The maker of Barbie, American Girl, Hot Wheels, and Fisher-Price playsets is gearing up to infuse its toys with AI-driven interactive features.
A Michigan lawmaker introduced a new AI safety bill, while California legislators kept moving a number of AI bills through second-chamber committees ahead of Sacramento’s monthlong summer recess.
New York’s RAISE Act would create safety protocols for a handful of the world’s most powerful AI models. The bill was approved by the legislature in June and now awaits Gov. Kathy Hochul’s signature.
Megan Garcia, the mother of a 14-year-old boy who committed suicide after becoming infatuated with an AI-driven companion chatbot, testified in favor of a California bill that would create safety guidelines for the powerful new products.
Microsoft is now embedding its Copilot AI system in every version of Word. The AI model will ingest and remember every word you type, unless you disable it.
