Feb. 17, 2026
Is time running out to regulate artificial intelligence in California?
Tech companies have always lobbied and litigated against California regulation -- but as that money increasingly flows into campaign coffers, some lawmakers worry the window to rein in AI is closing fast.
Are lawmakers running out of time to regulate artificial intelligence? One lawmaker thinks so.
"We have one year, two years, three years before this money gets so far deep entrenched with the current crop of elected officials," Assembly Member Josh Lowenthal, D-Long Beach, said earlier this month.
Lowenthal was speaking to a small audience in an office building across the street from the Capitol at an event called Previewing California Tech Policy in 2026. But h...
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