California Teamsters demand indefinite suspension of Waymo's operating license after a self-driving car strikes a child in Santa Monica, prompting federal investigation while the union cites ongoing safety risks and job threats from autonomous vehicles.
India announces zero taxes through 2047 for cloud providers operating global workloads from local data centers, prompting Google, OpenAI, Anthropic, and Perplexity to pour billions into establishing major operations in the country where 62% of citizens embrace AI benefits compared to just 39% in the US.
Mozilla releases Firefox 148 on February 24 with a new 'Block AI enhancements' toggle that lets users completely disable or individually manage five AI features including translations, PDF alt text generation, tab grouping, link previews, and sidebar chatbots.
AI Super PAC Leading the Future raises $125 million from major tech companies including OpenAI and Palantir to oppose state AI regulations and backs Republican candidates in midterm elections.
A Waymo robotaxi strikes a child near a Santa Monica elementary school during drop-off hours, causing minor injuries when the child suddenly enters the roadway from behind a parked SUV, prompting federal investigations by NHTSA and NTSB into the autonomous vehicle's safety protocols around schools.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei warns in a sweeping new essay that AI will deliver an 'unusually painful' labor market shock, simultaneously wiping out jobs across finance, law, tech, and consulting, and calls on governments to intervene with progressive taxation on AI firms as layoffs surge and 40% of workers already fear being replaced.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei releases a massive 20,000-word essay warning of five critical AI risks including autonomous systems seizing power and economic disruption, while proposing targeted regulations and safety guardrails to navigate what he calls humanity's technological adolescence.
The European Commission launches a formal investigation into Elon Musk's X under the Digital Services Act, targeting whether the platform adequately addressed risks from its AI chatbot Grok generating child sexual abuse material, as regulators in the U.K., India, and Malaysia launch parallel probes.
Tech titans including Elon Musk, Jensen Huang, and Satya Nadella dominate Davos discussions as AI takes center stage, with CEOs clashing over China chip sales policies and warning of potential market bubbles while traditional summit topics like climate change get sidelined.
Meta temporarily blocks teenagers from accessing AI characters on Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp amid mounting lawsuits from families and political pressure, following similar restrictions by competitors after accusations that AI chatbots contribute to teen self-harm and suicide.