California Governor Gavin Newsom issued an executive order on September 18, 2026 directing state agencies to develop recommendations for embedding independent verification organizations inside frontie…
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order on Friday directing the convening of a group of world-leading experts to produce a guide for California to reinforce and strengthen its AI sa…
California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a four-member advisory group on Wednesday to help shape stronger artificial intelligence guardrails, including a possible emergency shutoff for the most advanced…
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed data center laws in September 2026 requiring data centers to report water use, reversing his October 2025 veto of a bill with the same reporting requirement. Ne…
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed seven bills on Monday requiring data center operators to disclose their electricity and water consumption, with monthly energy reporting under AB 1577 and water dis…
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker issued an executive order on Sept. 22, 2026 creating the Illinois Artificial Intelligence Cabinet, four days after California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed executive order N-9-26 …
California Governor Gavin Newsom announced a panel of four experts to advise on his recent AI executive order, which directs the state to accelerate independent oversight of AI companies and advance t…
Nearly four dozen US data center projects worth an estimated $68 billion were blocked or delayed in a three-month period, according to Data Center Watch's Q2 2026 insights report, which also counts 84…
Oakland Councilmember Carroll Fife will propose a 45-day moratorium on new data center approvals at Tuesday's Life Enrichment Committee meeting, seeking time for the city to write regulations protecti…
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed seven data center bills into law on September 21, 2026, requiring operators to disclose water and power use and pay more directly for grid infrastructure. The packa…
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed seven bills on September 21, 2026, requiring AI data centers to pay for local power grid and water system upgrades and directing the California Public Utilities Com…
San Francisco congressional candidates Scott Wiener and Connie Chan are diverging on AI regulation in the race to replace Nancy Pelosi, with Chan signing the "AI Pact" and Wiener citing his authorship…
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order on Friday, September 20, 2026, directing state agencies to explore tougher AI safety rules, including embedding independent monitors inside t…
President Donald Trump announced via social media that he will create an "AI Force" modeled on Space Force and name a separate AI "czar," while offering almost no details about either plan, according …
California governor candidates Xavier Becerra, a Democrat, and Steve Hilton, a Republican, have not committed to firm policies on AI safety, including two requirements Gov. Gavin Newsom called for on …
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order on Friday giving state officials and outside experts until November 16 to propose revisions to California law on artificial intelligence and …
US President Donald Trump said he will create an "AI Force" to oversee regulation of artificial intelligence and will name an AI "czar" soon, writing on Truth Social that he will not "hinder or stifle…
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order on Friday, September 18, 2026, directing the California Government Operations Agency and the Governor's Office of Emergency Services to conve…
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday directed the Government Operations Agency and the Governor's Office of Emergency Services to develop AI safety recommendations by Nov. 16, including a "kill swit…
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order on Friday directing state agencies to report by Nov. 16 on whether a mandatory "kill switch" for the most advanced AI models is feasible, saying …