MARCH 2025 11 won’t make our communities safer or more prosperous. American com panies and American families will pay their costs, which have already disrupted the integrated North American supply chain. That’s our strongest competitive advantage, and we’re at risk of losing it. The Govern ment of Canada continues to work with the U.S. Administration to seek a resolution – and we are placing the highest priority on this. And while it is not the path that we want to take, Canada has had no choice but to retaliate against these unwarranted tariffs. So, this Chamber Day, please, tell your representatives to stand up for Illinois and what it has with Canada. Together, we’ve built an integrated economy that works. We can’t afford to place this at risk. Madeleine Féquière Consul General of Canada in Chicago employees need to understand that an application like ChatGPT may use their input to “train” its models. Employees should never share confidential company information (including personal data about other employees or customers) with a chatbot unless there are controls in place to make sure the information doesn’t end up in another company’s “training set.” Employment Law (Continued from Page 6) 2. Careful Vendor Monitoring. Because AI is a hot topic, IT vendors are rolling out new AI features in their products at a breakneck pace. Sometimes these new features are accompanied by amendments to their terms of service or privacy policy that allow the vendors to use your company information for model training (aka “scraping”). Your security and systems ad ministrators should carefully review how these vendors will use your company information and make sure that you do not give the vendor permission to use company data. For example, LinkedIn recently imple mented data sharing for “generative AI improvement,” leaving it to users to figure out how to opt out. Conclusion It may sound simple, but thinking before you chat and reading the fine print are two steps that will help you regain control over how AI is used in your workplace. January 28, 2025 Illinois Chamber Responds to Governor Pritzker’s State of the State/Budget Address (Springfield) - Governor JB Pritzker presented an optimistic outlook for the Illinois economy during his budget address; however, several fiscal concerns remain unaddressed. The Illinois Chamber of Commerce supports commitments to long-term structural fiscal stability, a strong education system, and forward- thinking investments that promote business growth and new investments in the Land of Lincoln – all with no new taxes. We encourage Governor Pritzker and the General Assembly to continue to address the economic and regulatory obstacles that impede job growth in Illinois. Significant budget pressures, including the impending transit cliff, were not addressed in today’s speech and raised concerns for Illinois businesses and taxpayers. For Illinois to take its rightful place as a national economic leader, new policies need to be enacted that support rather than burden job creators. While we appreciate the Governor’s efforts to attract new business to Illinois through initiatives like the shovel-ready pro gram, the Chamber will continue to advocate for both lowering the mandated cost of doing business while furthering investment in existing small and medium-sized businesses to help them grow and create jobs for families in Illinois. The Illinois Chamber stands ready to work with legislators on both sides of the aisle in the General Assembly and the Governor’s Office to enact pro-Illinois and pro-growth solutions that will not only help attract new businesses but help our small, medium, and large employers continue to thrive.
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