Another Washington lawmaker will not seek reelection
(The Center Square) - Another Washington state lawmaker has announced plans not to seek reelection.
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(The Center Square) - Another Washington state lawmaker has announced plans not to seek reelection.
States are on the front lines of a rapidly spreading new form of peer sexual exploitation and harassment in schools. Boys across the United States have used widely available “nudification” apps to surreptitiously concoct sexually explicit images of their female classmates and then circulated the simulated nudes via group chats on apps like Snapchat and Instagram.
In response to the growing issue of boys using AI apps to create and share sexually explicit images of their female classmates, state legislators across the United States are introducing bills to protect minors from this new form of exploitation. Meanwhile, Silicon Valley continues to make billions with the very AI models boys are exploiting.
Sen. Mullet spoke with John and Shari on Washington's bill barring A.I.-generated deepfakes and his race for Washington's governor.
The Center Square – Hurt feelings may be lingering for some Republicans following the GOP party convention in Spokane last weekend, but the state party chair tells The Center Square that the media coverage of the event was unfair. Multiple news organizations reported the three-day gathering of candidates and delegates as “chaotic” with “rules being broken” to support certain candidates. But Jim Walsh, chair of the Washington State Republican Party, says that was not at all the case. “I was telling people in the media for months, it’s going to be a real convention, it’s going to...