Things to Do in L.A. Tap to enable a layout that focuses on the article. Gov. Gavin Newsom holds a news conference at the Google office in San Francisco in August to announce new AI partnerships. This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here . Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation Monday requiring AI companies to publicly disclose security protocols and report critical safety incidents.

Artificial intelligence is increasingly prominent in our everyday lives from smart home devices to navigation and music streaming. What does this mean for individuals and businesses in your area of the country? The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is teaming up with thought leaders and academics and, most importantly, members of the public, to find the best way to responsibly move AI forward. The U.S. Chamber believes this emerging technology can be a tremendous force for good and we must leverage AI to compete globally. To do so we need reasonable and responsible rules to harness its potential while minimizing risks.

Large, black drones with the orange logo of EDGE, the UAE's arms consortium, were on display at this week's Unmanned Systems Exhibition (UMEX), along with remote-controlled machineguns and other "smart" weapons. The exhibition comes at a time of growing unmanned attacks around the region, including the January 17 drone-and-missile assault by Yemen rebels that killed three oil workers in Abu Dhabi, the first in a series of similar incidents. "Autonomous systems are becoming ever more prevalent around the world," Miles Chambers, EDGE's director of international business development, told AFP. "We are really heavily investing in developing our autonomous capability... as well as in electronic warfare and in our smart munitions. These are our three pillars." EDGE, an Abu Dhabi-based defence consortium that groups 25 Emirati firms, was formed three years ago but reached an estimated $4.8 billion in arms sales in 2020 -- nearly all of them to the UAE government.