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January 25, 2023

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) announced that he secured $2.5 million in federal funding for two community projects in Santa Monica in the Fiscal Year 2023 appropriations bill recently signed into law by President Biden. First, Congressman Lieu secured $1.5 million for the Santa Monica Behavioral Health Center, which provides around-the-clock behavioral health care for the community and for people experiencing homelessness. Second, Rep.


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January 25, 2023

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) announced that he secured $2.5 million in federal funding for the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing in Los Angeles in the Fiscal Year 2023 appropriations bill recently signed into law by President Biden. The funding will help build the largest wildlife crossing in the world, which will protect mountain lions and other wildlife from highway traffic and increase public safety.


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January 25, 2023

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) announced that he secured $1.6 million in federal funding for a University of California (UCLA) climate research project in the Fiscal Year 2023 appropriations bill recently signed into law by President Biden. The project focuses on removing carbon dioxide from the ocean to help reduce carbon in the atmosphere and fight climate change.


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January 25, 2023

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) announced that he secured over $8 million in federal funding for environmental projects in Los Angeles County in the Fiscal Year 2023 appropriations bill recently signed into law by President Biden. These projects tackle several issues including fire management, reducing greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and outdoor recreation and conservation.


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January 25, 2023

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) announced that he secured over $7 million in federal funding for five community projects in Los Angeles in the Fiscal Year 2023 appropriations bill recently signed into law by President Biden.


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January 25, 2023

WASHINGTON Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) announced that he secured $5 million in federal funding for five South Bay community projects in the Fiscal Year 2023 appropriations bill recently signed into law by President Biden. These projects will help the South Bay address issues around homelessness, temporary housing, special education, and safe cycling.


January 24, 2023

For all the talk about the power of ChatGPT, Dall-E 2 and the like, the generative AI era is only at its inception. Here's what's coming down the road.

The applications will get much more specific. As powerful as it is, ChatGPT and its art-generating peers are generic. The real power, many say, will come as businesses combine such AI tools with their own data.


January 24, 2023

Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) on Monday called on Congress to take more steps to regulate Artificial Intelligence (AI) in a New York Times op-ed, citing risks associated with self-driving vehicles and facial recognition systems.


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January 23, 2023

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) announced that he secured nearly $8 million in federal funding for local homelessness projects in the Fiscal Year 2023 appropriations bill recently signed into law by President Biden. These projects will help address issues around homelessness, including temporary housing, mental health support, medical care and job readiness in LA County.


January 23, 2023
Opinion: Op-Eds

Imagine a world where autonomous weapons roam the streets, decisions about your life are made by AI systems that perpetuate societal biases and hackers use AI to launch devastating cyberattacks. This dystopian future may sound like science fiction, but the truth is that without proper regulations for the development and deployment of Artificial Intelligence (AI), it could become a reality. The rapid advancements in AI technology have made it clear that the time to act is now to ensure that AI is used in ways that are safe, ethical and beneficial for society.

Issues: Artificial Intelligence Cybersecurity and Technology