June 12, 2025
DelVal Senators Advance Bill to Boost Federal Grants for PA Small Biz
Small businesses in Pennsylvania may soon get a funding boost under bipartisan legislation advanced by a two local state senators. [Read More]
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June 12, 2025
Pa. Senate passes AI ‘deepfake’ bill despite threat of federal preemption
The Pennsylvania Senate on Tuesday passed a bill that would make it a crime to pass off “deepfake” AI images as real – just in time for the federal government to potentially spike the measure, were to become law. [Read More]
June 11, 2025
Our opinion: Truancy, chronic absenteeism need more focus
School attendance rates’ slow climb back from the COVID-19 pandemic should be concerning to everyone – including school officials and parents here in Warren County. [Read More]
June 11, 2025
KYW News Radio ran digital fraud bill story with senator audio
Legislation that would classify computer-generated “deepfakes” as digital fraud in Pennsylvania took a major step toward becoming law, as it passed the state Senate with a unanimous vote. [Read More]
June 5, 2025
Pennycuick’s Bill to Curb AI Fraud Passes Senate Judiciary Committee
Sen. Tracy Pennycuick is fast becoming the Pennsylvania legislature’s expert on artificial intelligence (AI). The Montgomery County Republican recently held a hearing on AI and has worked with prosecutors to pass a law to defend against AI-generated child porn. [Read More]
June 4, 2025
Pennsylvania Senate Panel Advances Bill to Criminalize Harmful Deepfakes
The Pennsylvania Senate Judiciary Committee has unanimously approved a bill that would make the harmful use of deepfake technology a criminal offense. [Read More]
June 3, 2025
Deepfakes may soon land creators in legal trouble
Deepfake content creators may soon face legal penalties if caught using the images for nefarious purposes. [Read More]
June 3, 2025
Pa. lawmakers advance AI regulations, despite proposed Congressional moratorium
Two state lawmakers, Sen. Tracy Pennycuick (left) and Rep. Tarik Khan (right), speak during separate committee meetings to advance their respective artificial intelligence regulation bills. [Read More]
May 29, 2025
Pa. officials demand Congress remove AI regulation ban from GOP’s federal budget bill
Top Republican and Democratic officials in Pennsylvania are decrying a provision in the tax and spending cuts bill passed in the House last week that would ban states from adopting or enforcing artificial intelligence regulations over the next decade. [Read More]
April 21, 2025
‘AI is not the future; it is current’: Lawmakers examine how to make Pennsylvania an AI powerhouse
Republican state lawmakers visited Astrobotic Technology in Pittsburgh on Wednesday for a hearing focused on how the Western Pennsylvania region can position itself as a leader in artificial intelligence at a time when both the public and private sectors are rushing to embrace an evolving technology that is transforming business, government and society at large. [Read More]