A US Copyright Office report and federal court rulings confirm that works generated entirely by AI are not copyrightable because copyright requires human authorship. The Supreme Court declined to hear…
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a criminal charge against an individual for possessing AI-generated child sexual abuse material (CSAM) that did not involve …
A federal appeals court ruled that the First Amendment protects the possession of AI-generated child sexual abuse material (CSAM) in the home when it does not depict an actual child, citing Supreme Co…
Brazil's Superior Electoral Court is weighing whether an AI-generated avatar of former President Jair Bolsonaro, used in July to support his son Flávio Bolsonaro's presidential campaign, violates judi…
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) urged courts to reject copyright claims against generative AI companies, arguing that expanding copyright protections based on speculation about AI-generated w…
Flock Safety, a mass surveillance-as-a-service company, is deploying AI-powered cameras and tools that raise Fourth Amendment concerns, according to a WIRED report on its new AI tool for police. The c…
The Seventh Circuit ruled Tuesday that home possession of AI-generated child sexual abuse material depicting fictional children is protected by the First Amendment, citing the Supreme Court's 1969 dec…
Todd Blanche, confirmed as U.S. Attorney General by a single Senate vote, refused to pledge independence from the White House, signaling the Justice Department's continued subservience to President Do…
A federal appeals court ruled that Supreme Court precedent from 2002 forced it to protect the in-home possession of AI-generated child sexual abuse material, dismissing one of four charges against Ste…
Howard High, a veteran and former president of the Japanese American Citizens League, argues that President Trump's executive order barring birthright citizenship for children of 'alien enemies' is un…
The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a lower court ruling that Georgia's 2021 redistricting maps violated the Voting Rights Act, sending the case back for reconsideration under a new lega…
A study published on the Volokh Conspiracy found over 50 federal appellate opinions showing signs of AI authorship. The Supreme Court used the shadow docket to lift an injunction against a Trump propo…
NVIDIA has signed a $7 billion deal to develop top-tier open-weight AI models, aiming to keep the software ecosystem tied to its hardware stack. Separately, nine automakers recalled nearly 4.3 million…
The U.S. Postal Service finalized a rule adding hurdles to mail-in voting, advancing President Donald Trump's election integrity push despite court orders keeping it on hold. The rule requires states …
Flock Safety, which has installed 120,000 automatic license plate recognition cameras across the U.S., faces backlash as dozens of jurisdictions canceled contracts since 2025, and Amazon canceled a pl…
The Supreme Court's 'no privacy in public' doctrine, established in United States v. Knotts (1983), is being rendered obsolete by AI-powered surveillance technologies such as computer vision models an…
A Hacker News user questions whether the U.S. Supreme Court might reexamine the right to privacy in public, citing United States v. Knotts and the proliferation of government cameras and personal devi…
President Donald Trump shared AI-generated images and a video of himself with George Washington, whom he thanked for ideas on the White House ballroom, as his administration asks the Supreme Court to …
The 2026 midterm cycle is projected to be the most expensive in US history, with record fundraising and flashpoints over big-donor groups tied to Israel policy, AI, and crypto. Political scientist Dan…
Sheila Nix, CEO of The Mobile Voting Project, argues that mobile voting can protect ballot access as mail-in voting faces attacks from President Donald Trump's executive orders, which a federal judge …