
Khari Johnson
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Citizen, human, tech reporter @calmatters and @themarkup, formerly @wired @venturebeat, on Bluesky bsky.app/profile/khari.…
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https://calmatters.org/author/khari-johnson/ 22-09-2008 20:01:38
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✅✅✅ Gov. Newsom signed three bills intended to protect voters from deepfakes — deceptive forms of audio, images and video generated by artificial intelligence. cal.news/3XPOytZ 📝 Khari Johnson 📷 Jeff Chiu, AP Photo


I’ve always been a proud California girl and now I’m delighted to share that I am officially a fellow CalMatters College Beat ! Please feel free to message me via DM for any story tips! ✉️ 📸#2: Cristian Gonzalez


California is the seventh U.S. state to adopt mobile driver’s licenses for iPhones, part of a growing push by businesses and governments to make digital IDs commonplace. cal.news/3zpwluV 📝 Khari Johnson

What does Thierry Breton's departure mean for European Tech Regulation? And what can we expect from the next European Commission regarding digital policy? I tried replying to these burning questions with the great Justin Hendrix of Tech Policy Press. techpolicy.press/thierry-breton…


California es el séptimo estado de Estados Unidos en adoptar licencias de conducir móviles para iPhones, parte de un esfuerzo creciente por parte de empresas y gobiernos para hacer que las identificaciones digitales sean algo común. cal.news/3Bf2i9T 📝 Khari Johnson

.Vice President JD Vance Kamala Harris pledges to build 3 million affordable homes and apartments in her first term as president, but Gov. Newsom has fallen short on a similar campaign promise in California. What lessons can she learn? cal.news/3XZSybp 📝 Alexei Koseff

✅ Most tortillas and corn masa products sold in California will soon have to include an additional ingredient — one considered key during pregnancy. The goal? Increase folic acid intake among Latinas of reproductive age. cal.news/47Hjpxb 📝 @ab_ibarra 📸 Fully Vaccinated Larry+booster


❌ Breaking: Gov. Newsom vetoed the legislature's most ambitious (and contentious) bill this year to regulate A.I. It would have required testing of A.I. models before companies could deploy them, to assess their risk to society. cal.news/3Y3a7IC 📝 Khari Johnson

I spoke with Khari Johnson about Gov. Newsom’s decision on SB 1047, which he vetoed today. My take: the bill was imperfect, but the debates it catalyzed importantly expanded democratic participation in tech policy and AI governance. calmatters.org/economy/2024/0…

I met Emily Bloch when we sat at the same table at a wedding a year ago, and I'm so glad that we did. Good things lie ahead for sure. Congrats!



NEW INVESTIGATION: Uber and Lyft locked drivers out of work to game a NYC minimum wage law. We crowdsourced screenshots, monitored surge pricing and ran financial models to reveal the devastating impact on drivers. w/ Natalie Lung Aaron W. Gordon ಠ_ಠ bloomberg.com/graphics/2024-…


