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  • Gavin Newsom clapping

    California lawmakers pass bills to ban deepfakes and set safety measures on large AI models

    By Trân Nguyễn and The Associated Press
  • Gavin Newsom, governor of CaliforniaTech

    Taxpayers and tech companies will help fund journalism and AI research in landmark California deal

    By Trân Nguyễn and The Associated Press
  • Gavin NewsomPolitics

    California Gov. Newsom signs 10 bills targeting flash mobs, theft, and smash-and-grab robberies

    By Trân Nguyễn and The Associated Press
  • Gavin Newsom clearing homeless encampmentPolitics

    Gavin Newsom clears L.A. homeless encampment as he tells cities to do more or risk losing funds

    By Trân Nguyễn and The Associated Press
  • FILE – A ride share car displays Lyft and Uber stickers on its front windshield in downtown Los Angeles, Jan. 12, 2016. The California Supreme Court ruled Thursday, July 25, 2024, that app-based ride sharing and delivery services like Uber and Lyft can continue treating their drivers as independent contractors rather than employees.(AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)Success

    Uber and Lyft drivers will still be independent contractors after California Supreme Court ruling

    By Trân Nguyễn and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai speaks at a Google I/O event in Mountain View, Calif., May 14, 2024. California lawmakers are weighing a bill that would regulate powerful artificial intelligence systems, but Meta and Google say the bill fundamentally misunderstands the industry and would hamper the state’s growing AI market. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)Tech

    California is eyeing legislation that would make AI firms ensure their systems can’t be used to wipe out the electric grid or help build chemical weapons

    By Trân Nguyễn and The Associated Press
  • A boarded up Adidas store on Market Street in San Francisco, CaliforniaPolitics

    California lawmakers clash over shoplifting felony plans as Democrats grapple over tougher penalties

    By Trân Nguyễn and The Associated Press
  • sign that says shoplifters will be prosecutedRetail

    Big-box chains are funding a California ballot measure to crack down on retail theft, setting up clash with progressive lawmakers

    By Trân Nguyễn and The Associated Press
  • FILE – State Sen. Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, speaks at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., on June 13, 2022. Skinner authored a bill that would require marketplaces — like eBay and Nextdoor to start collecting bank accounts and tax IDs of high-volume sellers who advertise online but collect payment off the platforms. The measure is part of a legislative package of 14 bills to address the retail theft issue. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)Retail

    California fast-tracks bill to make marketplaces like eBay collect bank account and tax ID numbers from high-volume online sellers

    By Trân Nguyễn and The Associated Press
  • A home burns during the Corral Fire at Bernard and Stearman roads, west of Tracy, Calif., Saturday, June 1, 2024. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire, says gusty winds were fueling the Corral Fire that began Saturday afternoon and continued early Sunday morning near the city of Tracy, 60 miles east of San Francisco. (Kent Porter/The Press Democrat via AP)Environment

    Wind-driven wildfire scorches thousands of acres 60 miles east of San Francisco as California firefighters fight back

    By Trân Nguyễn, Thomas Peipert, and others
  • California Governor Gavin NewsomTech

    California’s push for measures targeting AI discrimination and deepfakes set to pave the way for regulations across the U.S

    By Trân Nguyễn and The Associated Press
  • Gavin NewsomTech

    California partners with 5 tech firms to use AI to tackle traffic jams, taxes, other issues

    By Trân Nguyễn and The Associated Press
  • Jeff JarvisTech

    First state attempts to regulate AI have mile-wide self-reporting loopholes: ‘It’s already hard when you have these huge companies with billions of dollars’

    By Jesse Bedayn, Susan Haigh, and others
  • Maria Elena DurazoPolitics

    California eyes crackdown on web of LLCs used to hide business owners’ identities

    By Trân Nguyễn and The Associated Press
  • Gov. Gavin NewsomPolitics

    California lawmakers split on how best to tackle plague of retail theft

    By Trân Nguyễn and The Associated Press