Artificial Intelligence
Josh Hawley Proposes AI Regulations, Section 230 Repeal, and Digital ID Checks for Chatbots
Age checks for chatbots might sound parental, but they flirt with surveillance-state mechanics.
California Advances Bills Requiring Social Media Warning Labels and AI Chatbot Conversation Monitoring
California bills AB 56 and AB 243 target Meta, Snap, and AI chatbots with warnings and mandatory conversation monitoring.
YouTube Faces Backlash for Quietly Using AI to Alter Shorts Without Creator Consent
The edits feel less like enhancements and more like reminders that AI is now part of the creative process, whether you asked for it or not.
X Sues Apple and OpenAI for Alleged Antitrust Collusion Over ChatGPT Integration and App Store Practices
Musk’s lawsuit lands as Apple fends off a wave of antitrust salvos from Washington and Silicon Valley alike.
Google Expands Age Verification to Search
Behavioral profiling now trails you from video views to the search box.
MembersSchool Surveillance Is Criminalizing Speech
Every safeguard comes dressed as protection, but what schools have really built is a paranoia machine that mistakes teenage noise for criminal intent.
Reddit Slams the Door on Internet Archivers
Blocking archivers leaves memory at the mercy of moderation.
MembersHow Conversations You Never Shared With AI Can Still Land in the Laps of Offshore Contractors
The “memory” that makes AI feel personal is often built from scraps of your life handed to human graders.
Perplexity Offers $34.5B to Acquire Google Chrome
Perplexity’s audacious bid for Chrome lands in the middle of a proposed experiment about whether dismantling Big Tech’s empires will actually rewrite the rules of the internet.
Robby Starbuck and Meta Settle AI Defamation Case
A handshake deal replaces a courtroom fight, leaving the biggest legal question about AI defamation for another day.
ChatGPT Chats “Leaked” in Google Search After Discoverable Feature Misfires
Whispers meant for one listener became searchable artifacts in the world’s loudest library.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Pitches Eyeball-Scanning World ID to Bankers
In Altman’s world, the AI that broke authentication is the same AI that now demands your iris.