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Nearly 100 new laws take effect this week: Guns, artificial intelligence, facial recognition, ICE, and more

Hartford Courant · · International · AI Governance

A wave of nearly 100 new laws is taking effect this week, covering a wide range of issues including artificial intelligence regulation, facial recognition, immigration enforcement, and firearms.

Why this matters: Lots of laws at once means most people will miss most of them. The ones that matter here are the AI and facial recognition rules. These directly affect what governments and companies can do with your face, your data, and automated decisions about you. New laws on paper mean little without enforcement. The real test is whether agencies actually follow them and whether anyone is watching when they do not.

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