California woman arrested and charged with acting as unregistered agent for China, prosecutor saysBy Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — The FBI on Sunday arrested a 34-year-old California woman who has been charged with acting as an unregistered agent for China, First Assistant US Attorney for the Central District of California, Bill Essayli, said in a social media post. Wanying “Heather” Zhang, of Irvine, allegedly surveilled a closeABC17News.com1d agoWhole story →TechnologyJusticechina espionage arrest
What to know about America.gov, the Trump administration’s new AI-driven services websiteBy Adam Cancryn, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration thinks the federal bureaucracy is way too complex for Americans to navigate — and it believes that artificial intelligence can help. President Donald Trump on Tuesday unveiled America.gov, a government website meant to serve as a one-stop shop for people trying to accomplish basic tasks likeABC17News.com7d agoWhole story →TechnologySecurityamerica gov launch
Federal appeals court rules Pentagon’s blacklist of Anthropic was legalBy Clare Duffy, Hadas Gold, CNN New York (CNN) — The Department of Defense can blacklist Anthropic’s artificial intelligence technology, a federal appeals court ruled on Friday. The decision is a blow to Anthropic after it won a separate challenge in a California court in August that partially invalidated the Trump administration’s label. The TrumpABC17News.com11d agoWhole story →TechnologyJusticepentagon ai blacklist ruling
Congress has failed to regulate AI for years - and there’s little sign that’s changingBy Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — In December 2024, a bipartisan congressional task force studying the possible perils of artificial intelligence issued 85 recommendations for how lawmakers could act on the issue. GOP Rep. Jay Obernolte, a key figure on the task force, asked Republican leaders to go even further, establishing a special committee toABC17News.com18d agoWhole story →TechnologySecurityJay Obernolteai regulation efforts
Josh Shapiro wades into AI debate with call for ‘strict guardrails’By Arlette Saenz, CNN (CNN) — Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro on Thursday called for greater federal regulation of artificial intelligence while criticizing President Donald Trump for minimizing concerns, saying “We cannot ignore the warning signs nor downplay the very real risks.” “I am not a doomer. I don’t think that it is inevitable that AIABC17News.com18d agoWhole story →TechnologySecurityJosh ShapiroDonald Trumpai regulation debate
Political debate over AI intensifies amid warnings about ‘catastrophic risk’By Jake Tapper, Aileen Graef, CNN (CNN) — The debate around artificial intelligence is ramping up in Washington, with Democratic lawmakers sounding alarms on the dangers they say the technology poses and Republican leaders suggesting those concerns are inflated and secondary to winning the AI race with China. Some Democratic lawmakers last week pressured…ABC17News.com23d agoWhole story →TechnologySecurityai regulation debate
House Democrats urge Speaker Johnson to cancel recess to pass AI safeguards, citing ‘catastrophic’ riskBy Ellis Kim, Lauren Fox, CNN (CNN) — A group of House Democratic lawmakers is pressuring Speaker Mike Johnson to reconvene the chamber immediately and cancel an upcoming break to address what they describe as the “catastrophic risk posed by advanced artificial intelligence.” In a letter to the speaker, the Democrats cite potential threats, includingABC17News.com25d agoWhole story →TechnologySecurityMike Johnsonai safeguards debate
US claims Chinese AI firms are carrying out ‘industrial-scale’ theft of trade secretsBy Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — Chinese artificial intelligence firms are committing “industrial-scale” theft of their American counterparts’ trade secrets to save money and bring the coveted technology to market faster, US federal agencies alleged Tuesday. Major Chinese tech companies are using “distillation,” which involves training lesser AI models on…ABC17News.com28d agoWhole story →TechnologySecurityus china ai trade tensions
Flock tracks your license plate. OpenSecrets tracked the $2M it spent on lobbying.Flock Safety has poured more than $2 million into federal and state lobbying since 2025 as the fast‑growing surveillance company faces mounting scrutiny from lawmakers in both parties and privacy advocates over its ever-expanding network of license‑plate‑tracking cameras. The company spent nearly $1.3 million between January 2025 and July 2026 on federal…ABC17News.com29d agoWhole story →TechnologyJusticeflock safety lobbying scrutiny
