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Reading this online? Thank universities | Fedscoop
(Commentary by UCLA Chancellor Julio Frenk) That moment was only possible thanks to years of collaboration and consistent federal funding. It is one example of how the partnership between government and higher education has served as an indispensable engine of American prosperity. There are many others: the polio vaccine that saved countless children from a lifetime of disability and pain, the breakthrough that made FM radio possible, the theoretical groundwork that created artificial intelligence and more. (UCLA’s Dr. David Shackelford and Terence Tao were cited.)
California backs down on AI laws | Los Angeles Times
Called the “No Robo Bosses Act,” the legislation didn’t clear the governor, who thought it was too broad. “A lot of nuance was demonstrated in the lawmaking process about the balance between ensuring meaningful protections while also encouraging innovation,” said Julia Powles, a professor and executive director of the UCLA Institute for Technology, Law & Policy. The veto of SB 7, she added, was a “disappointing loss” because the bill aimed to address concerns about the misuse of AI in the workplace.
California strikes back in redistricting war | The New Yorker
Last year, I wrote about the term “election interference,” which was then being weaponized so liberally, not least by Trump and his allies, that it risked losing all meaning. I considered broad definitions of the term—under which partisan redistricting would very much fit—but Richard L. Hasen, an election-law expert at the University of California, Los Angeles, told me that he favored reserving “interference” for the most serious acts of subversion, such as manipulating ballots or changing results.
Here’s how to end partisan redistricting | San Francisco Chronicle
(Commentary by UCLA’s Joseph Fishkin) Now, California voters, millions of whom approved Proposition 50 on Tuesday, have taken the unprecedented step of voting directly for a partisan gerrymander of their state. They did this because the stakes of national politics — the differences between Republicans and Democrats in Washington — are so profound.
Your baby’s gut and mental health are linked | WebMD
A new study in Nature Communications linked children’s gut bacteria from birth to age 2 with their risk of developing anxiety and depression symptoms up to five years later… “Having a lot of internalizing symptoms early in life [is strongly correlated with] anxiety disorders later in development,” said study author Bridget Callaghan, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology at UCLA.
California Republicans sue over Prop 50 | KQED-FM
But some experts see the lawsuit as a long shot. Matt Barreto, a political science professor at UCLA and Democratic pollster, said it will be hard for Republicans to argue that the maps were based on race, given the very public statements by Gov. Gavin Newsom and others who backed it.
Dems sweep key races in rebuke of Trump policies | CNN
“You would definitely want to be a Democrat today than a Republican. There’s no doubt about that. There’s some good news also, in the fact that we got a little bit of a sense of some candidates out there appreciating what Americans are struggling with,” said UCLA’s Lynn Vavreck (approx. 8:20 mark).
