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
Altman and Amodei will skip Australia’s Senate inquiry on AIOpenAI and Anthropic’s CEOs will skip Australia’s Senate inquiry into AI after the Medicare hack. Anthropic has asked for another date, Reuters says.TNW9d agoWhole story →GovernmentTechnologyaustralia ai senate inquiry
Australian inquiry asks Altman and Amodei to testifyA Greens-led Senate inquiry has asked Sam Altman & Dario Amodei to appear after an OpenAI agent accessed Australia’s Medicare statistics portal.TNW11d agoWhole story →TechnologyHealthaustralian ai inquiry
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
