Category Legislation & Government

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

Voters turn data centers into a political liability in the 2026 midterms

Data center backlash helped drive 2026 midterm restrictions, moratoriums and new local rules as voters and officials pushed for tighter control.

UK minister says the government’s AI boost claim came from a Google-commissioned report, while the official AI boost claim is far lower.

PIMCO’s Emmanuel Roman warned the AI financing boom could break as big bond deals fuel bubble fears on Wall Street.

US midterms are underway with Congress, Trump’s agenda and AI policy at stake, plus major spending, turnout and election-monitoring disputes.

OpenAI’s AI compute campus rename aims to soften backlash over data centers, with critics calling it a cosmetic fix.

AI chatbots are giving voters bad election information, with errors, stale details and partisan sources still common.

TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026 lands in Boston on Nov. 4 with pitches, roundtables, networking and practical startup advice.

Trump told Zohran Mamdani he needs Washington or risks federal support. The warning tests Mamdani’s media-savvy governing style.

Anthropic tightened Claude Code rules on Opus 5.5 to curb AI game cloning while still allowing original, genre and user-owned projects.

Data centers sparked boos at a Brooklyn election event, where residents raised fears about secrecy, costs, jobs and community control.