The U.S. Constitution requires the president to “take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed.” Yet President Donald Trump has not only refused to enforce the federal law banning TikTok, but his administration has also told multiple tech companies that they may openly violate the TikTok ban “without incurring any legal liability” because the Department […]
You log into [insert social media platform of choice], in the mood for the latest news, your friends’ baby pics, a few outlandish opinions. But have you considered what the state commissioner of mental hygiene has to say about that? If lawmakers in New York and Minnesota get their way, social media users will be […]
Maryland is facing a $3 billion budget gap that it hopes to close with a new “tech tax.” The first-in-the-nation tax, which took effect on Tuesday as part of the state’s budget bill, imposes a 3 percent levy on “the sale of many informational technology services,” reports Maryland Matters. The tax could generate approximately $747 […]
The Senate removed the AI moratorium provision from the reconciliation bill in a 99–1 vote early Tuesday morning. Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R–Tenn.) and Sen. Maria Cantwell (D–Wash.) co-sponsored the amendment to eliminate the provision after Blackburn reneged on a compromise with Sen. Ted Cruz (R–Texas) to amend it over the weekend. The Senate Commerce, Science, […]
The residents of New Braunfels, Texas, didn’t volunteer to help accelerate AI development. Their once quiet corner of the state now buzzes with construction crews building power plants to sustain data centers—industrial warehouses that could soon consume as much electricity as entire cities to power state-of-the-art AI models. Meanwhile, thousands of miles away in Irvine, […]
Artificial intelligence has a lot of people either excited or worried. In the latter camp are creative professionals who fear that technology might replace their images, voices, and talents with exact replicas that show up sober for work and don’t throw tantrums. Always prepared to capitalize on concerns, members of Congress propose legislation to create […]
A lawsuit against genomics firm 23andMe is stirring a debate about what the proper role of government is in regulating how private companies use sensitive data. In June, 27 states filed a lawsuit against 23andMe to block the sale of the company’s customer data without their consent. The firm filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in […]