Google, Microsoft, and Meta abandon their decade-long practice of publishing annual workforce diversity reports as Trump's administration cracks down on DEI policies, while Apple, Amazon, and Nvidia continue releasing statistics showing tech workforces remain approximately 70% male globally and 40% white in the US.
Denmark announces sweeping ban on social media for children under 15, allowing limited parental override for 13-14 year olds, citing concerns about sleep disruption, concentration loss, and digital relationship pressure in one of Europe's most restrictive moves following Australia's similar legislation.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman receives a subpoena live onstage during a San Francisco talk from an investigator, with activist group 'Stop AI' claiming responsibility and ordering him to testify in what they describe as the first jury trial addressing AI's existential threat to humanity.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang warns China is winning the AI race despite U.S. chip bans, citing that 50% of global AI researchers and most leading open source models come from China while Beijing subsidizes energy costs for local alternatives.
Pony.ai becomes the first company to receive a citywide robotaxi permit for all of Shenzhen, China, ending pilot zone restrictions as it plans to deploy over 1,000 cost-efficient seventh-generation autonomous vehicles in partnership with local taxi firm Xihu Group.
Google pulls its Gemma AI model from AI Studio after Senator Marsha Blackburn accuses the system of fabricating false sexual misconduct allegations against her from a 1987 campaign incident.
Senators Josh Hawley and Richard Blumenthal introduce the GUARD Act to ban AI chatbots for minors and impose $100,000 fines on companies, following tragic testimony from parents whose children died by suicide after using AI companions from OpenAI and Character.AI.
Major technology companies are using non-disclosure agreements with local governments across 14 states to secretly develop AI data centers, preventing residents from knowing who is building in their communities and sparking revolts in places like Missouri and Arizona where transparency-starved citizens are enacting construction bans over concerns about utility costs …
Delaware's Attorney General approves OpenAI's corporate restructuring after year-long negotiations, allowing the AI company to become a public benefit corporation while preserving nonprofit oversight that can halt dangerous AI releases and force directors to prioritize safety over profits.
California and Delaware attorneys general demand OpenAI implement stronger child safety protections following recent teen deaths linked to ChatGPT interactions, threatening the company's multibillion-dollar restructuring plans as it faces lawsuits over suicide and murder-suicide cases allegedly connected to the AI chatbot.