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Chase DiBenedetto

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Sep 30, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Chase DiBenedetto

    Vogue, Esquire publishers plead with Congress to ban AI theft of their content (opens the original)

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    Executives from iconic publications like Esquire, Cosmopolitan, Vogue, and Vanity Fair are descending on Washington to lobby for another AI regulation bill, this time tackling the threat AI poses to their bottom lines and longevity. Introduced to the House in July, the bipartisan Stealth Bot Prohibition Act would prohibit the deployment of "stealth bots," or unidentified AI agents tasked with scraping and indexing a website's content, without disclosure. Should it pass, bot scrapers and their pu

  2. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Chase DiBenedetto

    Flock CEO's address recirculates online as new 'public toilet' (opens the original)

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    Flock CEO Garrett Langley is avoiding the public. Last week, as individuals testified to Flock's flaws in front of the U.S. Senate's Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism, Langley stayed home. He sent a letter in his stead. But a group of ignited internet users believes the CEO, who runs an $8 billion surveillance technology company advertised as a security solution, should be put on display — and perhaps given a metaphorical swirly. Using a previously circulated address that reportedly bel

  3. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · Chase DiBenedetto

    Tesla defends employees accused of using N-word (opens the original)

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    Tesla lawyers are in court, defending auto factory employees against accusations they used racist slurs, discriminated against employees of color in evaluations, and engaged in other anti-Black behavior that created an unsafe environment for workers. The lawsuit, brought by the state of California on behalf of dozens of Black Tesla employees, was filed in 2022 and claims management at Tesla's flagship factory — located in Fremont, California — violated the state's Fair Employment and Housing Act

  4. Article · Sep 18, 2026 · Chase DiBenedetto

    Is an AI 'kill switch' a real thing? (opens the original)

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    As concerns about AI's capabilities reach a critical mass, California Gov. Gavin Newsom is accelerating the state's plan to curb the development of the technology. In a new executive order issued today (Sept. 18), Newsom calls for the creation of an expert-led panel tasked with "reinforcing and strengthening" the state's AI safety laws, including accelerating plans to enforce third-party safety evaluations and mandatory risk reporting. The order also directs the group to explore the possibility

  5. Article · Sep 11, 2026 · Chase DiBenedetto

    California's new child safety laws take aim at AI, social media companies (opens the original)

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    California governor Gavin Newsom's signature is now on a slew of new tech laws, including a dozen new state bills that target social media and AI giants. In addition to strengthening existing child safety laws, the state's latest efforts to regulate products from players like Meta and OpenAI include provisions that could effectively ban social media for children under 16. The policy move would place California on par with national governments like Australia, which was the first to bar young user

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