A New York bill would ban chatbots from impersonating licensed professionals like doctors and lawyers and giving “substantive response, information, or advice”
A bill under consideration in New York would provide a private right of action, allowing people to file lawsuits against chatbot owners who violate the law.
Texas AG Ken Paxton sues TP-Link, alleging it deceptively markets its products as secure while allowing the CCP to hack into consumers' devices
Texas is suing networking equipment company TP-Link Systems for allegedly allowing the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to hack into consumers' devices …
Texas AG Ken Paxton sues TP-Link, alleging it deceptively markets its products as secure while allowing the CCP to hack into consumers' devices
Texas is suing networking equipment company TP-Link Systems for allegedly allowing the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to hack into consumers' devices …
The NYC token, launched by former New York City Mayor Eric Adams on January 12, saw its market cap drop from ~$600M to ~$110M, after USDC liquidity manipulation
President Trump signs an executive order aimed at preempting a growing number of state AI laws, saying “we want to have one central source of approval”
Transformer Weekly: Trump signs EO, Hochul guts the RAISE Act, and GPT-5.2 launches Michael Kan / PCMag : Trump Signs Executive Order to Go After ‘Burdensome’ State AI Laws Poligirlsayswhat / Baller A...
Policymakers behind key state AI bills scoff at Trump's EO; some GOP governors are pushing ahead with their own AI bills; Steve Bannon says Sacks misled Trump
States are forging ahead with AI laws despite President Trump's new executive order aimed at reining them in.
Political fixer Bradley Tusk's nonprofit releases VoteSecure, an open-source cryptographic protocol for mobile voting, amid skepticism from cryptographers
Political consultant Bradley Tusk has spent a fortune on mobile voting efforts. Now, he's launching a protocol to try to mainstream the technology.
Political fixer Bradley Tusk's nonprofit releases VoteSecure, an open-source cryptographic protocol for mobile voting, amid skepticism from cryptographers
Political consultant Bradley Tusk has spent a fortune on mobile voting efforts. Now, he's launching a protocol to try to mainstream the technology.
Maryland will deploy Claude across its agencies to help residents apply for food aid, Medicaid, and more, and partner with Percepta to speed up housing permits
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California SB 243, which would mandate safety protocols for AI chatbot companions, passes the State Assembly and Senate and now heads to Governor Newsom's desk
California has taken a big step toward regulating AI. SB 243 — a bill that would regulate AI companion chatbots in order …
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed a bill into law on August 1 banning the use of AI for mental health services, but allowing its use in administrative roles
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker approved a new law banning the use of artificial intelligence systems in providing psychotherapy services.
Gov. Tim Walz activates the Minnesota National Guard to help St. Paul address a cyberattack detected Friday that led the city to shut down many of its systems
Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota activated the National Guard to help the city of St. Paul address a cyberattack that was detected last Friday.
A group of 260+ US legislators from all 50 states sign a letter opposing a federal budget bill provision that bans states from enforcing AI laws for 10 years
More than 260 state legislators from all 50 states have signed a letter opposing a provision in the federal budget reconciliation bill …
The US House Budget Committee advances a budget bill that would ban US states from enforcing any law regulating AI for 10 years; the bill now goes to the House
New York CNN — — More than 100 organizations are raising alarms about a provision in the House's sweeping tax …
Sources: US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick urged civil servants heading the $42B rural broadband program to increase the project's use of SpaceX's Starlink
Commerce secretary urges officials to consider Trump adviser's satellite connection for rural households
Evolv reaches an agreement to resolve an FTC inquiry alleging the company made false claims about its AI-powered security system's ability to screen for weapons
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California announces driver's license and state ID support in Apple Wallet and Google Wallet, rolling out “in the coming weeks”, as part of the DMV's mDL pilot
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A researcher finds another flaw in Georgia's voter registration cancellation portal, which has suffered bugs that made submitting requests for Georgians trivial
The flaw would have allowed anyone to submit a voter registration cancellation request for any Georgian using their name …
CrowdStrike says a Falcon sensor configuration update on Windows triggered a logic error that resulted in a system crash and BSOD, remediated after 78 minutes
Thankfully, Macs weren't affected by last week's catastrophic … Anthony Ha / TechCrunch : TechCrunch Minute: What caused last week's major tech outage? CrowdStrike : Likely eCrime Actor Uses Filenames...
Reeling from CrowdStrike-related outages, Delta has canceled 5,000+ flights, including 1,384 on Sunday and 700+ for Monday so far, according to FlightAware
Delta Air Lines (DAL.N) struggled to restore normal operations on Sunday after last week's crippling global cyber outage …