Edison International and PG&E executives warned California lawmakers that wildfire liability bill SB 492 would raise utility bills and hurt investment, citing a combined $20 billion loss in market val…
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 …
California and the European Union enacted the first phase of coordinated AI transparency laws on Saturday, requiring generative AI companies to embed verifiable provenance data into AI-generated photo…
A landmark California law taking effect Sunday, Aug. 9, will require AI companies to embed invisible 'digital fingerprints' into AI-generated images, videos, and audio, allowing users to verify conten…
California's new AI transparency law, authored by state Sen. Josh Becker, D-Menlo Park, and co-authored by Assemblymember Buffy Wicks, D-Oakland, and Rick Chavez Zbur, D-Los Angeles, takes effect Aug.…
A new report from Common Sense Media found that 44% of U.S. teens have seen AI-generated sexual content, and nearly a quarter of those have seen content depicting themselves or peers. Bay Area lawmake…
California state senators Josh Becker and Ben Allen introduced the Wartime Price Gouging Prevention Act to expand the attorney general's power to investigate price gouging on essential goods like gaso…