Khari Johnson

A secretive appropriations process killed or reined in three bills regulating the use of pricing algorithms. A bill to monitor data center electricity use was also culled.

Several bills in the California Legislature would regulate how companies use AI to make employment decisions such as compensation, hiring, firing, or promotions, but they may be in jeopardy because of their associated costs.

LAPD and the counties of San Diego, Orange, and Riverside have repeatedly shared automated license plate reader data to federal agencies

A state report provided to CalMatters says 200 agencies reported no automation around sensitive decisions. Some called the report befuddling.

House Republicans want to ban state AI regulations for 10 years. California leaders are alarmed.

Tech that helps businesses make decisions or target ads will be given freer rein following pressure from the governor.

A spate of new bills in California and other states would protect consumers from electricity rate hikes that subsidize data centers.

The state’s attorney general asked the company how it plans to transfer assets out of its charitable nonprofit.

California is the seventh U.S. state to adopt mobile driver’s licenses for iPhones, part of a growing push by businesses and governments to make digital IDs commonplace.

The California Legislature passed more than a dozen bills to regulate artificial intelligence in recent days, though some ambitions fell short.

Schools that banned phones a few years ago have advice for other districts as the governor calls for a crackdown.

The sprawling California legislation offers protection to whistleblowers and citizens. The coming weeks could decide its fate.