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There's been a lot of concern over what AI chatbots communicate to users — from conversations that may encourage unhealthy emotional attachments, to advice on committing crimes. Much of the debate over regulatory proposals and lawsuits concerning chatbots has focused on speech rights. There are open questions over whether outputs can be considered a form of legally protected speech. Yet an overlooked aspect of these issues is the potential right of users to access chatbot outputs.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has transformed his office into one of the nation's most aggressive litigators against Big Tech , suing companies including Meta, Netflix, WhatsApp and Discord, and building a dedicated privacy-enforcement operation. Now, a Democrat running to replace him says that's one part of Paxton's legacy worth preserving. “There's so many things I would condemn Paxton's tenure as attorney general for,” Texas state Sen.

With help from John Hendel James Anderson is the head of Bloomberg Philanthropies' government innovation program, which works with cities around the world to implement data analytics, digital permitting, electric buses and other technologies. He also helps oversee the Mayors AI Forum, an initiative by Bloomberg Philanthropies and Johns Hopkins University that brings municipal governments and the tech industry together to shape how the technology is used in cities.

A growing movement in state capitals is trying to get ahead of fears that artificial intelligence will soon be able to use troves of data on every American to pinpoint exactly how much someone is willing to pay for a gallon of milk or a plane ticket.

With help from Gabby Miller A live demonstration of artificial intelligence and facial recognition. | David McNew/AFP via Getty Images Despite improvements in facial recognition software, police across the country are continuing to make wrongful arrests from the technology as lawmakers lag behind on setting safeguards.

Silicon Valley has kept the U.S. at the forefront of technological innovation for decades, including the advent of artificial intelligence models with hacking capabilities, such as Anthropic's Claude Mythos. But as China and other potential adversaries race to acquire similar technology and shape a new era of cybersecurity, the U.S. is at risk of losing its control over how these AI tools are used.

With help from John Hendel Headshot of Rise of the Robots author Martin Ford. | Xiaoxiao Zhao Martin Ford is a futurist and author focused on the impact of artificial intelligence, automation, and robotics on the economy and workforce. A former computer engineer and software entrepreneur, Ford spent more than 25 years working in technology before turning to writing and research.

Louise Pentland | Adobe handout. As Adobe’s chief legal officer, Louise Pentland has led the company’s global efforts to navigate the sea change that AI has set off in intellectual property, the creative economy and tech governance. Pentland has become a key advocate for the CREATOR Act — a bipartisan bill introduced this week that would give artists control over how their distinctive creative styles are used by AI to produce new works.

Google's logo at the company's headquarters in Mountain View, California. | Marco Jose Sanchez/AP The tech industry’s alignment with President Donald Trump is driving a growing political split between employees and executives. There’s been a flurry of activism among tech workers pushing their bosses to cancel contracts with Immigration and Customs Enforcement and to stop providing the Pentagon with AI for military applications.

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier filed a complaint against OpenAI concerning the safety of ChatGPT on Monday. | Dominic Gwinn/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images A deluge of lawsuits accusing social media companies of harming young users is a flashing-red danger sign for the artificial intelligence industry.