On June 25, a bill to amend California's data privacy regulations made it through committee. Legislators introduced AB 375, the California Data Privacy Protection Act, in part as a compromise to replace a potential November ballot measure, the California Consumer Privacy Act, a bill that could result in even stricter data privacy regulations and that has unsurprisingly roused opposition in Silicon Valley. But while AB 375 will make California a trailblazer on data privacy in the United States, it could create problems that ultimately hinder the development of artificial intelligence. AB 375 must pass by June 28 to ensure that the privacy initiative, which has nearly double the signatures needed for a statewide referendum, does not end up on the ballot in November. Both the Assembly and the Senate have scheduled a vote for June 28 in an attempt to put the bill in Gov.