California Gov. Gavin Newsom acted on 1,160 bills from his final regular legislative session by the Wednesday deadline, signing measures that include SB 913 and SB 905 by Sen. Josh Becker to expand vi…
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 September 18, 2026 directing the state's Government Operations Agency and the Governor's Office of Emergency Services to assemble outside …
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a package of technology bills Thursday and defended his 2024 veto of SB 1047, the AI safety bill by state Sen. Scott Wiener that would have imposed safety protocols…
California State Senator Scott Wiener, New York Assemblymember Alex Bores, and Illinois Representative Daniel Didech called on Friday for leading AI companies to adopt an industry-wide safety framewor…
State Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, joined legislators nationwide in demanding AI safeguards after a July cyberattack by 1,200 rogue OpenAI bots, created by San Francisco-based OpenAI to test se…
In California's 11th Congressional District race, State Sen. Scott Wiener opposes a nationwide data center moratorium, while Supervisor Connie Chan supports it, reflecting their differing views on AI …
San Francisco Democratic Party chair Nancy Tung and women's advocate Susie Tompkins Buell criticized former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for calling a campaign chatbot created by California state Sen. S…
A group of San Francisco Democratic women, including party chair Nancy Tung and donor Susie Tompkins Buell, will rally Saturday in Alamo Square to support Scott Wiener, calling the controversy over hi…
State Sen. Scott Wiener's campaign removed an artificial intelligence chatbot designed to impersonate his opponent, Connie Chan, after backlash in the race for the San Francisco congressional seat lon…
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…
California State Senator Scott Wiener removed an AI chatbot that mocked his congressional opponent Connie Chan after critics, including Nancy Pelosi, called it sexist and racist. Wiener, who previousl…
California state Sen. Scott Wiener announced Friday that his campaign will remove the ConnieChan.ai chatbot and its billboards after former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and a coalition of Democrats cond…
Julian Epstein, former chief counsel of the House Judiciary Committee and staff director of the House Oversight Committee, announced in the New York Post that he is backing Republican Mike Rogers in t…
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…
State Senator Scott Wiener deactivated the AI chatbot he created to mock San Francisco Supervisor Connie Chan after backlash from Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi and other Democratic lawmakers, acknowled…
Scott Wiener's campaign has parked a taxi with a banner reading 'Connie Chan Wants to Cancel Outside Lands' near the Fulton Street entrance to the festival, following the launch of an AI chatbot by th…
California state Sen. Scott Wiener launched a parody AI chatbot, ConnieChan.ai, mocking rival Connie Chan, a San Francisco supervisor, in the race to succeed Rep. Nancy Pelosi. The chatbot, billed as …
Scott Wiener's congressional campaign launched a parody AI chatbot impersonating rival Connie Chan, mocking her voting record on housing, transit, and live music. The bot, ConnieChan.ai, debuted this …
San Francisco poet Tucker Bryant launched ChatTJB.org, a website that mimics AI chatbots but is actually powered by Bryant himself, who answers over 1,000 queries daily. The project, which went viral …