California now requires AI companies to demonstrate safety and privacy protections before winning state contracts. The executive order sets up a clash with federal procurement policies and Trump's DOJ task force targeting state AI rules. With 33 of the top 50 AI companies based in California, the state's procurement requirements may carry significant weight beyond its borders.

#AIRegulation #AIPolicy #TechPolicy

https://www.implicator.ai/newsom-signs-ai-safety-order-for-california-state-contracts-defying-trump/

California AI Safety Order Defies Trump Deregulation Push

California requires AI companies to prove safety and privacy protections before winning state contracts under a new Newsom executive order. The order breaks from federal procurement, letting the state work with AI vendors Washington has frozen out over policy disputes.

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"Rarely has a new industry burned through so much good will in such a short time. This is both a chance and a danger."

New in Misaligned: "The AI Industry, Unloved" #AIEthics #AI #AIRegulation

https://read.misalignedmag.com/the-ai-industry-unloved-248ecd2d4304

-Everything they haven't told you yet about the Digital Omnibus Regulation on AI, the great geopolitical recalibration with which Europe is trying to save its technological sovereignty without derailing the AI ​​Act: - Leaders Radar

The March 2026 votes on the Digital Omnibus AI Act have not emptied the AI ​​Act of its content. They have rearranged its timeline, hardened certain red lines, and revealed that European technological sovereignty is now being played out, without any complacent metaphors, in the arena of regulatory geopolitics.

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Is the AI hype getting out of hand? 😬 Let's talk about what AI *actually* can (and can't) do, and why those expectations might need a reality check. New video exploring the tech bubble! Check it out. #AIRegulation #TechBubble #ArtificialIntelligence

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktF0Frq-N5o

AI advances at unprecedented speed, but governance remains slow and fragmented. The article explores regulatory gaps and proposes adaptive, real-time frameworks to keep pace with rapid innovation and global challenges.
Discover more at https://smarterarticles.co.uk/the-governance-crisis-ai-moves-in-weeks-laws-take-years?pk_campaign=rss-feed
#HumanInTheLoop #AIRegulation #TechPolicy #AIInnovation
The Governance Crisis: AI Moves in Weeks, Laws Take Years

In the twenty-five days between 17 November and 11 December 2025, four separate companies released what each called its most powerful a...

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New York's RAISE Act Is Law - AI Labs Have Until 2027

New York's RAISE Act is now on the books, requiring frontier AI developers to publish safety protocols, report incidents within 72 hours, and submit to annual audits by January 2027.

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Petition from EKO:

“Big Tech billionaires have infiltrated the highest levels of government globally. They are lobbying to keep AI unregulated so they can profit off war, pandemics, and human exploitation.

AI was built on our collective human knowledge—it belongs to us, not a few billionaires.“

https://action.eko.org/a/the-people-s-ai-manifesto

#AIregulation #ethicalAI

The People's AI manifesto

We know that AI could transform society for good, but right now power-hungry billionaires like Musk, Altman and Karp are in full control of the technology - and seem oblivious or indifferent to the ha

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A Dutch court ordered X and xAI’s Grok to stop generating non-consensual sexual imagery and CSAM, with €100K/day fines in a first EU AI injunction. ⚖️
The ruling links outputs to GDPR violations, rejects platform immunity, and mandates global removal of “nudify” features to strengthen accountability. 🔐

🔗 https://www.techpolicy.press/dutch-court-orders-x-grok-to-stop-aigenerated-sexual-abuse-content/

#TechNews #Twitter #Grok #xAI #X #ElonMusk #AIRegulation #GDPR #Privacy #AI #Security #DataProtection #Cybersecurity #EU #Europe #Law #DigitalRights #Tech #CSAM

Dutch Court Orders X, Grok to Stop AI-Generated Sexual Abuse Content

Dutch court bans Grok's nudify tool and hits xAI with €100,000-a-day fines in Europe's first binding injunction against an AI image generator.

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