Indonesia and Malaysia temporarily block X's Grok chatbot while the UK launches a formal investigation that could ban the platform entirely, after the AI tool generates nonconsensual sexual deepfakes of women and children, prompting X to restrict the controversial feature to paying subscribers only.
California moves forward with groundbreaking youth AI safety legislation that requires age verification, bans child-targeted advertising, prohibits AI systems from forming emotional or romantic relationships with minors, and mandates independent safety audits with enforcement penalties.
President Trump directs federal agencies to sue states over AI regulations and threatens to cut funding from states with restrictive AI laws, while establishing a DOJ task force to challenge conflicting state legislation within 90 days.
Silicon Valley companies increasingly adopt Chinese open-source AI models like DeepSeek R1 for cost advantages while Trump battles Democratic states over AI regulation, as chatbots revolutionize shopping with potential to generate $3-5 trillion in annual commerce by 2030.
Meta launches Meta Compute initiative to build tens of gigawatts of AI infrastructure this decade under former Google executive leadership, marking a massive strategic push for competitive advantage amid growing scrutiny of data center construction.
OpenAI partners with Common Sense Media to back California's Parents & Kids Safe AI Act ballot initiative, which would require age verification for minors using AI, ban targeted advertising to children, mandate company audits, and prohibit sharing kids' data without parental consent.
Hypercubic unveils an AI platform to modernize critical 1960s COBOL mainframe systems that still power 70% of major enterprises, addressing the crisis of retiring engineers taking decades of institutional knowledge from undocumented systems running banks, airlines, and government operations.
Utah becomes the first state to legally allow AI to autonomously renew prescriptions for chronic conditions through a partnership with platform Doctronic, while federal legislation proposes expanding AI prescribing authority nationwide.
Utah launches groundbreaking pilot program allowing AI to automatically renew medical prescriptions for chronic conditions without doctor approval, sparking safety concerns from medical groups as the FDA weighs potential regulation of the controversial technology.
Zhipu AI launches groundbreaking $560 million Hong Kong IPO at HK$116.20 per share, set to become the first publicly traded large language model developer when it debuts January 8 with a massive HK$51.16 billion valuation amid soaring tech stock momentum.