Author: Allie Caccamo
Letter to CA Lawmakers: Recent Amendments Significantly Improve AI Disclosure Bill (AB 2013)
California-Google Media Deal Finalized
On Wednesday, California lawmakers announced a deal with Google that will require both the tech company and the State of California to provide hundreds of millions of dollars in funding for local journalism. The settlement, which averts a proposed digital ad tax (SB 1327) and link tax (AB 886) on tech platforms, will provide nearly… Continue reading California-Google Media Deal Finalized
Letter to Australian Competition Regulators: Comments on the Digital Platform Services Inquiry
Tech to Treasury: AI makes finance safer, cheaper, more accessible
Today, Chamber of Progress filed comments with the U.S. Treasury Department discussing how AI has transformed the fintech industry and benefited consumers by increasing access to financial tools, delivering cost savings, and improving security in the digital marketplace. Chamber of Progress filed the comments in response to the Treasury Department’s recent Request for Information on… Continue reading Tech to Treasury: AI makes finance safer, cheaper, more accessible
Comments to Treasury Department: Opportunities and Benefits of AI Deployment in Financial Services
Chamber of Progress Endorses CA AI Elections Bill
Chamber of Progress, a center-left tech industry group, is endorsing AI legislation in California (AB 2355) requiring the disclosure of AI-created media in political advertisements. Sponsored by Rep. Wendy Carrillo, the legislation comes in the midst of an election year in which AI-generated media has been used to support a variety of campaign-related communications. In… Continue reading Chamber of Progress Endorses CA AI Elections Bill
Chamber of Progress Releases Cost of Living Agenda for Democratic Policymakers
With voters ranking rising costs as their top election concern, the center-left trade association Chamber of Progress is releasing a new Democratic Cost-of-Living Agenda, laying out a low-cost policy framework for reducing home, energy, health care, and childcare costs. Read the full agenda on cost of living and abundance solutions at BringCostsDown.org The new policy… Continue reading Chamber of Progress Releases Cost of Living Agenda for Democratic Policymakers
Tech Group Calls on Musk to Stop Inciting UK Violence
On Wednesday, Chamber of Progress published an open letter to Elon Musk, urging the leader of X (formerly Twitter) to stop personally amplifying content that will provoke further rioting and violence in the UK. The letter cites Musk’s comments about impending “civil war” in the UK and his mocking of the UK’s policing efforts in… Continue reading Tech Group Calls on Musk to Stop Inciting UK Violence
Coalition Urges Nebraska to Ditch Delivery Tax Proposal
On Wednesday, Chamber of Progress and a coalition of tech, business groups, and civil society organizations urged Nebraska lawmakers to ditch proposed online delivery tax legislation. During its special session on tax policy, Nebraska’s legislature has considered a number of bills that would levy a new tax on online orders including delivery for Amazon, Walmart,… Continue reading Coalition Urges Nebraska to Ditch Delivery Tax Proposal