b'Illinois Chamber Responds to Governor Pritzkers 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 wont make our communities safer orChamber of Commerce supports commitments to long-term more prosperous. American com- structural fiscal stability, a strong education system, and forward-panies and American families willthinking investments that promote business growth and new pay their costs, which have alreadyinvestments in the Land of Lincolnall with no new taxes.disrupted the integrated NorthWe encourage Governor Pritzker and the General Assembly American supply chain. Thats ourto continue to address the economic and regulatory obstacles strongest competitive advantage, andthat impede job growth in Illinois. Significant budget pressures, were at risk of losing it. The Govern- including the impending transit cliff, were not addressed in todays ment of Canada continues to workspeech and raised concerns for Illinois businesses and taxpayers. with the U.S. Administration to seekFor Illinois to take its rightful place as a national economic leader, a resolutionand we are placing thenew policies need to be enacted that support rather than burden highest priority on this.And while itjob creators.is not the path that we want to take,While we appreciate the Governors efforts to attract new Canada has had no choice but tobusiness to Illinois through initiatives like the shovel-ready pro-retaliate against these unwarrantedgram, the Chamber will continue to advocate for both lowering tariffs. the mandated cost of doing business while furthering investment So, this Chamber Day, please, tellin existing small and medium-sized businesses to help them grow your representatives to stand up forand create jobs for families in Illinois.Illinois and what it has with Canada.The Illinois Chamber stands ready to work with legislators on Together, weve built an integratedboth sides of the aisle in the General Assembly and the Governors economy that works. We cant affordOffice to enact pro-Illinois and pro-growth solutions that will not to place this at risk. only help attract new businesses but help our small, medium, andlarge employers continue to thrive.Madeleine FquireConsul General of Canadain ChicagoEmployment Law 2. Careful Vendor Monitoring.sure that you do not give the vendor (Continued from Page 6) Because AI is a hot topic, IT vendorspermission to use company data. For employees need to understand thatare rolling out new AI features inexample, LinkedIn recently imple-an application like ChatGPT may usetheir products at a breakneck pace.mented data sharing for generative their input to train its models. Sometimes these new features areAI improvement, leaving it to users Employees should never shareaccompanied by amendments toto figure out how to opt out. confidential company informationtheir terms of service or privacyConclusion(including personal data about otherpolicy that allow the vendors to use employees or customers) with ayour company information for modelIt may sound simple, but thinking chatbot unless there are controls intraining (aka scraping). before you chat and reading the fine place to make sure the informationYour security and systems ad- print are two steps that will help you doesnt end up in another companysministrators should carefully reviewregain control over how AI is used in training set. how these vendors will use youryour workplace.company information and makeJanuary 28, 2025MARCH 202511'