State lawmakers have announced that communities across Berks County will receive a total of more than $1.4 million in Local Share Account grants through the Commonwealth Financing Authority. [Read More]
A bill proposing boundaries concerning interactions between minors and chatbot companions powered by artificial intelligence easily cleared the Pennsylvania Senate on Tuesday. [Read More]
The state Senate on Tuesday passed a bill that would require AI chatbot operators to implement guardrails against self-harm and sexually explicit material, putting near-unanimous bipartisan support behind an idea that has also been endorsed by Gov. Josh Shapiro. [Read More]
The Senate has approved legislation that would create safeguards for children interacting with artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots. [Read More]
The “nonhuman status” of artificial intelligence chatbots would have to be disclosed to humans – and those same chatbots would have to be rigged against suicide-encouraging messaging – under a bill that passed the Pennsylvania Senate Tuesday afternoon. [Read More]
Pennsylvania's Senate on Tuesday passed legislation that would add new protection for minors using artificial intelligence chatbots that would require those systems to disclose that they are not human and implement safeguards against suicide, harm to oneself or others, and sexually explicit content. [Read More]
As unregulated artificial intelligence chatbots gain popularity and raise concerns about safety, state senators nearly unanimously passed a bill Tuesday aimed at regulating so-called AI companion services. [Read More]
New legislation will soon be introduced in Pennsylvania after police said a woman recklessly drove a school bus full of children while severely intoxicated in Montgomery County. [Read More]
More than $140,000 in funding aims to make a road safer in eastern Berks County. [Read More]
HARRISBURG, Pa. - A state lawmaker is taking action after a school bus driver was arrested while driving her route and charged with DUI. [Read More]
