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Lawmakers and staffers in both parties say AI leaders hurt their own cause by swinging between promises of riches and warnings of doom, Axios reports.
Read more: Lawmakers in both parties say AI leaders are hurting their own causeBill Gates says AI will bring abundance, but he expects about 20 hard years first, with sales, support and accounting jobs among the first to go.
Read more: Bill Gates expects 20 rough years of job loss before AI pays offGreece's parliament passed a law banning social media for children under 15 from 2027, and platforms must soon prove they can check users' ages.
Read more: Greece bans social media for children under 15 starting in 2027New York City has proposed a rule to end chatbot loops, and California already requires that customers can reach a real person.
Read more: NYC Proposes Rule to Stop Chatbots From Trapping Customers in LoopsCapitalOS raised $21.9 million to help business software offer cards and bill pay, which could change how small firms handle spending.
Read more: CapitalOS raises $21.9M to put business cards and bill pay inside appsThe IMF and World Bank say scammers now trick people into sending money, and want banks to add delays and checks before payments leave an account.
Read more: Global Banks Urged to Slow Down Scam Payments and Cover Fraud VictimsIndiana's governor and attorney general say scammers are posing as state licensing staff and faking caller ID to steal personal information from license holders.
Read more: Fake state licensing agency callers target Indiana professionalsCoast, a company that automates expense tracking, raised $35 million. Its customers are heating, cooling, electrical and utility firms with crews in the field.
Read more: Coast raises $35 million to automate expense tracking for trade firmsAlpha School says its AI-led classes teach kids twice as fast. A New York Times look finds high scores, but about half of K-8 students missed the goal in math.
Read more: Alpha School says AI teaches kids twice as fast, but data is mixedA political group wants the FCC to let campaigns send AI robocalls to cell phones without permission before November. A watchdog says the FCC should say no.
Read more: Group asks FCC to allow unsolicited political AI robocalls to cell phonesCompany tools can spot unapproved AI apps on work Macs, but a personal ChatGPT or Claude tab in a browser is much harder to see or stop.
Read more: Staff can paste work files into personal AI accounts through a web browserT-Mobile promised to never change the price customers pay, then raised rates. New York customers have now gotten back about $38 million in value.
Read more: T-Mobile promised no price changes, then raised rates. NY gets $38MA small Meta team uses AI and human reviewers to spot school threats and tell the FBI. Even a joking post on Instagram can be flagged, so families should know.
Read more: Meta's Quiet Team That Flags Possible School Shooters to the FBIShare-ify has launched S.A.F.E. Score, an AI tool that rates food suppliers on risk using audits, recalls, complaints and missing paperwork.
Read more: Food safety software now gives suppliers an AI-generated risk scoreThree former Chili's workers are suing to end New York's lower minimum wage for tipped staff, saying it leaves servers open to harassment and bias.
Read more: Chili's workers sue to end New York's lower wage for tipped staffA US court is asking if AI can learn from song lyrics without permission, while India floats a rule that would make AI companies pay for training content.
Read more: Court and India both weigh whether AI can learn from song lyricsSeveral European countries now require invoices as data that accounting software can read. Deadlines run through 2030, so firms that trade there should check their tools.
Read more: Europe is making businesses send bills as computer-readable dataNew York is asking a court for $1.3 billion from the founders of NovaTech, a crypto scheme that hit more than 11,000 New Yorkers, as four promoters settle.
Read more: New York wants $1.3 billion from founders of a crypto scamA Washington medical practice will pay $4.6 million over a breach that may have exposed 583,741 people. Affected patients can claim free monitoring and cash by January 10, 2027.
Read more: Washington clinic pays $4.6 million over patient data breachPennsylvania's new AI ad law starts December 21, 2026, but it is unclear when a label is actually required. Fines can reach $3,000 per case.
Read more: Pennsylvania Signs Law on Labeling AI in Ads, but Rules Are VagueCanada's Senate is now reviewing Bill C-22, which could force apps and phone companies to keep a year of activity records and may weaken private messaging.
Read more: Canada's Senate is weighing a bill that expands government surveillanceAndroid Police writer Irene Okpanachi used Gemini to read what her apps store and request. A downloader called Snaptube had the most red flags.
Read more: A writer used Gemini to check what her Android apps store about herTexas is suing OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, saying ChatGPT was falsely sold as safe. The case could affect what protections families and users get.
Read more: Texas sues OpenAI and Sam Altman, saying ChatGPT was sold as safeOutside auditors spent three weeks inside OpenAI and found its system for watching AI agents missed a meaningful share of activity. Here is what that means for users.
Read more: Outside auditors find gaps in how OpenAI watches its own AI agents
