The judge concluded that the law, AB 2839, likely violates the First Amendment, and therefore issued a preliminary injunction blocking it from going into effect.
The broad ban on AI-generated political content is clearly an affront to the First Amendment.
This Kentucky Republican won't stop until he finds a state willing to make legal room for ibogaine, a drug he calls "God's medicine."
Microsoft has agreed to purchase Three Mile Island's energy to power its AI data centers for the next 20 years. It's the first time a U.S. nuclear reactor will come out of retirement.
Reason talked with pro-life Americans who are uncomfortable with the post–Roe v. Wade abortion policy landscape.
In this latest skirmish between the future and its enemies, the future won.
Politicians are always trying to control what they can't understand.
Voluntary AI age verification is preferable to federally mandated verification at the operating system level.
America's COVID celebrity is facing scrutiny for funding risky research that may have sparked the pandemic—and for allegedly covering it up.
From salt riots to toilet paper runs, history shows that rising prices make consumers—and voters—grumpy and irrational.
Trump promised to hire "only the best people," yet his presidential plans were repeatedly thwarted by his staff. Will a second term be different?
Seven congressional Democrats called on the FEC to stop deepfakes. But is there really much to worry about?
Thousands of people who helped the U.S. in Afghanistan are still looking for an escape.
Bad policy and paranoid parenting are making kids too safe to succeed.
The bill could have unintended consequences that reach far beyond California, affecting the entire nation.
The former California senator and prosecutor has a long record of pushing illiberal policies.
The bill’s sweeping regulations could leave developers navigating a legal minefield and potentially halt progress in its tracks.
Argentina's self-proclaimed libertarian president touts a crime-fighting plan that sounds like Minority Report.
Why (almost) everyone should stay home on Election Day
The lethal consequences of a common, obscure hospital licensing law.
How legislators learned to stop worrying about the constitutionality of federal drug and gun laws by abusing the Commerce Clause.
Both parties—and the voters—are to blame for the national debt fiasco.
Good intentions, bad results.
Proposed bills reveal the extreme measures E.A.’s AI doomsayers support.
Don't blame criminal justice reform or a lack of social spending for D.C.'s crime spike. Blame government mismanagement.
Americans shouldn’t count on the department to use the technology responsibly or in a limited way.
Ending U.S. aid would give Washington less leverage in the Middle East. That's why it's worth doing.
The obstacles to having more babies can't be moved by tax incentives or subsidized child care.
Plus: Ex-NSA chief joins forces with OpenAI, conscription squads hunt Ukrainian draft-dodgers, and more...
California's stringent AI regulations have the power to stifle innovation nationwide, impacting all of us.
As allegations of intellectual property theft swirl, a deeper look reveals a tale of phony numbers and twisted data.
A journalism industry trade group is asking the federal government to thwart a tech tool that could make news publishing less profitable.
Despite being the so-called epicenter of innovation, California certainly doesn't give innovators a lot of room to experiment with new ideas.
In Netflix's Pluto, a serial killer targets the world’s most advanced robots.
Artificial intelligence writes a pretty good analysis of George Orwell's 1984.
Revolutionary AI technologies can't solve the "wicked problems" facing policy makers.
Exciting new AI tools are still being shaped by human beings.
Artificial intelligence is helping humans get medical care, organize their finances, and plan vacations.
"Way AI can help you decide what to buy or watch"
Bureaucrats in cubicles will kill more people than Terminator robots will.
Arnold Schwarzenegger's classic role colored our perception of AI, for better or for worse.
