regulations

What is artificial intelligence? Legislators are still looking for a definition.

BY: - October 5, 2023

Back in March, Hawaii state Sen. Chris Lee introduced legislation urging the U.S. Congress to consider the benefits and risks of artificial intelligence technologies. But he didn’t write it. Artificial intelligence did. Lee instructed ChatGPT, an AI-powered system trained to follow instructions and carry out conversations, to write a piece of legislation that highlights the […]

Half the nation’s wetlands just lost federal protection. Their fate is up to states.

BY: - June 19, 2023

States’ to-do lists just got a little longer: Decide how — or whether — to oversee building, planting and water quality in some wetland areas. Last month, a U.S. Supreme Court decision struck down federal protections for wetlands covering tens of millions of acres across the country, leaving no regulation of those areas in nearly half the […]

In its report on what went wrong at Silicon Valley Bank, Federal Reserve regulators admitted to being slow to recognize and address problems. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Fed’s fault-finding on bank failures could lead to stronger regulations

BY: - May 9, 2023

New banking regulations proposed by federal watchdogs don't go far enough in countering potential problems, but will help, advocates say.