Artificial Intelligence
Minnesota Nudification Ban Takes Effect After Judge Denies xAI Restraining Order
Despite First Amendment concerns pending, the first US nudification ban is now law in Minnesota. A judge denied xAI's restraining order over its filing delay.
Washington Wants a Government Label on AI Speech
The pitch is transparency. The catch is that the government gets to write the words you’re forced to say.
NO FAKES Act Clears Senate Committee: Delete First, Ask Never
Three senators named the free-speech problems out loud and voted for the bill anyway.
The Algorithm California Said Didn’t Exist
One of the six systems scores incarcerated people on whether they will be arrested again.
The White House’s AI Deal: Kill State Laws, Demand Your ID
Silicon Valley gets the regulatory shield it’s been lobbying for and all it costs is the end of the anonymous internet.
Florida vs. OpenAI: The Fight to ID Every ChatGPT User
Proving you are not a child means proving exactly who you are and that is the remedy Florida wants written into law.
DuckDuckGo Installs Surge 30.5% After Google AI Search Overhaul
The numbers are small but for the first time the friction of switching looks cheaper to users than the cost of staying.
Days Away: The TAKE IT DOWN Act Creates a Censorship Mechanism With No Safeguards
The law Congress unanimously passed to fight revenge porn also handed anyone with an internet connection and a grudge a delete button.
AI Safety Institute Debuts with Big-Name Backers and a Censorship Agenda
Every major speaker at the Copenhagen summit has a resume built on telling platforms what to take down.
The FSU Shooting Lawsuit That Could Turn ChatGPT Into a Surveillance Tool
Every AI company’s nightmare scenario just became a plaintiff’s attorney’s blueprint for court-ordered mass surveillance.
Shapiro’s AI Chatbot Plan Opens the Door to ID-Gated, Surveilled Conversations
Pennsylvania’s governor is using one rogue chatbot to justify putting a digital checkpoint in front of every AI conversation in the state.
Paris Prosecutors Move to Criminally Charge Musk and xAI
The investigation started with an algorithm complaint from a Macron ally and now includes charges ranging from Holocaust denial to child exploitation.