Oct. 13, Jared Schroeder, J-School, in Austin American-Statesman for https://www.statesman.com/opinion/Austin American-Statesman/commentary-maybe-bots-are-bad-guys—but-first-convince-courts
What happens in California doesn’t always stay in California, and that’s why Texans tracking the disruption of bots and other non-humans ought to be concerned that California Gov. Jerry Brown signed a law last week that criminalizes using unlabeled bots for political gain. The law is also almost certainly unconstitutional. Yes, the law addresses a problem regarding the influence of AI (artificial intelligence) actors and the misleading information they often carry. Yes, the law is worded to avoid halting all AI expression; it merely requires that AI disclose that they are bots.