Society and Policy

India has ordered social media platforms to tighten enforcement against deepfakes and AI-generated impersonations, while dramatically shortening the time…

New York lawmakers are moving to halt the construction of large new data centers, proposing a three-year moratorium as concerns mount over electricity demand,…

Tinder is testing a new AI-powered feature called Chemistry as it looks to address slowing growth and user burnout from endless swiping. The feature, which is…

Indonesia has allowed Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok to resume operating in the country on a conditional basis, weeks after authorities blocked the service over…

India is offering foreign cloud providers a major new incentive to run AI and other computing workloads from inside the country, proposing zero taxes through…

Meta said Wednesday that it will begin charging developers to run third-party AI chatbots on WhatsApp in markets where regulators are requiring the company to…

A deal where the U.S. government could eventually own up to 50% of TikTok U.S. would’ve sounded impossible not that long ago. But that’s exactly what Perplexity…

Europe just took a big step toward getting serious about AI security. In December, the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) published an…

WhatsApp is quietly doing something that a lot of big tech platforms are going to be forced to do more and more often: it’s running different AI rules in…

Indonesia and Malaysia’s decision to block Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok over sexually explicit image generation isn’t just another content moderation dispute. It…

California’s push to rein in AI chatbots—especially those marketed to children—marks a turning point for an industry that has largely operated ahead of…

India’s order directing Elon Musk’s X to make immediate changes to its AI chatbot Grok marks a meaningful shift in how governments are dealing with generative…