Friday’s AI Report
• 1. 🗽 State enacts first ban on AI rent pricing
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• 3. 🧬 How AI uncovered a cancer therapy pathway
• 4. 🔏 Protect your online data with Incogni
• 5. 👋 Apple loses another AI exec to Meta
• 6. 🎵 Spotify, labels develop ‘artist-first’ AI
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State enacts first ban on AI rent pricing
🚨 Our Report
NY has become the first state to outlaw algorithmic rent pricing, signing a bill that bans landlords from using software to coordinate or inflate rental amounts. The legislation targets AI tools accused of driving up residence outlay and undermining competition amid the state’s affordability crisis.
🔓 Key Points
The law bans landlords from using AI-driven pricing tools like RealPage, which analyze private data to set rent levels and lease times for maximum yield.
Property owners using such software are currently considered to be engaging in collusion, known as a direct violation of state antitrust laws, even if done “unknowingly or with reckless disregard.”
Governor Kathy Hochul cited ProPublica’s 2022 investigation linking RealPage’s software to national rent spikes; officials estimate tenants lost $3.8B in 2024 due to algorithmic fares.
🔐 Relevance
This marks a milestone in AI governance and housing policy, signaling a frontier for algorithmic accountability. NY’s ban may inspire other states to follow suit, positioning AI-assisted rent control as a key battleground in the broader debate over technology, competition, and consumer protection.
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How AI uncovered a cancer therapy pathway
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Apple’s head of AI-driven web search, Ke Yang, has left for Meta, marking another high-profile exit from the company’s AI division as competition for top talent intensifies.
The departure follows several others from Apple’s AIML team, including former head of AI models Ruoming Pang, as Meta expands its Superintelligence Labs unit.
Yang recently led Apple’s Answers, Knowledge, and Information team, which was developing a smarter Siri capable of web-based responses ahead of a major 2026 update.
Spotify has struck deals with Sony, Universal, Warner, and Merlin to build AI tools that prioritize artist consent, copyright protection, and fair compensation.
The company says the “responsible AI” initiative will let artists decide whether to use AI tools and identify when their music is involved in AI-generated tracks.
Spotify also plans to expand the system to rights holders and launch a generative AI research lab, reinforcing its stance that “musicians’ rights matter.”
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