Civil rights attorney Ben Crump has filed a formal complaint with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) alleging that Google and its subsidiary YouTube are facilitating — and profiting from — an international misinformation operation that uses artificial intelligence to defame Black public figures and mislead the public. In a statement and accompanying press remarks, Crump…
A coalition of prominent Democratic lawmakers, led by Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) and Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA), reintroduced ambitious legislation Wednesday aimed at halting discrimination by artificial intelligence in critical areas of American life. The “AI Civil Rights Act” seeks to impose federal guardrails on the opaque algorithms that increasingly determine who gets a job,…
California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed into law a groundbreaking piece of legislation aimed at regulating artificial intelligence, marking the state as the first in the nation to adopt formal legal safeguards for “frontier” AI systems. The new measure, Senate Bill 53 — officially titled the Transparency in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act (TFAIA) — requires…
In a move to reshape the United States’ artificial intelligence (AI) policy, President Donald Trump has revoked the Biden administration’s executive order on AI governance. The Trump administration has instead replaced it with a new directive aimed at prioritizing American dominance in the field. The executive order, titled Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial…
In a landmark move for artificial intelligence regulation, the California State Assembly has passed Bill SB 1047, setting the stage for new oversight on AI development. The bill, approved with a 49-15 vote, introduces crucial safeguards for AI model training, reflecting a proactive approach to addressing public safety concerns associated with emerging technologies. SB 1047,…