Artificial intelligence systems, the four senators argue, “represent a troubling pattern that if continued, would significantly impede Americans’ ability” to access their benefits. Four U.S. senators—three Democrats and Vermont Independent Bernie Sanders—demanded answers Tuesday from the Trump administration about its “reckless rollout” of artificial intelligence chatbot technology into phone systems “that have blocked people from […]
Sen. Lisa Murkowski was the deciding vote to pass Republicans’ massive social safety net cuts through the Senate. She said she didn’t like the bill, but voted for it anyway after getting Alaska exempted from some of its worst harms. By the thinnest possible margin, the U.S. Senate voted Tuesday to pass a budget that includes the […]
Access to legal counsel, medical care, and punitive measures have been reported by federal detainees in the state facility ANCHORAGE — On Saturday, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Alaska, with the ACLU National Prison Project and Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP, sent the Alaska Department of Corrections (DOC), U.S. Immigration and Customs […]
(Anchorage, AK) – The Alaska Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) is alerting the public about fraudulent text messages claiming to originate from the Alaska DMV. These scam texts are in no way connected to the official Alaska DMV and should be disregarded. The Alaska DMV does not request payments or sensitive personal information via text message. […]
