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Attorney General Issues an Advisory on the Application of Massachusetts Law to Artificial Intelligence

 

The Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office (AGO) recently issued an Advisory to inform employers, and other users of Artificial Intelligence (AI), about how anti-discrimination and other laws apply to using AI. The Advisory acknowledges the lack of a universally agreed-upon definition of AI and offers the following working definition for its purposes, which is the definition used in President Biden’s October 30, 2023 Executive Order.

 

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Governor Signs PROTECT Act into Law

On August 5, 2026, Governor Maura Healey signed into law Chapter 163 of the Acts of 2026, An Act Promoting Rule of Law, Oversight, Trust and Equal Constitutional Treatment, commonly referred to as the PROTECT Act. This law was passed as an “emergency law” and attempts to regulate the actions of certain civil law enforcement agents in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, including the access of agents to public schools.

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Governor Signs PROTECT Act into Law

On August 5, 2026, Governor Maura Healey signed into law Chapter 163 of the Acts of 2026, An Act Promoting Rule of Law, Oversight, Trust and Equal Constitutional Treatment, commonly referred to as the PROTECT Act. This law was passed as an “emergency law” and attempts to regulate the actions of certain civil law enforcement agents in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, including the access of agents to public schools.

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