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Committee approves bill banning AI systems from claiming to be licensed health professionals
Summary
AB 489 would prohibit an AI system from representing itself as a licensed health professional and hold developers or deployers responsible; the Senate committee advanced the measure to the Judiciary Committee with broad stakeholder support and no recorded opposition in the hearing.
The Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development Committee on June 23 voted to refer AB 489, authored by Assemblymember Bonta, to the Senate Judiciary Committee after broad support from health-care groups and labor organizations.
Assemblymember Bonta said AB 489 extends existing title protections for licensed health professionals to AI systems, prohibiting an AI agent from misrepresenting itself as a doctor,…
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