Government & law
The rules, rights and public services taking shape around AI — from courtrooms to city hall.
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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.