Naeem Zafar

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With the Senate weighing H.R. 1, I’m urging Majority Leader Thune, Senator Schumer, and every senator committed to American AI leadership to preserve the 10-year moratorium on the enforcement of state and local artificial intelligence (AI) laws in the final budget legislation. AI is a foundational leap—powering technology that improves millions of lives and solves some of our toughest global challenges. That future is now under threat, with more than 1000 state and local AI bills in 2025 creating a regulatory patchwork that hurts AI innovators. https://lnkd.in/euknHS_Z ➡️ The moratorium gives Congress the space to establish a rational, unified national framework for the most important technology of our time. ➡️ America’s startups and small businesses stand to lose the most from this patchwork approach—buried by unsustainable compliance costs before they can even get to market. ➡️ The bill offers flexibility for states to protect consumers and enforce public interest laws—so long as they do so in technology-neutral ways.

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🚀 We just made history. Today, Nectir and the California Community Colleges announced a systemwide partnership that will bring our FERPA-compliant AI Assistants to all 2.1 million students across 116 campuses. This is officially one of the largest AI implementations and research studies in education—ever. ❤️ Over the past year, 260 instructors across 84 CCC campuses used Nectir AI with 8,000+ students. The results have been extraordinary: higher engagement, stronger learning outcomes, and renewed excitement for both teaching and learning. Our mission has always been clear: make AI a safe, equitable, and effective learning partner for every student and educator. This partnership proves that responsible, research-driven AI adoption at scale isn’t just possible, it’s already happening. Endless gratitude to Craig Hayward, the Chancellor’s Office, and the Foundation for California Community Colleges for their visionary leadership and to every educator who helped shape Nectir into what it is today. We couldn’t do it without you! 👏🏽 This isn’t just a milestone for Nectir. It’s a blueprint for how the rest of the country can implement AI in education—safely, equitably, and with real evidence behind it. Read the full story from Shawna Chen in Axios here: 👉 https://lnkd.in/ggscNeKq

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Sharing a great write up from AiNews.com - Company Page on California State University (CSU) system is set to become the nation’s first and largest AI-powered public university system. As a guest lecture on practical #AI for last two years at California State University San Marcos & SDSU Global Campus, I couldn't be more pleased to see this public-private collaboration to drive #AI learning, research, and professional development with the actual teaching tools. OpenAI ChatGPT Edu and many other AI platforms and resources will be made available for students, faculty, and staff across all 23 CSU campuses. 🤖 Well done, CSU Chancellor Mildred García - who was quoted as saying “It’s a celebration of innovation, scholarship and a collective commitment to the pursuit of progress — progress and opportunity for all.” https://lnkd.in/gC7W4nm8

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NVIDIA joins California State University system and other top tech companies, including Microsoft, Intel, LinkedIn, and others, to provide free AI tools and training to all students, faculty, and staff across 23 CSU campuses. Read ➡️ lat.ms/4aP7lvt

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Steve Cooke (adjunct faculty and former Paul Hastings partner) and Patricia Wellmeyer co-chair an annual conference for audit committee members on behalf of Merage (i.e. The UCI Audit Committee Summit- https://lnkd.in/gzWUd_AE). The Summit is designed to provide meaningful insights from top regulators, topical experts, and academics on current and emerging issues impacting audit committees and corporate governance. Summit registrants normally include esteemed board members, senior management, and practitioners from Orange County and surrounding areas.  

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