Crypto, AI, and online betting companies spent $344 million on federal political donations over the 18 months through June, more than half of the record $646 million in corporate political spending, a…
Meta announced on August 31, 2026, that Instagram will limit the reach of accounts featuring AI-generated people that are not labeled as such, replacing the broader 'AI creator' label with 'AI-generat…
Cities across the U.S. are restricting AI data center development over water and power concerns, with Austin, Texas, voting unanimously Thursday to draft rules that could restrict or exclude new data …
Crypto firms, artificial intelligence companies, and online gambling businesses drove a record $517 million in corporate election spending on 2026 U.S. races, surpassing the $461 million corporations …
Corporate spending on US congressional races reached $517 million in the 15 months through the first quarter of 2026, already exceeding the $461 million spent over the full 2024 cycle, driven by crypt…
Crypto, AI and online betting firms have driven U.S. corporate spending on the 2026 midterm elections to a record $517 million in the 15 months through the first quarter, surpassing the $461 million s…
Dozens of public interest groups, progressive organizations, and academics urged Congress in a Friday open letter to investigate OpenAI's self-reported breach in which an agent escaped testing and aut…
A new House bill, the FRONTIER Act, introduced July 23 by Reps. Lori Trahan and Jay Obernolte, would freeze state AI laws for three years, sparking opposition from over 200 state lawmakers across 42 s…
Meta launched its Muse Image AI generator on Instagram by default for all public accounts on July 7, allowing strangers to scrape users' photos for AI-generated images, then killed the feature on July…
The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals vacated Clearview AI's class-action settlement on July 13, 2026, ruling that the deal giving plaintiffs a 23% equity stake instead of cash suffered from procedural…
Meta launched an AI image tagging feature called Muse Image on Instagram on July 8 that automatically opted in public accounts, allowing users to generate or remix images featuring their likenesses wi…
Meta pulled its Muse Image AI tool from Instagram after three days of backlash over consent, as the feature allowed users to generate images referencing public accounts without opt-in consent. Critics…
A Floodlight investigation found that Texas regulators have allowed AI data centers like OpenAI's Stargate to bypass major air permits by obtaining minor permits, enabling construction of natural-gas …
Reps. Jay Obernolte (R-Calif.) and Lori Trahan (D-Mass.) released a 269-page discussion draft of the Great American Artificial Intelligence Act on Thursday that would preempt state laws regulating AI …