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New York AG Letitia James-Led Bipartisan Coalition Presses xAI Over Grok Safeguards

New York Attorney General Letitia James and a bipartisan coalition of 34 other attorneys general are demanding that xAI take further action to prevent its artificial intelligence chatbot, Grok, from generating and sharing inappropriate images on the social media platform X. In a letter sent to xAI, the attorneys general said recent changes to Grok…

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New York AG Letitia James Applauds FCC Order Expanding Emergency Alerts

New York Attorney General Letitia James welcomed a Federal Communications Commission order that expands cell phone emergency alerts to include American Sign Language and 13 additional languages. James issued a statement after the FCC published the order, which requires wireless carriers to support multilingual Wireless Emergency Alerts, or WEAs. The alerts are used by government…

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New York AG Letitia James Questions Instacart Over Pricing Practices

New York Attorney General Letitia James has asked Instacart to explain how it sets prices after a report found shoppers were charged different prices for the same grocery items. James sent a letter seeking details about Instacart’s use of algorithmic pricing and warning that the company may be violating New York’s Algorithmic Pricing Disclosure Act,…

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New York AG Letitia James Warns Businesses Against Price Gouging as Winter Storm Hits

New York Attorney General Letitia James on Thursday issued an alert warning businesses against price gouging of essential goods and services as a winter storm brings heavy snow across the state. Gov. Kathy Hochul has declared a state of emergency for New York City, Long Island, the Hudson Valley and the Capital Region. New York’s…

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Judge Blocks Trump Administration From Fining States Over SNAP Operations

New York Attorney General Letitia James issued a statement Tuesday after a federal judge blocked efforts by the Trump administration to impose fines on states tied to their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program operations. “Our most vulnerable residents rely on SNAP to put food on the table. Despite the federal government’s best efforts to make it…

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New York Attorney General’s Office of Special Investigation Reviews Pedestrian Death in Monticello

State investigators are examining the circumstances that led to the death of a man struck by an off-duty Monticello Village Police Department officer in Monticello. The man died Nov. 30, five days after the collision. The incident took place shortly after 6 a.m. on Nov. 25 near Pleasant Street and High Street. According to information…

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