The Guardian has issued an open call for Black Americans to share their experiences using artificial intelligence for health and spiritual guidance, including interactions with AI-generated social med…
Surveillance pricing, enabled by AI and massive consumer surveillance, allows businesses to charge each customer a different price based on behavioral data, effectively price gouging without human int…
Amazon and Walmart possess AI shopping assistants capable of detecting false 'Made in USA' claims on product listings but do not act on the technology, according to a new study from Columbia Law Schoo…
Amazon and Walmart AI shopping assistants can detect false 'Made in USA' product labels but are not using that capability to remove the listings, according to a study from Columbia Law School's Center…
Republican staff on the House Financial Services Committee released a July 22 report urging federal agencies, law enforcement and financial firms to deploy AI against increasingly automated fraud. It …
New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill signed the Fair Price Protection Act, banning grocery stores from using personal data to set individual prices, with fines up to $10,000 for first offenses and $20,0…
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) proposed a policy statement on July 1 that would treat AI developers' undisclosed editorial shaping of chatbot responses as false advertising, a move critics say vio…
Sen. Mark Warner on July 21 unveiled a federal AI agenda built around six new bills and four priorities: infrastructure, competition and safety, workforce disruption, and national security. The propos…
A House Financial Services Committee staff report released Wednesday by top Republicans cites artificial intelligence as both a key driver of financial fraud and a critical tool for prevention, noting…
Seeking.com is exposing images of scammers caught by its AI selfie verification software, which has blocked 53,000 scammers since January 2025, achieving a 90.3% reduction in imposters. Co-CEO Brandon…
Reps. Pat Harrigan and George Whitesides introduced the Tracking Online Time And Limits Screen Time Act on July 15, asking the National Institute of Standards and Technology to develop voluntary scree…
Elon Musk secretly acquired APR Energy, a Jacksonville-based power infrastructure company, in a deal valued at more than $1 billion, according to Federal Trade Commission documents. The acquisition, w…
Elon Musk spent roughly $1 billion to acquire APR Energy, a mobile gas and diesel turbine company, securing his own power supply for xAI's data centers because the U.S. grid cannot keep up with demand…
Senator Mark Warner (D-Va.) released a discussion draft of the AI AGENT Act on June 29, 2026, marking the first federal law to regulate agentic AI systems. The Act, structured as an e-commerce consume…
Meta pulled its Muse AI tool on Friday, July 10, three days after launching it on Tuesday, July 7, following backlash over its default opt-in policy that allowed anyone to use public Instagram photos …
Congress introduced multiple AI-related bills this week, including the Accelerating Innovation for Kids with Cancer Act to leverage AI for pediatric cancer research, the People-First Chatbot Act to ma…
Meta is using Instagram users' public photos by default to power a new AI image tool called Muse Image, allowing strangers to remix pictures without consent. Privacy advocates warn the feature could e…
The Federal Trade Commission issued a policy statement concerning the suppression of accuracy in artificial intelligence systems, seeking public comments until July 31, 2026. The statement addresses r…
New York's One Fair Price Act, passed by the state legislature on June 4, 2025, targets 'surveillance pricing'—the use of personal data to set individualized subscription prices. A class action lawsui…
The Federal Trade Commission fined Amazon $2.25 million for violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act by failing to provide identity theft victims with records of fraudulent purchases and refusing to re…