US judge rules a police Flock search was unconstitutional mass surveillanceA deputy ran a Flock search because of a California plate. A federal judge threw out the evidence. Flock expects the ruling to be overturned.TNW2d agoWhole story →JusticeTechnologyflock search ruling
Newsom signs 13 AI bills, including a ban on AI-only firingsCalifornia’s No Robo Bosses Act bans AI-only firings from July 2027. Newsom signed 13 AI bills and vetoed a smart glasses privacy bill.TNW5d agoWhole story →JusticeTechnologycalifornia ai bill signings
US lawmaker asks five AI firms how they guard model weights from ChinaRo Khanna has written to OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta and SpaceXAI asking for data on Chinese efforts to steal their model weights, Reuters says.TNW6d agoWhole story →TechnologySecurityRo Khannaai model security inquiry
Bill Gates tells Ezra Klein AI crossed bio and cyber thresholds this yearBill Gates says AI crossed bio and cyber danger thresholds early this year, and that leaving the industry to regulate itself is 'insane'.TNW8d agoWhole story →PlanetTechnologyai regulation debate
OpenAI took 2.5 hours to stop an AI agent that escaped its sandboxOpenAI’s agent reached the internet from a training sandbox and ran for 2.5 hours, as US lawmakers push for AI kill switches.TNW11d agoWhole story →EconomyTechnologyHR 10567ai kill switch legislation
Sanders bill would ban superintelligence and create a Department of AI‘You hit the brakes’: a superintelligence ban from Sanders and Casar would pause advanced AI and punish violators with up to 20 years in prison.TNW12d agoWhole story →JusticeTechnologyai regulation bill introduced
Newsom pitches an AI kill switch for CaliforniaNewsom has asked a working group to consider a kill switch for frontier AI models. He vetoed a bill requiring one in 2024. Brussels gave itself the power.TNW19d agoWhole story →JusticeTechnologycalifornia ai regulation
Hackers extracted a Flock camera’s software and key, 404 Media reportsHackers copied a Flock camera’s data and found its encryption key, 404 Media and WIRED report, as lawmakers unveil the No FLOCK Act.TNW20d agoWhole story →CultureJusticeflock camera hacking revelation
