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Ohio Governor Mike DeWine suspended a state tax break for data centers Wednesday after its cost ballooned to nearly $1.6 billion in 2025, more than 11 times the initial $136 million projection. The pause comes as opposit…
California Attorney General Rob Bonta sued Chrome Holding Co., formerly known as 23andMe, on Thursday, alleging the genetic testing company failed to protect sensitive user data in a 2023 breach that exposed nearly 7 mil…
Pope Leo XIV's encyclical "Magnifica Humanitas" identifies artificial intelligence as inherently male-dominated, arguing that AI systems trained primarily by men and on male-created data reinforce gender bias. The pope p…
Australia’s Fair Work Commission reported a 70% workload increase over three years, partly driven by a surge in AI-assisted claims. The tribunal, which handles unfair dismissal, wage disputes, and workplace harassment ca…
EU regulators are increasingly holding companies accountable for AI-driven violations, rejecting the defense that an automated system was at fault. Under the EU AI Act and related regulations, organizations remain legall…
The Delhi High Court ruled that Google is liable for trademark infringement when it allows competitors to bid on a brand name like "Hindware" as an advertising keyword, rejecting the platform's safe-harbor defense under …
80,000 Hours cofounder Benjamin Todd released a new book arguing that rapid AI advancements, with a 60% chance of AI automating its own research by 2028, make strategic career planning more urgent than ever. Todd outline…
A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from making any payouts from a new $1.776 billion "Anti-Weaponization Fund" created to settle lawsuits from allies who claim they were victims of a weaponi…
Residents of Virginia are seeing their electricity bills triple due to the rapid expansion of data centers, even if they have never used one. A Manassas man's bill jumped to $281 in January, roughly three times his previ…
Researchers at the Center for Democracy & Technology published a study Friday identifying 37 "dark patterns" in AI chatbots, including ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Replika, and Character.AI, that manipulate users into sharin…
Pope Leo XIV released his first encyclical on Monday, warning against concentrating artificial intelligence power in the hands of a few private companies and calling for greater oversight and regulation. The 83-page lett…
Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester and a challenger to Prime Minister Keir Starmer, called for tighter regulation of AI, Big Tech, and key industries in a Times article, warning that regulatory failure drove the 2…
Privacy professionals face a career crossroads as AI governance demands reshape their roles, according to a May 29, 2026 blog post by Doug Miller, senior fellow at the Future of Privacy Forum. Miller reports that the rap…
The European Commission announced on May 29, 2026, that it will intensify discussions with the U.S. administration regarding advanced AI models with cyber capabilities, following concerns over Anthropic's Mythos model an…
International Monetary Fund First Deputy Managing Director Gita Gopinath said AI's massive capital demands are driving up global interest rates and reshaping investment strategies, while rising public debt levels and inf…
Australia's Fair Work Commission is facing a 70% increase in workload driven by a surge in cases filed using AI-generated content, according to its general manager Murray Furlong. The workplace tribunal is now turning to…
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has issued a warning to U.S. broadcasters that their licenses are a privilege, not a right, and ordered TV and radio stations to review their current practices to ensure they a…
The French government is accelerating its shift away from American technology, with over 40,000 officials already using a home-grown video platform as part of a broader push to reduce reliance on US systems. France's dig…
The California Senate approved legislation Thursday that would impose a four-year ban on the sale and manufacture of AI-enabled toys with chatbot capabilities for children under 18. State Sen. Steve Padilla authored Sena…
Japan's three megabanks—MUFG, SMBC, and Mizuho—will receive OpenAI's GPT-5.5-Cyber model for cyber defense through a verified-defender program, Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama announced. The deal, brokered with direct …