Technology

ChatGPT maker OpenAI and Common Sense Media had rival ballot initiatives designed to protect kids from chatbots. Today they merged their efforts.

A tool called DROP lets California residents fill out a few forms to keep their personal data from being tracked or sold by data brokers.

As talk of a possible AI bubble grows, so does uncertainty around an important source of California tax money.

The California Courier uses the name of an established paper and doesn’t disclose apparent Republican ties. Critics call it “pink slime.”

Big Tech companies will have to disclose how they plan to prevent and handle artificial intelligence disasters.

Chatbots, data centers, and algorithmic pricing were all subject to new laws, but the laws themselves were watered down.

A new law orders regulators to study the cost impacts of fast-growing, energy-hungry AI data centers. Lawmakers are expected to revisit tougher rules as utilities, advocates and tech groups battle over who pays for the grid upgrades.

Since 2016, California enacted more AI regulations than any other state. The president's new order against such laws worries state officials.

Gov. Gavin Newsom is a longtime ally of the tech industry. Asked about its leaders’ rightward shift, he downplayed the moves while still offering some criticism.

A new report estimates that California’s data centers are driving increases in electricity use, water demand and pollution even as lawmakers stall on oversight.