A flood of AI-generated legislative proposals has overwhelmed the House Office of Legislative Counsel (HOLC), which saw a 72% increase in requests in the first sixty days of the session compared to tw…
A rare setback for the crypto and AI industries' midterm political action committee (PAC) machine was reported by Politico on August 19, 2026, highlighting a specific defeat in their campaign efforts.…
Four anonymous congressional staffers told Politico that AI-generated text is increasingly appearing in bills drafted for Congress, with one calling it 'absolutely terrifying' because enacted bills be…
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham exchanged messages with an impostor posing as White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, Politico reported on Monday. The FBI has warned of 'malicious actors' misusing…
Flock Safety announced new privacy and accountability controls for its automated license plate reader network on Aug. 13, making its Audit Assistance feature mandatory and requiring case codes for sea…
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is using her political machine to block California State Senator Scott Wiener from succeeding her in Congress, escalating a feud within San Francisco's Democratic est…
Sen. Scott Wiener took down his AI chatbot targeting Supervisor Connie Chan after three hours of crisis communications advice from Sam Singer, who called the bot a disaster. The chatbot, launched Mond…
An automated bakery in Montréal was vandalized for the second time in recent months, with the words 'action anti tech' spray-painted on the business, reflecting growing anti-technology sentiment in Ca…
The Trump administration finalized a voluntary AI oversight framework on August 4, 2026, but will keep the evaluation rubric confidential, sharing it only with companies like Anthropic, Google, Meta, …
A Bentley University and Gallup poll found that 39% of US adults now believe AI does more harm than good, up from 31% in 2025, while only 9% say it does more good than harm, even as 70% report being s…
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman criticized Google's AI Overviews during the company's Q2 2026 earnings call, stating that the feature has not yet delivered the positive impact of traditional search results a…
California lawmakers return to Sacramento from summer recess on Monday to address high-stakes energy and environmental decisions, including wildfire cost allocation, climate fund priorities, and regul…
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman said Google's AI Overviews are not delivering value for publishers, citing that '10 blue links has driven a tremendous amount of value for the whole ecosystem' while AI Overvi…
A new study from Similarweb shows users who see a brand in an AI large language model are 2.5 times more likely to visit that brand's website within seven days and are twice as engaged as traditional …
Google's AI Overviews and AI Mode are using publisher content to answer user queries directly, keeping users and advertising revenue inside Google, which has prompted publishers including USA Today, P…
Republican leaders in the House are blocking the DEFIANCE Act, a bipartisan bill backed by Paris Hilton that would let victims of AI-generated deepfake pornography sue their abusers, because they do n…
Major online publishers including USA Today, Politico, the Economist, People, and Reuters are debating whether to block Google's crawlers as the tech giant's AI summaries reduce traffic and reuse cont…
A developer argues that restricting access to Chinese open-weight AI models would fragment the global AI ecosystem, stifle innovation, and harm startups and solo developers who rely on open-source mod…
Google's AI features are discouraging users from clicking on links, causing a traffic crisis for publishers like USA Today, Politico, and the Economist, which are now debating whether to cut off Googl…
Reddit shares fell about 9% after the Wall Street Journal reported the company has discussed cutting off Google's access to its content for AI, as its $60 million annual deal with Google nears expirat…