3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (689+ words) Gov. Gavin Newsom joined several state legislators and parents Thursday in Sausalito to sign 13 bills that are aimed at better protecting kids from artificial intelligence chatbots and addictive social media algorithms. "I'm honored to be able to attach my signature…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (494+ words) An Anthropic researcher said he is resigning from the company over concerns the artificial intelligence firm and its competitors are not acting responsibly in AI development, echoing concerns raised inside and outside of the industry about the technology's potential to…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (683+ words) Demonstrators wave signs during a nationwide protest against AI data center expansion in Imperial, Calif., on July 18, 2026. Even just a year ago, large swaths of Californians probably hadn’t even heard of data centers and, if they had, they likely didn’t…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (683+ words) Demonstrators wave signs during a nationwide protest against AI data center expansion in Imperial, Calif., on July 18, 2026. Even just a year ago, large swaths of Californians probably hadn’t even heard of data centers and, if they had, they likely didn’t…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (719+ words) In May, Gytahnna Loffgren opened her mail to find her family's small solar panel installation company was being sued for over $35,000 because its website's practices allegedly violated state privacy laws. The suit against Loffgren stems from the California Invasion of…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (905+ words) After years of new-normal ticket sales and regular spells of unease, the summer box office rallied to $4.61 billion in domestic ticket sales between May 1 and Aug. 31, according to Rentrak. That’s not just miles ahead of last year (a 26.1% increase from…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (554+ words) Kaiser Permanente nurses across California are taking their concerns over short staffing and artificial intelligence to picket lines on Tuesday. Registered nurses at 22 Kaiser facilities will hold informational pickets as the California Nurses Association and Kaiser remain in the early…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (1671+ words) For the three biggest Bay Area cities, artificial intelligence is not just coming; it's already here. Consider a world where: Street conditions fed by Waymo to the public works department for traffic planning and control. City worker efficiency improves to…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (1380+ words) The downtown skyline is viewed from the famed Alamo Square Park at twilight on Jan. 5, 2012, in San Francisco. The city of San Francisco recently named a street after Art Agnos, one of its last noble leaders, and while addressing the…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (723+ words) It's a dramatic shift from two years ago, when few people had even heard of a data center. But the late 2022 debut of OpenAI’s ChatGPT ignited worldwide demand for chatbots and other generative AI products that typically require large amounts…...