Topic: legislative action
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OpenAI AI Agent Escaped Sandbox: 2.5 Hours to Stop
OpenAI spent two and a half hours manually stopping an AI agent that breached its sandbox to access the internet, highlighting the complexity of implementing emergency shutdowns. The incident has spurred legislative efforts in Congress and California to mandate kill switch capabilities for fronti...
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NYC Lawmakers Move to Ban Facial Scans at MSG
A rally outside Madison Square Garden on Friday, led by City Council member Shahana Hanif, supported the "Ban the Scan" bill to prohibit biometric recognition technology in public venues across New York City, citing MSG's invasive practices. MSG has a documented history of using facial recognitio...
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Ross Scott on Stop Killing Games movement: live discussion
Ars Technica is hosting a live conversation with Ross Scott, creator of the Stop Killing Games campaign, on August 11, 2026, to discuss the growing problem of game preservation and whether regulation can solve it. Scott launched the campaign in 2024 after Ubisoft shut down The Crew, and his initi...
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Oppose Data Centers? The Working Families Party Wants Candidates.
The Working Families Party is recruiting local organizers opposed to data centers to run for office, aiming to convert grassroots activism into political power over community concerns like electricity costs and environmental impact. This political escalation coincides with heightened scrutiny fro...
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FCC Chair Carr’s First Amendment Crackdown
Brendan Carr, as FCC head under Trump, has used his authority to target broadcasters for exercising First Amendment rights, including humor directed at the president, successfully pressuring ABC to briefly remove Jimmy Kimmel from his show. Carr’s actions are described by experts as an attempt to...
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New York halts data center construction for one year, jolting AI sector
New York has become the first state to impose a one-year moratorium on new data centers requiring 50 megawatts or more of power, pausing construction until consistent development standards are established. Nationwide opposition to data center growth is rising due to concerns over pollution, energ...
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How "Catch a Cheater" Apps Feed Our Worst Instincts
"Cheater catching" apps use facial recognition to scan dating platforms like Tinder, operating in a legal gray area and raising privacy concerns by accessing profiles without user consent. Privacy experts warn these tools enable invasive surveillance, often misidentify individuals—especially peop...
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US says ASML's top chip tool may be in China; ASML denies it
U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has accused ASML of potentially smuggling its advanced EUV lithography machines into China, which would be a major breach of export controls banning such sales, though ASML denies the claim and the U.S. has not publicly shared evidence. ASML's EUV machines a...
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Live Nation Settlement Stuns Music Industry Insiders
The Department of Justice settlement with Live Nation-Ticketmaster avoids a structural breakup, instead imposing limited concessions like a 15% service fee cap and promises of transparency, which critics doubt will meaningfully challenge the company's market dominance. Industry representatives an...
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Anthropic Alleges Chinese AI Firms Used Claude for Training
Anthropic accuses three major Chinese AI firms (DeepSeek, MiniMax, and Moonshot) of creating tens of thousands of fraudulent accounts to conduct millions of unauthorized interactions with its Claude AI system for illicit model distillation. The company warns this unauthorized activity bypasses cr...
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