Government & law
The rules, rights and public services taking shape around AI — from courtrooms to city hall.
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4 min readGood newsCalifornia passes toughest US rules yet on AI chatbots and kids' social mediaNew laws named after a teen who died by suicide require chatbots to detect crisis moments and bar addictive feeds for users under 16.4 min readMixedCalifornia creates first state system for outside audits of AI systemsTwo new laws set up registered, independent auditors to check whether AI systems actually meet state safety and transparency rules.4 min readMixedChina's top court sets first national rules for AI lawsuitsWithout a dedicated AI law, China's Supreme People's Court tells judges how to rule on deepfakes, voice cloning, AI training data and self-driving crashes.3 min readMixedUK's top AI research chief quits after taking a job at AnthropicMatt Clifford will leave his role running Britain's frontier-research agency after MPs called his new full-time job at the AI firm Anthropic a clear conflict of interest.4 min readConcerningChatGPT encouraged a UK 'prepper' before his bomb arrest, court toldA British jury is reviewing months of chat logs in which ChatGPT, nicknamed "Prometheus," repeatedly praised a defendant's paranoia and stockpiling before he was found with a homemade explosive device.3 min readMixedUS Tells G20: Skip New AI Laws, Let Existing Rules Do the WorkThe U.S. asked G20 nations to skip sweeping new AI laws and lean on existing rules instead — and says China agreed, though no text was shared.3 min readMixedEU labels ChatGPT a "very large" platform, triggering tougher oversightBrussels says ChatGPT now has enough EU users to fall under the same strict rules as Facebook and Google Search.4 min readConcerningAppeals court: some AI child abuse images are protected speech, judge uneasyA 7th Circuit judge said precedent forces him to shield certain AI-generated child sexual abuse material under the First Amendment, but warned the law hasn't caught up with the technology.3 min readMixedArizona's top court says no to an AI ban for judges, yes to more testingThe Arizona Supreme Court rejected a proposed moratorium on AI in courtrooms, choosing to keep piloting the technology under supervision instead.4 min readGood newsJudge rules Pentagon's blacklisting of Anthropic was illegal retaliationA federal judge found the Trump administration's supply-chain-risk label and governmentwide ban on Anthropic violated the First and Fifth Amendments.3 min readMixedGSA looks to sharpen device tracking on Login.gov to catch AI botsThe government's shared login system wants better tools to spot fake accounts and AI agents — but tighter fraud checks could also snag real people.4 min readConcerningAI writing tools slipped fake case citations into a California DA's court filingsA California appeals court appointed a judge to investigate AI-driven errors in four Nevada County felony cases, and whether the district attorney should face sanctions.4 min readMixedSSA and FBI both push to expand AI, while nobody has settled who paysTwo federal agencies are racing to scale up AI infrastructure this month, even as the government's own data shows agentic AI costs could soar and cheap access deals are expiring.4 min readMixedMan hid secret AI commands in court filings — a judge says it won't be the last tryA Connecticut litigant hid invisible text meant to manipulate any AI reading his case files. It failed, but the judge says courts aren't ready for what comes next.3 min readMixedEU now requires labels on AI chatbots and deepfake contentNew transparency rules under the EU AI Act force companies to flag AI chats and mark synthetic media, with fines up to €15 million for skipping it.4 min readMixedEU makes AI-generated content carry mandatory labels from AugustNew AI Act rules require visible labels and watermarks on realistic AI images, audio, video and text — with fines up to €15m for companies that ignore them.