New York's S7263 — which would ban AI from answering medical, legal, and other licensed-profession questions — reached the Senate floor in February and a full chamber vote is imminent, even as studies show AI outperforming doctors on diagnostic tests. Meanwhile, Anthropic and Google have moved to lock paying subscribers out of third-party tools, sparking backlash from developers who built businesses on promises that just changed overnight. How governments and companies choose to restrict AI is shaping who actually benefits from the technology — and who gets protected from it.
S7263 would ban AI from answering medical and legal questions, protecting billable hours while the people who can't afford doctors lose their only option.
Paying $200/month and getting banned for using what you paid for isn't "abuse." It's a business model failure.
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