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Matthew Taber

@matthewtaber.bsky.social
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Matthew Taber | Healthcare Consultant & Advocate | #AISafety Policy Developer | #DirectPrimaryCare | | #HealthPolicy | #ElvisAct | | Background Actor 🎬 |

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Stardust 🌏🎬 @stardustbluepr.com · 25/08/2026
RIP Dolly, you were magical.🙏 Dolly Parton performs "Jolene" with Pink, Annie Lennox, Pat Benatar, Brandi Carlile, Sheryl Crow, Rob Halford, Simon Le Bon and Dave Stewart at The 37th Rock & Roll of Fame Induction Ceremony (November 5th, 2022 at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles).
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Dolly Parton - Jolene (Live at Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2022)
YouTube video by A. L. Media
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Stardust 🌏🎬 @stardustbluepr.com · 24/07/2026
@markruffalo.bsky.social Listening in on the Paramount merger press conference. News: Merger is delayed til up to June 2027! Great work to all!! 💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻🎸😎 #BlockTheMerger
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Paramount Agrees to Delay Warner Bros. Merger for Months (Gift Article)
The company agreed to a proposed freeze until June 2027, unless a judge issues a ruling before then on a lawsuit blocking the deal.
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Stardust 🌏🎬 @stardustbluepr.com · 11/07/2026
Public outcry works! 👏
deadline.com
Meta Removes AI Muse Image Feature After Backlash
Days after rolling out its Muse Image AI feature on social media, Meta has heard the overwhelming backlash from users.
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Matthew Taber @matthewtaber.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
That is so not cool!! Everybody needs to opt out immediately.
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Stardust 🌏🎬 @stardustbluepr.com · 04/06/2026
💥Audiophiles! 💥 🎙️Listen in to early mystery radio drama. 🎧Hear the original audio as those who listened from their living rooms in the early days of radio. Himan Brown was a true pioneer, beginning his career at just 16 years of age. #HimanBrown #CUNYTV #RadioDramaNetwork #cbsradiomysterytheater
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Protect Digital Identity @protectdid.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Please sign : AB-412, The AI Copyright Transparency Act offers us the opportunity to lead by example as it empowers artists and creators to exercise their rights as copyright owners. #aisafety #AB412
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Let’s Be Clear: Artists & Creators Must Have Transparency NOW!
Every single day we don’t have transparency, the value of copyright loses ground and the harms inflicted to creative industries grow. California has always been on the forefront of policies that can ...
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Stardust 🌏🎬 @stardustbluepr.com · 20/05/2026
Incredible performance by David Byrne on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert! Dance, Stephen, Dance!
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Matthew Taber @matthewtaber.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
I am so excited about this! I can't wait to listen to it.
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Stardust 🌏🎬 @stardustbluepr.com · 14/05/2026
If you love radio mystery! This is your next podcast! Himan Brown was the original pioneer of Radio Mystery Theater! With Orson Wells, Bob Hope and countless others on his original live broadcasts, this is where it all began. Please subscribe on #YouTube www.youtube.com/@radiodraman...
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Matthew Taber @matthewtaber.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Special interest groups (i.e. TechNet) preventing meaningful action to regulate AI in Congress. California is ignoring special interest groups and passing very meaningful AI regulation. Gov Newsom is leading the way.
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Stardust 🌏🎬 @stardustbluepr.com · 17/04/2026
“The AI revolution has begun, and I need to learn as much as I possibly can about AI and share it with all of you. Also, FYI: the jobs women hold are 3x more likely to be automated by AI, yet women are using AI at a rate 25% lower than men on average. We don’t want to be left behind.”
variety.com
Reese Witherspoon Doubles Down on Telling Women to Learn AI: Jobs We Hold Are ‘Three Times More Likely to Be Automated By AI’
Reese Witherspoon is again advising her followers that there's no time like the present to start learning about and using artificial intelligence.
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Stardust 🌏🎬 @stardustbluepr.com · 14/04/2026
Italy has become the first in the world to legally recognize that caring for a domestic animal can justify an authorized absence, in some cases, a paid one.
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Italy Implements a New Labor Leave that Allows Workers to Care for Sick Pets - Italy
Italy has implemented a new labor policy that allows employees to request leave to care for their sick pets. In specific cases, the leave will be paid.
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Creative Content Coalition for AI Safety | CCCAIS 🌎💧🐬 @cccais.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
“What we found pretty consistently was irregardless (sic) of the wind direction, there was always a downwind warming that we could measure,” Sailor said. “And it was on the order of several degrees Fahrenheit.”
azfamily.com
Arizona data centers warming neighboring communities by ‘several degrees’
A few degrees of warming could elevate health risks.
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Matthew Taber @matthewtaber.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
This is fantastic news! Go Baltimore! In addition, 3 smart teens in TN filed class action against X for Grok making porn out of them ( article mentions this).
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Creative Content Coalition for AI Safety | CCCAIS 🌎💧🐬 @cccais.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
“Lawsuits are piling up against Elon Musk’s company after its Grok AI image generator enabled mass production of deepfake porn based on images of non-consenting women and children.”
cnbc.com
Baltimore is first U.S. city to sue over Grok deepfake porn as legal pressure mounts on Musk's xAI
Following international regulatory probes, lawsuits are piling up in the U.S. against Elon Musk's xAI and its Grok chatbot.
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Matthew Taber @matthewtaber.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
This is a great bill. I am hoping ( fingers crossed) TN legislature will do the right thing and pass it. Having Gov Lee sign it would be a middle finger to Trump ( who did unconstitutional EO banning AI state laws). Bill has hearing tomorrow.
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Creative Content Coalition for AI Safety | CCCAIS 🌎💧🐬 @cccais.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
“A study led by MIT researchers found that agentic AI developers seldom publish detailed information about how these tools were tested for safety.”
cnet.com
AI Agents Are Getting Better. Their Safety Disclosures Aren't
A study led by MIT researchers found that agentic AI developers seldom publish detailed information about how these tools were tested for safety.
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Matthew Taber @matthewtaber.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
This is mindblowing. Its scary to see how far AI has come in such a short amount of time. This is getting dangerous and must be stopped.
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Stardust 🌏🎬 @stardustbluepr.com · 21/01/2026
Artists on Bluesky, inc., Karla Ortiz, called out the policy as harmful to human creatives. Backlash spread quickly, with threats to boycott the event. The reversal is viewed as a victory for artists amid broader debates on AI in the industry. www.msn.com/en-us/societ...
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Stardust 🌏🎬 @stardustbluepr.com · 09/01/2026
Time to ask for removal from the App Store “Elon Musk’s chatbot has been used to generate thousands of sexualized images of adults and apparent minors. Apple and Google have removed other “nudify” apps—but continue to host X and Grok.”
wired.com
Why Are Grok and X Still Available in App Stores?
Elon Musk’s chatbot has been used to generate thousands of sexualized images of adults and apparent minors. Apple and Google have removed other “nudify” apps—but continue to host X and Grok.
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Matthew Taber @matthewtaber.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
PLEASE demand APPLE remove. It produces CSAM. Apple has removed others with CSAM. Demand #apple remove from #AppStore. We shareholders demand it! www.wired.com/story/x-grok... #CNBC @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social @cnn-news.bsky.social #Grok #technology #socialmedia
wired.com
Why Are Grok and X Still Available in App Stores?
Elon Musk’s chatbot has been used to generate thousands of sexualized images of adults and apparent minors. Apple and Google have removed other “nudify” apps—but continue to host X and Grok.
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Matthew Taber @matthewtaber.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Demand APPLE remove from app store. Apple has removed other apps doing the same thing in past. Deman Apple do it.
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Matthew Taber @matthewtaber.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
They should demand #APPLE remove it from the app store. They can do that.
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Matthew Taber @matthewtaber.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Please ask Senator Umberg to schedule official hearing for AB 412. Official hearing has not been scheduled yet and must have official hearing in Judiciary in order to move forward.
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Matthew Taber @matthewtaber.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
California Senate Judiciary still has not scheduled official hearing on AB 412. Official hearing needs to take place in order to move bill forward. Please ask @senatorumberg.bsky.social to schedule a hearing #copyright #AB412 #California #artist #actors
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Matthew Taber @matthewtaber.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Thank you for supporting AB 412! Judiciary still has not scheduled official hearing on AB 412. Official hearing needs to take place in order to move bill forward. Please request @senatorumberg.bsky.social schedule a hearing
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Matthew Taber @matthewtaber.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Bravo! Judiciary has yet to schedule official hearing on AB 412. We need Judiciary to schedule hearing in order to move bill forward.
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Matthew Taber @matthewtaber.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Judiciary still has not scheduled official hearing for AB 412
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Matthew Taber @matthewtaber.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Judiciary still has not scheduled official hearing for the bill. Please encourage Judiciary (Umberg) to hold official hearing on it so it can move forward.
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Matthew Taber @matthewtaber.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
AB 412 still does not have an official hearing scheduled in Judiciary. We need to encourage Judiciary to schedule a hearing.
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Matthew Taber @matthewtaber.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Do you happen to know when the official hearing for AB 412 in Judiciary will be? It still does not have a date.
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Protect Digital Identity @protectdid.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
“It’s already getting more difficult for university students to get jobs…”
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Matthew Taber @matthewtaber.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
This is a very important cause. Humanity is at stake.
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Protect Digital Identity @protectdid.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
🆘 We have begun crowd-funding to get us to the next hearing which will be placed on the calendar sometime prior to January 23rd. 🆘 We have lots of work to do and we are up against billion dollar companies. 🆘 We will need at least 250 people at that next hearing. 🆘 Please consider a donation.
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Donate to Guardrails for a Safe AI Future, organized by Protect Digital Identity
Our Future is at Risk Unethical AI has stolen years of human work without co… Protect Digital Identity needs your support for Guardrails for a Safe AI Future
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Matthew Taber @matthewtaber.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Happy Holidays!
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Matthew Taber @matthewtaber.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Awesome!
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Stardust 🌏🎬 @stardustbluepr.com · 13/12/2025
WGA and SAG-AFTRA say they will closely monitor the conditions of the $1 billion licensing deal and plan to meet further with the studio.
thewrap.com
Unions Raise Flag on Disney-OpenAI Deal's Infringement Concerns: 'Built Its Business Off Our Backs'
WGA and SAG-AFTRA say they will closely monitor the conditions of the $1 billion licensing deal and plan to meet further with the studio
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Protect Digital Identity @protectdid.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
@governor.ca.gov @govpressoffice.gov.ca.gov The new Executive Order blocking state AI laws is a direct violation of California’s authority to protect innovation, privacy, and jobs. Please take action and file suit to defend our state’s right to regulate AI responsibly. #CA #AISafety #StatesRights
nbcnews.com
Trump signs executive order seeking to block states from regulating AI companies
Congressional efforts to regulate AI at the federal level this year have fallen short.
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Matthew Taber @matthewtaber.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
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Heather-Ashley Boyer @heatherashleyboyer.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
🚨URGENT🚨 ** If you live in the U.S. and want to have laws that regulate A.I. please read this, submit an online comment ASAP, and share! **
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Matthew Taber @matthewtaber.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
For AI, copyright is kryptonite.
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Matthew Taber @matthewtaber.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Copyright is kryptonite for AI. We can use lawsuits and laws to bankrupt those who abuse #copyright. AB412 will strengthen those efforts.
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Matthew Taber @matthewtaber.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Join us Dec 8 @stanforduniversity.bsky.social to stand up for #AB412 and protect #Copyright! Creators’ rights are under attack by AI stealing their work. We need strong rules NOW! Don’t let tech giants erase our future. ✊ #SaveCreators #AIRegulation #AI www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHcU...
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CA-AB412 Matters
YouTube video by Project Digital Identity
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Protect Digital Identity @protectdid.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
“Critics of OpenAI’s multibillion dollar corporate restructuring want to bring the matter to California voters, launching two different ballot initiatives as well as a campaign website that calls on billionaires like Elon Musk to pitch in on halting the business expansion.”
politico.com
‘Calling all billionaires’: OpenAI critics urge Musk, Zuckerberg to fund ballot effort
The ChatGPT maker faces at least two different California ballot initiatives, targeting its multibillion-dollar corporate restructuring.
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Matthew Taber @matthewtaber.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
We need you! Join us @stanforduniversity.bsky.social on December 8th. #actor #musician #artist #Stanford #author #AISafety
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Matthew Taber @matthewtaber.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
I saw it! Im thru ep 504
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Protect Digital Identity @protectdid.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
🆘 🆘 🆘 🆘 🆘 People needed! Sign up at march2testify.org to stand up in person for Your Rights as an artist, creator for your Copyright December 8th at Stanford U 9am We have one chance to get this right. #protectdigitalidentity #March2Testify #EsaiMorales 🆘 🆘 🆘 🆘 🆘
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Matthew Taber @matthewtaber.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
This would be very bad. All State AI laws (#ELVISAct, AB 2602, AB 1836, #SB953, etc), would all be killed as well as any future laws.
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Protect Digital Identity @protectdid.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
🆘 🆘 🆘 🆘 🆘 Boots on the Ground! Sign up at March2Testify.org to stand up in person for Your Rights as an artist, creator for your Copyright December 8th at Stanford U 9am We have one chance to get this right. 🆘 🆘 🆘 🆘 🆘 #CAAB412 #March2Testify @xojodilong.bsky.social
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Lydia Cornell Official @lydiacornell.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
🆘 🆘 🆘 🆘 🆘 People needed! Sign up at March2Testify.org to stand up in person for Your Rights as an artist, creator for your Copyright December 8th at Stanford U 9am We have one chance to get this right. @protectdigitalidentity #protectdigitalidentity 🆘 🆘 🆘 🆘 🆘
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