OpenAI has asked members of Congress in recent weeks whether an agreement among rival AI companies to slow development could violate antitrust laws, according to WIRED, which cited people close to the…
Nine U.S. senators, including Sens. Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff of California, urged the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to explicitly prohibit betting on wildfires, citing concerns that such ma…
California lawmakers are moving to regulate AI-generated political ads as such content floods social media ahead of the 2026 midterms, with U.S. Sen. Adam Schiff and Rep. Ro Khanna reintroducing the A…
The Trump administration met with OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and Meta at the White House on Tuesday to pilot a voluntary AI safety framework that would give the government up to 30 days of early access…
Senate Democrats, led by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, criticized the Trump administration's 'unpredictable approach' to AI governance, warning it pushes American companies to cheaper Chinese AI alternativ…
Five Senate Democrats, including Kirsten Gillibrand, Adam Schiff, Mark Warner, Christopher Coons, and Mark Kelly, sent a letter on Monday demanding the Trump administration explain its policies on acc…
Five Democratic senators, including Kristen Gillibrand, Adam Schiff, Mark Warner, Chris Coons, and Mark Kelly, criticized the Trump administration's ad hoc and opaque decision-making on AI security, w…
A landmark California law taking effect Sunday, Aug. 9, will require AI companies to embed invisible 'digital fingerprints' into AI-generated images, videos, and audio, allowing users to verify conten…
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators introduced the National Quantum Readiness Act on Tuesday to codify elements of President Donald Trump's executive order on quantum information sciences, directing t…
Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) is introducing legislation to ban AI-generated misrepresentations in political campaign ads, a move critics call a parody of free speech given Schiff's own history of fabri…
California Democrats Sen. Adam Schiff and Rep. Ro Khanna reintroduced the AI Ads Act on Monday, seeking to ban the fraudulent use of artificial intelligence to impersonate political candidates or comm…
California Democrats Sen. Adam Schiff, Rep. Ro Khanna, and Rep. Mark Takano introduced two bills this week to regulate AI-generated political ads and paid influencer posts. The AI Ads Act would ban fr…
A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers introduced the Collaboration on Adversarial Threats and Security Risks Act on Thursday to protect American AI companies like OpenAI and Anthropic from Chinese comp…
Two Bay Area airports will receive nearly $40 million in federal funding to upgrade taxiways and improve safety as part of a $107 million investment in airport infrastructure across California. Oaklan…
The US Senate added provisions to the $1.1 trillion fiscal year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act that ban AI from nuclear targeting decisions, restrict AI-powered surveillance of American citiz…