Monthly Archives: July 2025

Texas, Utah, and Louisiana are the only 3 states that have passed App Store accountability bills. What do these bills do again? They require app stores like Apple’s and Google’s to identify when users are children and obtain parental consent before apps can be downloaded. There’s some lingering constitutional issues- surprise! legislatures passing bills that could be unconstitutional. […]

The Government AI Landscape Assessment, developed by the civic tech nonprofit Code for America, measured states’ readiness in adopting AI based on three core areas: Leadership and Governance, AI Capacity Building and Technical Infrastructure & Capabilities. 3 states are ready: PA, NJ & UT. TX is ranked established along with CA and NY. City & State Pennsylvania […]

Denmark is allowing the Danish to copyright their identity, face, voice, image to protect it from AI use. @culturiety_

We are entering a new phase of AI— AI backlash. Duolingo dropped humans as language teachers, and Duolingo is feeling the Ai backlash. @wired says it’s a growing reaction by Americans that AI replacing humans isn’t acceptable. Compound this with AI errors, public statements of AI antisemitism, environmental impact of AI, and recent studies pointing to the impact […]

Conservative challenges to the Universal Service Fund lost 6:3 at the U.S. Supreme Court. The Supremes upheld the USF by finding that lawmakers gave the FCC sufficient flexibility to implement USF and raise the money it feels it needs through USAC, and the FCC has retained its decision-making authority by only taking nonbinding advice from […]

Virginia does not have statewide data center regulations, so local governments are stepping in to regulate. It’s weird, right? Virginia has 1/3 of the world’s data centers and its’s a free for all. Virginia Legislature passed HB 1601 (2025 | VA) to regulate dalta centers and the bill was vetoed by the Governor. The veto message said local governments […]