The California Legislature has failed several times since 2022 to regulate technology for automatically tracking vehicles — even as examples of abuse mount. This year was no exception.
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The data center backlash is here — and Big Tech is spending big to combat it
The public has turned against data centers, prompting a flood of legislation in California. Business interests are trying to blunt the backlash.
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Would you trust your boss with data about your brain? California moves to regulate neurotech
Brain sensors are advancing, and California companies, lawmakers and unions are jockeying to shape how the resulting data can be used.
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California to share driver’s license data despite fears it could expose unauthorized immigrants
The new state budget that Gov. Gavin Newsom signed includes $55 million for the DMV to build a data-sharing system, a program meant to bring the state into compliance with the federal REAL ID law.
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California admits using high-risk AI — including systems it failed to report last year
State officials have found they are using six high-risk AI-like systems. One year ago, they reported using zero.
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California Legislature in standoff with DMV over sharing driver license data with other states
California lawmakers are holding up money the Newsom administration requested for a nationwide driver license database over concerns that the information could lead to deportations.
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California judges are testing a new AI clerk, and you won’t know if it’s looking at your case
Courts in Los Angeles and Riverside counties are testing an artificial intelligence tool and deciding whether it can be used in high-stakes criminal cases.
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After AI layoffs, Newsom orders state government to find ways to ease the pain
In an executive order, California Gov. Gavin Newsom called on state officials to study everything from job subsidies to stock compensation policies to mitigate tech-driven layoffs stemming from the use of artificial intelligence.
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‘A betrayal’: California to share data on immigrant drivers nationally
California is preparing to share with an outside organization detailed information about driver’s license-holders, including immigrants who do not have legal authorization to live in the U.S. That breaks a promise the state made a decade ago when it began issuing licenses to unauthorized immigrants, advocates say, and it means more than 1 million people could face higher risk of deportation.
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After immigration arrests, California lawmakers wonder: Are police telling the feds too much?
California legislators approved an audit of three of the state’s federally funded fusion centers, citing concerns about civil liberties and privacy.
