Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signed an executive order on September 22 creating an Illinois AI Cabinet of AI experts and senior state agency officials to study AI risks including data privacy, cybersecur…
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signed an executive order on Tuesday establishing an AI Cabinet of experts and state agency representatives to formulate AI policy proposals through 2027, including tying dat…
The FDA has authorized 1,524 AI-enabled medical devices as of August 2026, but zero of those clearances cover generative AI products designed to manage mental health conditions, even as federal agenci…
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker suspended state tax breaks for data centers in June, halting incentives in effect since 2020 that had saved 27 data centers nearly $1 billion in taxes, as state policymakers …
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker called for immediate Congressional hearings, federal intervention, and an end to Big Tech lobbying against AI safety, following the resignation of another AI industry whi…
More than 10 states, including Illinois, New Jersey and Washington, have curbed or reversed tax breaks for data centers, according to the Wall Street Journal, as state leaders who once welcomed the fa…
A JLL report projects the global data center sector will grow at a 14% compound annual growth rate through 2030, driven by hyperscalers, while nearly three-quarters of U.S. states offer tax incentives…
A new report finds that data centers in seven U.S. states—Virginia, Texas, California, Illinois, Georgia, Ohio, and Arizona—depend on about 3.4 trillion gallons of freshwater annually for electricity,…
An Illinois nurse, TikTok user @Chenedyy, says AI is now built into hospital workflows, citing three examples: AI summarization in electronic health records, a primary care provider recording a visit …
The OpenAI Foundation announced a $100 million commitment to the Common Health Coalition to launch Breakthroughs to Follow-Through (B2F), a national effort using AI to improve health outcomes, startin…
OpenAI Foundation, the nonprofit that governs OpenAI, announced a $100 million commitment to the Breakthroughs to Follow-Through Initiative, a public health partnership with the Common Health Coalitio…
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…
U.S. states including Arizona, Illinois, and Ohio are withdrawing sales tax breaks for data centers, potentially raising AI infrastructure costs by approximately 7% or more and increasing the price of…
Arizona, Pennsylvania, Illinois, and Texas are rolling back data center tax incentives, with Arizona enacting a three-year moratorium on new sales tax exemption applications from July 1, 2026, through…
As of August 2026, Illinois and Nevada have banned AI chatbots from delivering therapy, while Utah and California allow them under disclosure rules, according to a clinician's field guide published on…
A Reddit thread on r/AI_Agents revealed a client with over $40,000 in unpaid invoices, some past 120 days, in a business doing $35,000 a month, prompting a guide on payment systems for AI freelancers.…
Illinois enacted the Artificial Intelligence Safety Measures Act on July 6, 2026, requiring annual independent audits for frontier AI developers starting January 1, 2028. The law covers models trained…
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed the Artificial Intelligence Safety Measures Act on July 6, requiring major AI developers to undergo annual independent audits starting in 2028, a first in the U.S.…
On July 15, 2026, China's Implementation Opinions on AI Agents became enforceable as the world's first dedicated regulatory category for AI agents, establishing a three-tier decision authorization fra…
Anthropic is pushing US states to adopt tougher AI regulations, arguing that existing transparency-focused safety laws from 2025 are no longer sufficient for the most powerful AI systems. Cesar Fernan…