AI Policy

Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman released an ad featuring an AI-generated Gov. Kathy Hochul making exaggerated claims about her policies on crime, immigration, and taxes. The ad aims to sway voters ahead of the Nov…

At the inaugural UN Global Dialogue on AI Governance in Geneva, Indonesia's Minister of Communication and Digital Affairs Meutya Hafid, speaking on behalf of President Prabowo Subianto, called for a people-centered, coll…

The fate of California's $2 billion plan to fund Medi-Cal through a tax on insurance companies now rests with Mehmet Oz, the Trump administration's Medicare and Medicaid chief. State Republicans urged Oz to reject the pl…

AI and the 'Ex-China' trend are reshaping emerging market ETFs, with investors increasingly favoring markets like India and Taiwan over China due to geopolitical risks and AI-driven demand for semiconductors.

President Donald Trump announced Monday that his administration is fast-tracking approvals for private gas plants to power AI data centers, citing the immense energy demands of artificial intelligence development. Trump …

N8n founder Jan Oberhauser argued at the Raise Summit in Paris that companies should avoid model lock-in by using an orchestration layer that can switch between AI providers, as dependency on a single vendor could "liter…

QS CEO Jessica Turner said universities will be judged on their ability to produce adaptable graduates with human skills that cannot be automated, as artificial intelligence transforms higher education standards. QS is i…

Residents in east London are fighting a datacentre planned for Brick Lane, saying the site should hold homes, not servers. The facility would serve high-frequency trading, not AI, and the government will rule on the plan…

Apple lost a major antitrust appeal in Europe on Tuesday, as the General Court of the European Union rejected all three of the company's claims challenging its designation as a 'gatekeeper' under the Digital Markets Act.…

Meta's Superintelligence Labs released Muse Image, an image generation model that uses tools like code execution and web search to refine results. The model's @-mention feature allows users to generate images of others f…

Allianz SE plans to cut 1,500 to 1,800 jobs at its travel insurance subsidiary Allianz Partners over the next 12 to 18 months, replacing call center workers with artificial intelligence. The reductions, affecting roughly…

The US government is preparing to investigate and potentially restrict American companies' use of Chinese-made AI models, citing concerns that they advance Beijing's narratives and censor dissent. The move follows a surg…

DeepSeek is designing its own AI inference chip, targeting the phase where trained models generate responses, with manufacturing partner SMIC under US export controls. The chip leverages DeepSeek's Mixture-of-Experts arc…

A 39-year-old Mexican national, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, was shot and killed by an ICE agent in Houston during a targeted enforcement operation. The family disputes ICE's claim that he attempted to run over an officer, de…

ESL FACEIT Group banned skin gambling, case-opening, and skin trading platforms from sponsoring teams at its Counter-Strike 2 events, aligning with Valve's December 2025 restrictions. The policy, enforced in July 2026, t…

Five Eyes national security agencies jointly warned of increasing cyber risks from AI models, particularly their ability to autonomously hack into systems and networks, urging renewed cybersecurity measures.

China warned of security risks in Anthropic's Claude Code AI tool, citing potential back-door vulnerabilities after a state-sponsored threat actor used the tool to automate a cyberespionage campaign. Alibaba subsequently…

A study by the Oxford Internet Institute found that 38% of regular UK users of large language models turn to AI for advice on personal relationships, and 31% use it for emotional support. The survey of 2,000 adults revea…

A 246-acre scenic oceanfront property on the San Mateo Coast, Pedro Point Headlands, could be added to the Golden Gate National Recreation Area under an agreement between local, state and federal officials. The Californi…

More IT workers are seeking union representation amid mass layoffs, disillusionment with Big Tech, and fears that AI will displace jobs, but overall union membership in tech remains low at about 3.5%. High-profile organi…