Bear Atwood with NOW — The National Organization for Women — says if left unchecked, AI poses health and safety risks. “Women are the first to be exploited, attacked, abused online in the most invasive ways possible. And with AI, what’s possible changes every day,” said Atwood. “We call on Gov Newsom to sign.”
Sen. Scott Wiener has a couple of high-profile bills on Newsom’s desk, and he’s holding events to try to persuade the governor to sign them. Monday, the San Francisco Democrat joined doctors, pharmacists and patients in support of his bill that would tighten regulations on pharmacy benefit managers — intermediaries between drug manufacturers and insurance companies — in hopes of reducing prescription drug prices. And today, Wiener plans to gather with the National Organization for Women, youth groups and others to push his legislation on artificial intelligence safety that has drawn national attention and is strongly opposed by Big Tech.
The cost of childcare can be a “tax” on wages — for every hour a single mother works, she must pay someone else to take care of her children. Head Start saves women money and connects them to a support network of other parents and service providers to help them rise the economic ladder
NOW writes in its letter that “the AI safety standards set by California will change the world,”
Today, women face what are known as interconnected challenges that demonstrate numerous ways they are excluded, discriminated against, marginalized, or disrespected. It’s been said that if you’re standing in the path of more than one form of exclusion, you’re likely to get hit by both.