Newsom signs over a dozen bills to protect kids from AI chatbots, social media
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Newsom was joined by state Assemblymember Buffy Wicks, who helped author one of the new laws.
Technology
The data center backlash is here — and Big Tech is spending big to combat it
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The public has turned against data centers, prompting a flood of legislation in California.Education
Culture and ethics meets tech: UCLA debuts country’s first bachelor’s in digital humanities
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New major fuses technological tools for statistical analysis, coding, 3D mapping, and data visualization with traditional humanities disciplines.Arts & Entertainment
High-stakes trial over Instagram and Facebook’s impact on children opens in Oakland
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Meta faces similar upcoming litigation in other states.Education
Teens use AI for academic support even though they see the dangers, survey finds
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Roughly 7 in 10 teens use AI for academic support, according to Common Sense Media.education
UC Berkeley startups fuel hundreds of jobs, millions in local payroll, research reveals
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Study quantifies the local economic benefits of the university’s entrepreneurial “ecosystem.”Bay Area
California recruits teens to help advise on state’s AI and technology decisions
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Nominate a student to the newly launched California Teen Tech Council.Technology
Would you trust your boss with data about your brain? California moves to regulate neurotech
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Brain sensors are advancing, and California companies, lawmakers and unions are jockeying to shape how the resulting data can be used.featured
Stanford drops Flock license plate cameras after campus pushback, will use Genetec
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Students’ discomfort with Flock is part of a broader trend of backlash against the company.Featured in Category
As AI ‘therapists’ dish out advice, California lawmakers try to set some limits
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The bill is backed by professional associations that represent psychologists, therapists and counselors.Elections
