Author: Ogletree

Virginia has taken a step closer to becoming the second state (after Colorado) to enact comprehensive legislation addressing discrimination stemming from the use of artificial intelligence (AI), with the states taking different approaches to this emerging regulatory challenge. On February 12, 2025, the Virginia state senate passed the High-Risk Artificial Intelligence Developer and Deployer Act (H.B. 2094) which, if signed into law, will regulate the use of AI in various contexts, including when it is used to make decisions regarding “access to employment.” The legislation now heads to Governor Glenn Youngkin’s desk for signature. If signed, the law will come…

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The top U.S. Army officer for the Asia-Pacific region was in Cambodia in the latest visit by U.S. officials aimed at improving estranged ties between the two nations and their militaries. The two-day visit by Gen. Ronald P. Clark comes against a background of rocky relations with Cambodia, whose government Washington has long criticized for political repression and human rights violations. There is also particular concern about its close ties with China. The United States and others fear that China’s navy may have been given exclusive access to a base at Ream on the Gulf of Thailand, which would allow…

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The top U.S. Army officer for the Asia-Pacific region was in Cambodia on Monday in the latest visit by U.S. officials aimed at improving estranged ties between the two nations and their militaries. The two-day visit by a delegation led by Gen. Ronald P. Clark, commanding general of the United States Army Pacific, comes against a background of rocky relations with Cambodia, whose government Washington has long criticized for political repression and human rights violations. The United States and others fear that China’s navy may have been given exclusive access to a base at Ream on the Gulf of Thailand,…

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