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The Tech Oversight Project Calls on Gov. Hochul to Sign New York’s Nation-Leading Youth Chatbot Safety Bill

The Tech Oversight Project today applauded the New York State Legislature’s unanimous final passage of the nation-leading youth chatbot safety bill (S.9051/A.10379), sponsored by State Senator Kristen Gonzalez and Assemblymember Alex Bores and developed in cooperation with Attorney General Letitia James. “In a year when Big Tech killed or gutted chatbot safety bills in state […]

06.05.26
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TOP-PPP POLL: Obernolte and Trahan’s Constituents Oppose Their Efforts to Weaken AI Laws

Results showed a wide majority of Obernolte and Trahan’s respective constituents oppose efforts to weaken AI catastrophic risk protection and water down chatbot safety laws View the CA-23 results here View the MA-3 results here WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, The Tech Oversight Project released surveys from Republican Congressman Jay Obernolte’s (CA-23) and Democratic Congresswoman Lori Trahan’s […]

06.04.26
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The Tech Oversight Project Calls Out OpenAI’s AI Super PAC Lies

OpenAI’s latest attempt to distance itself from the AI super PAC its president founded, funded, and is using to target pro-AI safety candidates WASHINGTON, DC – Today, The Tech Oversight Project called out OpenAI’s outright lies about the role it played in creating Leading the Future, the AI super PAC spending millions to block the strongest […]

06.02.26
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TOP-PPP POLL: Trahan’s Constituents Oppose Congresswoman’s Efforts to Weaken AI Laws

Results showed a wide majority of 3rd district voters oppose Trahan’s efforts to weaken AI catastrophic risk protection and water down chatbot safety laws View the results here WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, The Tech Oversight Project launched a survey with Public Policy Polling of voters from Democratic Congresswoman Lori Trahan’s district (MA-3). The results overwhelmingly showed […]

06.01.26

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TOP-PPP POLL: Obernolte’s Constituents Oppose Congressman’s Efforts to Weaken AI Laws

Results showed a majority of 23rd district voters oppose Obernolte’s efforts to weaken AI catastrophic risk protection, water down chatbot safety laws, and ramp up data center construction View the results here WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, The Tech Oversight Project launched a survey with Public Policy Polling of voters from Republican Congressman Jay Obernolte’s Congressional district […]

05.22.26

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Tech Oversight Project Statement on Big Tech’s MDL Settlement

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, The Tech Oversight Project issued the following statement in response to news that Meta had joined Google, TikTok, and Snap in settling the first federal school district bellwether case, which the Big Tech defendants had chosen as the first case among hundreds of districts at trial. The next upcoming case in the federal […]

05.21.26
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OpenAI’s ChatGPT Encouraged School Shooter to Target Children

OpenAI’s products endanger public safety; Congress must act The Tech Oversight Project called on Congress to act after the new revelation that OpenAI’s ChatGPT advised the culprit in the deadly Florida State University attack that a mass shooting would get more attention from the media if it involved several children. “While Congress should continue quickly […]

05.11.26
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