continue their bipartisan collaboration on issues affecting citizens across state lines. State AGs have long worked in multi-state groups related to broad-based investigations...more

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Social Links: If the Suit Fits

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Character Technologies has been hit with two lawsuits, including a wrongful death suit (among other claims), in less than two months over its popular Character.ai chatbot. The first was filed in the U.S. District Court for...more

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TikTok Litigation: The Next Frontier of Mass Tort

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The recent wave of lawsuits against TikTok by over a dozen states and the District of Columbia marks a significant moment in the ongoing scrutiny of social media platforms and their impact on youth mental health. The lawsuits...more

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Dario Amodei’s Essay on AI, ‘Machines of Loving Grace,’ Is Like a Breath of Fresh Air

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While almost everyone is panicking about a potential robot apocalypse, Dario Amodei, the CEO and co-founder of Anthropic (“Claude”), is explaining how AI might compress 100 years of medical progress into a decade, cure mental...more

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The Ninth Circuit Speaks Out on Mental Health Parity

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On April 11, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in Ryan S. v. UnitedHealth Group, Inc., set a very broad pleading standard to allege a violation of the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity...more

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Utah Legislature Repeals and Replaces Utah Social Media Regulation Act

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Keypoint: The Utah legislature repealed and replaced the Utah Social Media Act in response to a lawsuit challenging the law on constitutional grounds. Prior to closing in early March, the Utah legislature passed two bills...more

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Day Three Notes for the 39th Annual JP Morgan Healthcare Conference, 2021

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We’ve been talking about telehealth and mental health this week. Here’s both combined in one interesting and highly valued announcement today, followed by several tests – well, 3 million COVID tests a week to be exact, and,...more

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