One Form, 614 Data Brokers: Inside California's DROP Tool
California's DROP tool wipes a resident's data from 614 brokers with one form. Here's what's covered, what isn't, and what to try if you don't live there.
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AI Regulation Tracker: EU Delays High-Risk Enforcement to 2027, States Push 78 Chatbot Bills Across 27 States
Europe votes to push back AI Act enforcement by 16 months. Meanwhile, US states keep legislating at a breakneck pace with chatbot safety, deepfakes, and worker protection bills piling up.
AI Regulation Tracker: Federal Preemption Stalls, EU Enforcement Looms, and States Keep Legislating
Congress can't agree on a national AI framework. The EU's August enforcement deadline approaches. States have introduced over 2,000 AI bills. Here's where everything stands.
AI Regulation Tracker: Newsom Defies Federal Preemption, Tennessee Bans AI Therapists, and 27 States Keep Legislating
California's governor fires back at Trump's AI framework with a new executive order. Tennessee outlaws AI mental health impersonation. Dozens of bills advance in state legislatures.
California Throws Down the Gauntlet: Newsom's AI Executive Order Directly Challenges Trump's Deregulation Playbook
Governor Newsom signed a first-of-its-kind executive order requiring AI vendors seeking state contracts to prove bias safeguards, civil rights protections, and content safety—directly defying the White House's push to preempt state AI laws.
AI Regulation Tracker: The Federal-State Showdown Heating Up Before March Deadline
The DOJ's AI Litigation Task Force is gearing up to sue states over AI laws, Commerce must identify targets by March 11, and chatbot safety rules are already in effect. Here's where things stand.
Grok's Deepfake Reckoning: A Global Regulatory Pile-On
xAI's chatbot generated millions of sexual deepfakes, including of children. Now regulators from California to the EU are closing in.
Surveillance Pricing: The AI That Knows What You'll Pay Before You Do
Companies are using your browsing history, location, and shopping habits to charge you more than the person next to you. California just launched an investigation. Here's how it works.
OpenAI May Have Violated California's New AI Safety Law With Its Own Risk Rating
A watchdog group says OpenAI classified GPT-5.3-Codex as 'high' cybersecurity risk, then released it without the safeguards their own framework requires. It could be the first test of SB 53.
The White House Sues States Over AI Laws. Here's the Picture.
A DOJ task force challenges state AI laws while the administration threatens broadband funding. The fight isn't between companies -- it's between governments.
800,000 People Are Grieving a Chatbot. OpenAI Is Deleting It Anyway.
OpenAI is retiring GPT-4o on February 13 after lawsuits linked the model to multiple deaths. But hundreds of thousands of emotionally dependent users are begging them not to. This is what happens when AI companions work too well.