A proposed California Senate Bill 1167 and local measures aim to regulate e-bikes in the Bay Area, where a San Jose State University Mineta Transportation Institute study found that 88% of electric bi…
The Trump administration deferred nearly $870 million in Medicaid payments to California and $199 million to Minnesota, citing suspected fraud, but provided no concrete examples, according to the Asso…
At its August 13 meeting, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners' Big Data and Artificial Intelligence Working Group reported that a 12-state pilot of its AI Risk Evaluation Supplement wi…
Proposition 40, a one-time 5% billionaire tax on California's November ballot, has drawn sharp criticism from Los Angeles Times columnist Gustavo Arellano, who argues it is a temporary stopgap that wi…
Elon Musk is suing California over a new AI law, arguing that its transparency requirements are unconstitutional and would harm innovation. The lawsuit, filed by Musk's company xAI, challenges the law…
California is considering fines for content creators who fail to disclose paid political posts, a move that could affect influencers like Shaka Smith, who has over 700,000 Instagram followers and rece…
California's AI Transparency Act, effective Aug. 2, requires large generative AI providers with over 1 million monthly users to embed hidden provenance information in AI-generated images, videos, and …
In interviews with 49 candidates for California elected offices, editorial board member Taves found that candidates are paranoid about opposition research, always on call, overconfident in charisma ov…
California's SB 942, the AI Transparency Act, requires covered providers to build and operate a free public detection tool that answers whether their system generated a given file, with an API and at …
A federal judge refused to halt enforcement of California's Assembly Bill 2013, the Generative Artificial Intelligence Training Data Transparency Act, in a case brought by Elon Musk's xAI against Cali…
California's SB 1174, authored by Republican state Sen. Suzette Valladares of Santa Clarita, would give qualifying employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) contractors a bid preference of 2% to 4% on stat…
Cargo theft losses hit roughly $725 million in 2025, a 60% jump from the prior year, with organized rings using armed hijackings to steal servers, Nvidia chips, and other AI hardware, according to sup…
California lawmakers are pushing to ban AI from serving as a full-on therapist under Senate Bill 903, which would prohibit advertising chatbots as therapy and require licensed professional review for …
California's AI Transparency Act (SB 942) became enforceable on August 2, 2026, requiring generative AI systems with over one million monthly California users to embed machine-readable provenance data…
California's economy grew at a 3.7% annual pace in the first quarter of 2026, the second-fastest among U.S. states, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. The growth was driven by the info…
Amazon bypassed a community vote to push through its data center project in Gilroy, California, using by-right development permits that allow construction without public approval on industrially zoned…
California's AI Transparency Act became operative on Aug. 2, 2026, requiring covered generative-AI providers with more than 1 million monthly users or visitors to offer a free detection tool and inclu…
Felix Wong, 33, a Harvard-educated biotech entrepreneur with MIT roots, chose to found his startup in Redwood City, California, despite his Massachusetts upbringing and the state's dominance in biotec…
California has begun enforcing a new transparency law requiring generative AI services with more than 1 million monthly users to embed machine-readable provenance data in images, audio, and video they…
Paramount CEO David Ellison said on the company's earnings call Tuesday that the merger with Warner Bros. Discovery will proceed despite a legal challenge, and that AI will serve as a tool for human s…