WASHINGTON, DC – MAY 15: Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson testifies before the House Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government in the Rayburn House Office Building on May 15, 2025 in Washington, DC. The Subcommittee held an oversight hearing on the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
The Republican chair told Congress that the agency will need specialized software, personnel and expertise to enforce the newly passed Take It Down Act.
Texts or deepfaked audio messages impersonate high-level government officials and were sent to current or former senior federal or state government officials and their contacts, the bureau…
A man holds a flag that reads “Shame” outside the Library of Congress on May 12, 2025 in Washington, D.C. On May 8, President Donald Trump fired Carla Hayden, the head of the Library of Congress, and Shira Perlmutter, the head of the U.S. Copyright Office just days after. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)
The register of copyrights cast serious doubt on whether AI companies could legally train their models on copyrighted material. The White House fired her the next day.
HONG KONG, CHINA – JANUARY 28: In this photo illustration, the DeepSeek logo is seen on a phone in front of a flag of China on January 28, 2025 in Hong Kong, China. Global tech stocks have plummeted following the emergence of DeepSeek, a Chinese AI startup that has developed a competitive AI model at a fraction of the cost of its US rivals, sparking concerns about the high valuations of tech giants like Nvidia. This development has led to significant declines in tech shares across Asia and Europe, with markets in both regions experiencing notable losses as investors reassess the AI landscape and its potential impact on the industry’s future. (Photo illustration by Anthony Kwan/Getty Images)
The Take It Down Act received rare levels of bipartisan support in the House and Senate, but critics fear enforcement could threaten First Amendment protections and unduly…
Air Force Lt. Col. Frank Jamerson speaks during AIScoop’s AITalks while the State Department’s Manny Medrano looks on.
The event was held April 24, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Sergey Kolupaev/EPNAC)
Cyber defenders say AI technologies are quickly evolving to help stop sophisticated threat groups, including Chinese adversaries, from embedding themselves inside target organizations.