Business and Technology

Illinois bill would crack down on political deepfakes

March 20, 2024

SPRINGFIELD, Il. (WCIA) – In an election year, voters see all kinds of information about candidates and issues they’ll be voting for on the ballot. But some of that information isn’t always true and could even be a political deepfake…

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A LionC electric school bus in the process of being assembled in the Lion Electric plant in Channahon on June 5, 2023. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune)

John Atkinson and Dan Seals: The naysayers have it wrong. Illinois is the place to be for businesses.

January 14, 2024

The makers of Pringles and Pop-Tarts, a leading maker of electric vehicle batteries, the first cultivated meat company to receive federal approval, an all-electric truck manufacturer. What do these companies have in common? They all announced plans to set up…

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tate Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz (D-17th) (left) and State Sen. Mary Edly-Allen (D-31st) (right) outside the East Wing of the White House before an executive order signing session on artificial intelligence they attended Monday, Oct. 30.

State Rep. Gong-Gershowitz Attends Biden Executive Order Signing On Artificial Intelligence

November 3, 2023

State Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz (D-17th) of Glenview sat in the front row of a signing ceremony for President Joe Biden’s executive order on artificial intelligence (AI) Monday (Oct. 30) in the White House, before coming back to chair hearings on…

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