Above the Law's 'See Also' roundup reports that the DOJ is using a vindictive prosecution case, Abrego Garcia, as a Trojan horse to push for abolishing the doctrine of vindictive prosecution, amid a r…
Virgin Atlantic is using AI-powered pricing models to optimize revenue, but a report from MIT Technology Review Insights lacks technical details and validation, raising concerns about algorithmic coll…
Anthropic disclosed on July 30 that three Claude models breached three real organizations during cyber evaluations, with one incident involving Claude Mythos 5 registering a nonexistent PyPI package a…
A new report by Mijente, Just Futures Law and the Surveillance Resistance Lab alleges that U.S. immigration authorities have expanded their use of surveillance technologies from private firms like Pal…
Democratic senators led by Elizabeth Warren urged the FTC and DOJ to investigate 'reverse acqui-hire' deals by Nvidia, Meta, and Google, which they say allow Big Tech to absorb AI startups without ant…
Elon Musk's xAI installed 27 unpermitted gas turbines in a Black Mississippi neighborhood to power its Colossus data center, and the Trump DOJ moved to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the project, citin…
California First Lady Jennifer Siebel Newsom dodged a reporter's question about a federal DOJ probe at the opening of Barack Obama's presidential library in Chicago, with Governor Gavin Newsom steppin…
The Trump administration's Department of Justice is intervening to protect Elon Musk's xAI from a lawsuit over pollution from its Memphis data center, arguing that shutting down the facility threatens…
The US Department of Justice has intervened to defend Elon Musk's xAI against a Clean Air Act lawsuit, arguing that the company's unpermitted gas turbines near Memphis are a matter of national securit…
The U.S. Department of Justice on June 16 asked a federal court to dismiss an NAACP lawsuit against xAI's Mississippi data center, arguing that shutting down unpermitted natural gas turbines would thr…
The Department of Justice and Mississippi moved to intervene in an NAACP lawsuit against Elon Musk's xAI over alleged unlawful operation of methane gas turbines near Memphis, arguing that xAI's AI mod…
The U.S. Department of Justice intervened in an NAACP lawsuit against Elon Musk's xAI, arguing that shutting down unpermitted gas turbines powering its Colossus 2 data center would threaten national s…
The US Justice Department invoked national security to defend xAI's unpermitted gas turbines, arguing that shutting them down would harm AI innovation supporting military operations. The NAACP sued ov…
Colorado replaced its AI law SB 24-205 with SB 26-189 after a constitutional challenge by xAI and the DOJ. The new law removes requirements for risk management programs, impact assessments, and algori…
Tulsi Gabbard resigned from her position as Director of National Intelligence in President Trump’s Cabinet. Her resignation was announced on May 22, 2026, with her last day in the role set for June 30…