Plus: A new federal law will make it easier to be a working mom with a baby
Good morning. Here are today’s temperatures: Logan: 51 - 77° ⛅ Salt Lake City: 60 - 83° ⛅ St. George: 63 - 95° ☀️ There are some things people do that you will never understand. Take my friend Collin, a feature writer for the Deseret News who decided his move to Utah would be enhanced by starting a new hobby: beekeeping. His enterprise led (unsurprisingly) to a bee sting. On his eye no less! But Collin has kept at it — albeit now with more protection against stings. He tells his story here. Tell me: What is one hobby you have continued to do despite its difficulty and other's bewilderment? Also on our minds: What we know about Russia’s armed rebellion, why religious freedom is more important than ever on the 173rd anniversary of Joseph Smith’s martyrdom and when the clock strikes midnight on July 1, the Cougars will officially be members of the Big 12.
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| Is AI regulation the key to harnessing a new power for good? |
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| | AI, or artificial intelligence, is the name given to computer software that can perform tasks with the appearance and competence of a human mind — in some cases with much more competence than a human. In recent months, AI programs like ChatGPT, DALL-E, Google’s Bard and others have taken the world by storm, thrilling tech enthusiasts, aiding students and making just about everybody at least a little nervous. These programs are able to generate paragraphs of college-level text, paintings that can fool art contest judges and even political video ads, and some worry that such capable software is likely to exacerbate the online problems of misinformation, spam and hyper-personalized content streams. According to data gathered in a new Deseret News/Hinckley Institute of Politics survey, Utahns have their own strong feelings when it comes to the advancement of artificial intelligence and what should, or should not, be done to regulate further developments. In a statewide poll of registered Utah voters conducted May 22-June 1, 69% of respondents said they were somewhat or very concerned about the increased use of artificial intelligence programming while 28% said they were not very or not at all concerned about the advancements. But Utahns appear to be of mixed sentiment when it comes to upping the ante on government regulation of AI tools. While a plurality of poll participants, 43%, said they’d like to see regulation increased, 19% said a decrease of AI regulation was in order and 26% said the status quo should be maintained. |
Read more about recent efforts in Congress to understand and regulate the AI revolution. |
| Brooke Grandt, who lives in Draper, Utah, didn’t want to give up breastfeeding when she went back to work. So she uses a breast pump during the day — in her car — so she can keep her supply of milk up and breastfeed her 8-month-old son at home in the morning and evenings. Grandt feels fortunate — unlike her, many women have found themselves pumping in the car not by choice but because their employer has left them with no other option. But new legislation is about to make life easier for nursing mothers and pregnant women. In May, protection for nursing mothers in the workplace was enacted through the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act (also known as the PUMP Act). And the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act will take effect on June 27. The federal law requires most employers to provide workers with reasonable accommodations for limitations that are related to pregnancy, childbirth, or associated medical conditions. This includes “reasonable break time” and a private place to pump breast milk. However, the law stipulates that accommodations must not cause an employer undue hardship. Read more about the experiences of Grandt and other women who will benefit from the new legislation, which some are calling "one of the biggest advances in civil rights law in decades." |
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