Policy

County leaders this week trumpeted their early development and adoption of artificial intelligence use policy shaping how government employees will implement next-generation tools into the future.

Since Congress passed the $52.7 billion CHIPS Act in 2022 to encourage domestic semiconductor manufacturing design and research, states have been competing to lure chipmakers.

A bill that for the first time in California history would authorize speed cameras on roadways in six selected cities passed both houses in Sacramento last week and is now on Gov. Gavin Newsom's desk.

Residents of the state will have until Oct. 10 to weigh in on a proposed five-year plan to upgrade broadband Internet availability, reliability and affordability statewide.

The Cybersecurity for Rural Water Systems Act and the Food and Agriculture Industry Cybersecurity Support Act would address vulnerabilities in agricultural systems and help farmers and ranchers prevent and respond to cyber threats.

During a virtual event hosted by the Brookings Institution, experts and lawmakers explored the benefits and risks of AI, as well as the possible regulatory structures that could help guide its advancement.

California lawmakers have passed Senate Bill 362, known as the Delete Act, that would allow consumers to have every data broker delete their personal information with a single request.

A hard-won ordinance that brought oversight to San Diego's many surveillance technologies needs critical fixes, officials say, or day-to-day operations the city relies on could come to a standstill.

Tech leaders gathered in Washington, D.C., this past week for public and private meetings with Congress on the future of AI in the U.S. What happened, and what’s next?

More than a dozen K-12 school districts in Texas will receive more than $10 million, while the largest allotment is $33.7 million.

Recently addressing the disruption ChatGPT and other tools have brought to global education, the international cooperative agency recommends new laws and regulations, training and forward-thinking public debate.

More than 20 tech and civil society leaders, including the chief executives of five of the biggest U.S. companies, appeared at a closed-door Senate meeting this week to shape how artificial intelligence is regulated.

California has taken one more step toward regulating the booming AI industry, this time with a broad strokes bill from a state senator that aims to regulate how the technology is built and how it affects Californians.

Pennsylvania lawmakers are exploring an update to existing state law to combat so-called grinch bots — a consumer protection concern for concerts and sporting events plus online sales of rare items.

The California Assembly has approved legislation to notify drivers when images are gathered by in-vehicle cameras and prohibit sale for advertising, protecting consumers against the increased sale of personal data.

Experts say communities across the U.S. have made significant progress in efforts to expand Internet access, largely through private-public partnerships and localized initiatives to make broadband affordable to families.

The California Senate passed a bill Monday mandating human drivers behind the wheel of autonomous trucks on state highways for at least the next five years, citing safety concerns as the cause.

The Air Force's top tech integration office is only a year old, but it has big plans to bring cloud-based command and control and other digital infrastructure to operators in 2024 — barring major budget delays.