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Illinois Passes Law Requiring OS Age Data Collection

Illinois has passed a law requiring all operating systems to collect and report user age data. The law aims to protect children from addictive social media platforms. However, critics argue that the law puts open-source operating systems at risk of fines. Meanwhile, YouTube has fixed a bug that flagged human-made videos as AI-generated, and Meta is open-sourcing its AI model.

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The essential points

  1. 01Illinois law requires OS age data collection
  2. 02Critics argue that open-source OS are at risk of fines
  3. 03YouTube fixed a bug that flagged human-made videos as AI-generated
  4. 04Meta is open-sourcing its AI model
The full brief

Illinois has passed a law requiring all operating systems to collect and report user age data. The law aims to protect children from addictive social media platforms.

However, critics argue that the law puts open-source operating systems at risk of fines. Meanwhile, YouTube has fixed a bug that flagged human-made videos as AI-generated, and Meta is open-sourcing its AI model.