Category Legislation & Government

News on AI-related laws, policies, and government regulations.

Why human hackers, not rogue AI, remain the biggest threat to the power grid

Human hackers remain the biggest AI cyberattack risk to energy systems, as generative AI helps attackers move faster than utilities can defend.

Data centers are splitting Trump from parts of MAGA as Republicans worry about land, power and pollution ahead of the midterms.

Trump floated an AI Force and a new AI name, escalating the political fight over AI safety, data centers and federal policy.

Jonathan Kanter says AI regulation should create liability and safety rules — not an antitrust exemption that could help form a cartel.

AI regulation is dividing Anthropic, OpenAI, Meta and the Trump administration as pressure grows for frontier model safety standards.

Vals is betting on AI benchmarking as the new trust layer, with a $40M round, rapid growth and private tests for real-world model performance.

WIRED World Fair heads to Miami on Nov. 4 with AI, biotech, art, robots and talks from major names across tech and culture.

India now requires caller-ID apps to share spam reports with telecoms, raising anti-competitive concerns and new rules for AI voice calls.

Unsealed filings in the NYT case show OpenAI and Microsoft allegedly knew AI copyright risks, traffic losses and web damage were coming.

An AI slowdown may require audits, compute tracking, chip controls and treaties — but experts warn enforcement is still an unsolved problem.