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.TNW4d agoWhole story →TechnologyJusticecalifornia ai bill signings
OpenAI says Trump’s AI accord needs more detail, Semafor reportsOpenAI’s Chris Lehane says firms must spell out how they’ll apply the White House AI accord, as they brace for a Democratic Congress.TNW4d agoWhole story →TechnologyGovernmentwhite house ai accord
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.TNW5d agoWhole story →TechnologySecurityRo Khannaai model security inquiry
300 publishers take their fight against AI stealth bots to CongressThe Stealth Bot Prohibition Act would fine AI crawlers that hide who they are up to $53,000 per violation. Publishers are in DC to push it.TNW5d agoWhole story →CultureTechnologyHR 9915stealth bot prohibition act lobbying
America.gov, the US government’s AI chatbot, contradicted Trump on day one‘The federal government no longer stands in your way’, says Trump of America.gov. Its chatbot then contradicted him.TNW5d agoWhole story →TechnologyGovernmentamerica gov launch
AI needs $6tn a year by 2031 to pay for its data centres, Bain says'The economics of AI infrastructure demand trillions in new revenue,' says Bain's David Crawford, putting the bill at $6tn a year by 2031.TNW6d agoWhole story →BuildTechnology
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'.TNW7d agoWhole story →TechnologyPlanetai regulation debate
Speaker Mike Johnson tells CNBC he hopes AI guardrails are voluntaryHouse Speaker Mike Johnson told CNBC he hopes AI guardrails will be voluntary, hours before meeting AI leaders and Trump at the White House.TNW7d agoWhole story →TechnologyGovernmentMike Johnsonai regulation meeting
Ro Khanna plans a bill to ban self-improving AI, CNBC reportsRo Khanna's Human Control Over AI Act would ban self-improving AI until federal safeguards exist, and add criminal penalties, CNBC reports.TNW7d agoWhole story →TechnologyRo Khannaai regulation bill proposal
