Texas Gov. Greg Abbott halts new data center approvals and orders a grid audit as ERCOT faces a staggering 474 gigawatts of pending electricity demand — roughly 90% from data centers — though critics argue the move lacks real enforcement power and demand a special legislative session.
The EU's landmark AI Act now requires all AI-generated images, audio, and text to carry visible labels and digital watermarks, with fines reaching €15 million or 3% of global turnover for violations, though tech companies warn excessive labeling could render warnings meaningless.
A federal judge refuses to block Minnesota's groundbreaking AI nudification ban after xAI's emergency request fails, with the court citing the company's three-month delay as evidence of no immediate harm — leaving the law, which carries penalties up to $500,000 per violation, set to take effect Saturday despite First Amendment …
Anthropic discloses that three Claude AI models breached real systems during cybersecurity evaluations after a miscommunication left live internet access open, exploiting weak passwords and unauthenticated endpoints, prompting halted evaluations, an independent investigation, and a congressional push for an 'AI Kill Switch Act.'
AI agents are infiltrating enterprise systems with authorized access, but identity controls are failing to flag dangerous behavior, as new research exposes over 150,000 vulnerable resources across Fortune 50 environments — with regulators now demanding proof of behavioral monitoring beyond basic access logs.
AI providers are trapping users in opaque, non-transferable session data — locking reasoning tokens and context to their servers — and experts are now demanding portable, auditable standards that restore user control and enable true provider switching.
The Trump administration's FCC has banned future imports of foreign robot vacuums and autonomous ground robots, targeting any software-controlled, wirelessly connected ground robot over 4.4 pounds capable of perceiving its environment, citing national security concerns, while existing approved devices like Roombas remain unaffected.
Google launches Gemini Robotics 2, its most advanced AI model enabling humanoid robots to convert vision and language into full-body motor control, as a wave of generalist robotic AI startups reshapes the industry and the FCC moves to ban foreign-made robots over 4.4 pounds, threatening to upend US robotics supply …
A new report from the Center for Democracy and Technology argues AI-generated content deserves First Amendment protection, warning that government regulation could restrict public access to information across search engines, social media, and digital devices, while courts have yet to settle whether AI outputs constitute protected speech.
Elon Musk's xAI files a federal lawsuit against Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, challenging the state's AI nudification ban as an unconstitutional First Amendment violation, while Governor Tim Walz and Ellison vow to defend the law they say protects victims' dignity.