Category Legislation & Government

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

Clearview AI Tests an AI Tool to Turn Face Matches Into Full Surveillance Profiles

Clearview AI is testing InquiryIQ, an AI tool that could expand face matches into full online profiles for police, raising privacy concerns.

OpenAI adds AI safety researcher Paul Christiano to its foundation board as the company faces fresh scrutiny over frontier model security.

Former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon warns AI safety may face a decisive 1-2 year window as labs race toward more powerful systems.

Massachusetts issues clean power rules for data centers over 25 MW, adding new limits, transparency demands and cost protections.

San Francisco is demanding answers from Meta after researchers found hundreds of AI child abuse ads running across its platforms.

Microsoft agreed to new school AI privacy rules banning model training on student data and AI companions after major district bans.

Superintelligence risk is moving into the policy mainstream as AI safety critics argue some systems should never be built.

ControlAI’s Connor Leahy says superintelligence risk is too great to manage, as lawmakers weigh new AI restrictions in the U.S. and U.K.

A former Anthropic researcher warns self-improving AI could become dangerous fast, as labs, startups and lawmakers debate how to slow the race.

Kepler Computing exits stealth with $468M and a new plan to tackle the AI memory bottleneck using 3D stacking and novel materials.