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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.
Three teenagers have filed a federal class action against Elon Musk's xAI, alleging Grok was used to create child sexual abuse material from their photos. It's the first lawsuit where minors are plaintiffs.
As AI-generated political ads proliferate in the 2026 midterms, YouTube expands its likeness detection technology to civic leaders, but critics question whether the tool can keep pace with rapidly improving fakes
This week brought an EU deal to ban AI-generated sexual deepfakes, the Commerce Department's report on state AI laws, and massive new penalties in China's cybersecurity overhaul.
One in four Americans received an AI voice clone scam call last year. 77% of those who engaged lost money. Here's what actually works to protect your family.
Cloudflare and Microsoft threat reports reveal AI is transforming cyber warfare: 87% of organizations faced AI-enabled attacks, DDoS records shattered at 31.4 Tbps, and nation-states use jailbroken LLMs to generate malware.
28 states have passed deepfake election laws while Congress deadlocks. In Georgia, a Senate campaign openly uses AI-generated audio of its opponent - with a disclosure that barely matters.
Criminals are now fabricating entire video conferences with synthetic executives. Detection rates have fallen below coin-flip accuracy. The $40 billion deepfake fraud era has arrived.
xAI's chatbot generated millions of sexual deepfakes, including of children. Now regulators from California to the EU are closing in.
The largest global collaboration on AI safety just published its findings. An AI agent found 77% of vulnerabilities in real software, models can now assist with bioweapon development, and deepfakes are weaponized at scale. Here's what 100 experts want you to know.
Five major studios have sent cease-and-desist letters. Netflix is threatening immediate litigation. And ByteDance's AI video tool is only available in China - making enforcement nearly impossible.
Six of xAI's twelve co-founders have departed in eighteen months. Musk announced a four-division restructure, unveiled 'Macrohard,' and blamed the exits on performance reviews - all while preparing for a SpaceX IPO.
Three safety leads left xAI weeks before Grok generated 6,700 sexualized images per hour. Musk was 'really unhappy' about content restrictions. Then the scandal broke.
