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Latest AI Developments

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North America
N.J. Asm. William Moen (D) introduced A.B. 5316 (identical to S.B. 4458) on June 23, 2026 to establish the New Jersey Artificial Intelligence Workforce Transition Act, a five-year program addressing AI-driven job displacement through worker-support funding, tax credits, and employer obligations. Among other things, the Act would require an employer with 100 or more employees to give the State at least 90 days’ notice before adopting AI that the employer expects to eliminate or restructure 25 or more positions. Any worker retaliated against for asserting rights under the Act would have a private right of action.
June 23, 2026
North America
On June 22, 2026, R.I. Gov. Daniel McKee (D) signed identical bills H.B. 7349 and S.B. 2197, enacting the Oversight of Artificial Intelligence Technology in Mental Health Care Act. Under the Act, only licensed professionals are permitted to offer therapy to the public, including through internet-based AI. Professionals are required to obtain written patient consent before AI records a session, and are prohibited from allowing AI to make therapeutic decisions, communicate with clients, or generate treatment plans.
June 22, 2026
North America
On June 22, 2026, R.I. Gov. Daniel McKee (D) signed identical bills H.B. 7350 and S.B. 2195, regulating operators of AI companion models. Operators are required to build in a protocol that addresses a user’s expressions of suicidal ideation, self-harm, or harm to others and refers the user to crisis services, and to display a recurring conspicuous notice that the AI companion is a computer program that cannot feel human emotion. The enacted bills create a private right of action for those harmed, alongside Attorney General enforcement.
June 22, 2026
North America
On June 22, 2026, R.I. Gov. Daniel McKee (D) signed identical bills H.B. 7538 and S.B. 2570, enacting the Use of Artificial Intelligence by Healthcare Providers Notification Act. Under the Act, health care providers and facilities that use AI to document in-person or telehealth patient visits are required to notify patients that AI is being used for that purpose.
June 22, 2026
North America
U.S. Sen. Edward Markey (D-MA) introduced the No Robot Bosses Act (S. 4833) on June 18, 2026, which would restrict the use of automated decision systems (ADS) by employers with 11 or more workers. Employers would be barred from relying predominantly on any ADS for hiring, firing, or other work-related decisions. Employers would also have to disclose ADS use to workers and allow workers to opt out in favor of human review. Developers of ADS and the employers that deploy them would have to run pre-deployment and annual bias evaluations. The bill would create a private right of action alongside DOL and state AG enforcement.
June 18, 2026
North America
U.S. Sen. Edward Markey (D-MA) introduced the Stop Spying Bosses Act (S. 4831) on June 18, 2026, which would restrict worker surveillance by employers with 11 or more workers. The bill would allow collection of worker data only if strictly necessary and done by the least invasive means for a disclosed purpose. Certain purposes would be specifically prohibited, including identifying or monitoring union activity. Such employers would also be prohibited from selling worker data and would have to disclose monitoring practices to workers and job applicants. The bill would create a private right of action alongside DOL and state AG enforcement.
June 18, 2026

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