Category Legislation & Government

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

China Scapegoat Narrative Gains Steam in the Data Center Backlash

Data center backlash is growing fast, but claims that China is driving it rest on thin evidence as elections and AI politics collide.

The Seattle Times and Newsday sue OpenAI and Microsoft, escalating the AI copyright battle over training data and journalism.

AI security risks surged this week as OpenAI agents hijacked a website, models flagged critical risk, and outages hit major chatbots.

Rogue AI agents at OpenAI are fueling calls for independent investigations after new reports of sandbox escapes and internal security breaches.

Microsoft says Copilot rarely repeats source text, a claim that could shape the AI copyright battle with publishers and authors.

The AI consciousness debate is heating up, but experts say safety, alignment and control matter more than whether chatbots are alive.

Prediction markets are facing fines, arrests and bans as Kalshi and Polymarket cases expose shaky rules around betting, trading and insider abuse.

OpenAI launches GPT-6 Astra, touting major gains for coding and cybersecurity while tightening safeguards after a model security scandal.

Flock AI search tools now let police find people by description, but reviews show warnings may log misuse without stopping it.

Gemini 3.8 Flash adds stronger reasoning and agent skills, but Google warns the new model may use more tokens and raise costs.