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California legislature meets Monday night midnight deadline with 30 AI bills passed
Lawmakers passed bills to strengthen chatbot safety, ban companion chatbots in toys, require Cal State University instructors to be human, and prevent employers from collecting neural data from workers. We have a full rundown of which AI bills passed and which fell short.
Why students who use ChatGPT on homework assignments do worse on the test
Students who use ChatGPT finish their homework faster. But they miss the point of the assignment: Learning the material.
AI Legislative Update: August 28, 2026
California lawmakers gave final approval to three AI-related bills this week, but there are 21 more awaiting floor votes with adjournment looming this coming Monday.
Meta pays $12.7 billion to settle one social media addiction case. Here are the details
The parent company of instagram and Facebook agreed to pay a total of $12 billion to states whose kids were harmed by its addictive products. The company also agreed to shut down a number of harmful features on its products.
It’s finals week in Sacramento. Here’s a scorecard with California’s 24 AI bills
With one week until adjournment, California legislators are considering two dozen AI-related bills. We’ve got the details and latest updates on all 24 measures.
AI Legislative Update: August 21, 2026
Final passage week is coming in California: Lawmakers are scheduled to adjourn sine die at the end of business on Monday, Aug. 31. We expect to see a flurry of final floor votes in the coming week, with 26 AI-related bills nearing the finish line.
TikTok’s “depraved” test used kids as guinea pigs. One of them died.
An internal report obtained by Bloomberg revealed that TikTok used millions of its users as unwitting test subjects. One of those users, who was fed a constant stream of videos about suicide, depression, and self-harm, took his own life. He was 16.
TCAI Guide to ‘ChatGPT For Teens’: The good, the bad, and the law
OpenAI produced a splashy rollout of ‘ChatGPT For Teens’ yesterday, a product intended for kids age 13 to 17. The new chatbot includes a number of features required by recently enacted state chatbot safety laws. We have a complete guide.
AI Legislative Update: August 14, 2026
All eyes were on Sacramento this week as California lawmakers held two of the most consequential committee votes of the session on Thursday. By the end of the week 24 AI-related bills moved forward toward floor votes while two bills were given final approval.
Study finds nearly half of tech companies not complying with California’s AI detection law
Investigative journalists at Indicator, working with the nonprofit WITNESS, analyzed 13 AI companies affected by the new California AI disclosure law. Of those 13, only seven had a dedicated detection tool available. That means nearly half of the AI companies affected by the new law are already out of compliance.
Why do kids use AI chatbots for emotional support? This Stanford researcher asked them.
About one in five young people use AI chatbots for emotional support and mental health advice. Stanford researcher Caroline Figueroa asked them why.
More than 1,300 tech employees sign open letter asking for AI to be regulated
In the wake of two alarming episodes of AI models going rogue, more than 1,300 employees from the world’s leading tech companies have signed an open letter asking government to regulate the pace and safety of artificial intelligence development.
AI Legislative Update: August 7, 2026
California lawmakers are readying 30-odd AI bills for their big suspense vote next Thursday, while Michigan legislators return to work in Lansing on Wednesday.
Can you sue your chatbot? TCAI’s Jai Jaishima on the legal fight reshaping AI liability
In the latest episode of the podcast Your AI Injection, Transparency Coalition co-founder Jai Jaisimha talks with host Deep Dhillon about what it will take to hold the AI industry accountable.
New California law takes effect this week: AI images and video must carry a disclosure tool
California’s AI Transparency Act now requires the largest generative AI developers—such as OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and Microsoft—to provide users with an AI detection tool.
These high school students drafted new rules for AI use in school. They’re pretty darn good.
A group of high school students gathered in Boston recently to create a one-of-a-kind document: A Congressional bill to regulate the use of artificial intelligence in school classrooms. What they came up with is remarkable.
Transparency Coalition brings ‘Safe AI Now’ message to national legislators conference
From policy experts to plumbers, we had droves of the AI-curious descend on our booth in Chicago’s McCormick Place Convention Center last week.
AI Legislative Update: July 31, 2026
Seven states are still in session. More than 30 AI-related bills are alive and moving in California, while Michigan, Ohio, Massachusetts, Massachusetts and North Carolina continue to mull over new AI-related rules.
States have passed 14 new laws this year regulating the use of AI in healthcare
Seven states restricted the use of AI in medical procedure authorizations, and five others prohibited AI chatbots from replacing licensed mental health therapists. Here’s a look at everything that’s been approved in 2026 so far.
AI Legislative Update: July 24, 2026
This week: New Jersey enacted the FAIR Rent Act, an AI-adjacent law that prohibits building owners from using algorithmic pricing systems to set rental fees in residential units. Also, lawmakers began gathering in annual conferences to swap ideas and compare notes.