New York Governor Kathy Hochul thinks AI should be ‘less evil’
TL;DR
Today, I’m talking with New York Governor Kathy Hochul, and I’ll just warn you — this episode moves really fast. It’s an election year, after all, with a shocking amount of tech policy at stake, and Governor Hochul has taken strong positions on almost every major tech issue there is. For example, Meta just reached a settlement with dozens of states, including New York, which will restrict how teens use platforms like Instagram in very specific ways.
Nauti's Take
Age verification could turn from a policy detail into a product requirement for AI services with public access. Small teams should first map which identity data they would need to collect, who could access it, and whether anonymous use is essential to their audience.
Hochul’s language about AI being less evil is a political framing, not a testable definition.
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