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 physicians on diagnostic tests. The bill is the latest front in a broader battle over who controls AI's most valuable use cases, with Anthropic and Google simultaneously moving to lock power users out of third-party tools built on their platforms. How governments and companies answer these questions will determine whether AI's gains flow to ordinary people or get captured by incumbents.
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.
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