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AI in the Classroom Is Creating a Generation That Can’t Think

October 31, 2026 1:00 pmOctober 31, 2026 1:01 pm

When a Fields Medal-winning mathematician at UC Berkeley says he has given up grading homework for correctness because his students are simply feeding problems to artificial intelligence, the rest of us should pay attention. Professor Richard Borcherds now awards points...

Cybercrime Is Costing Americans Billions – Congress Must Act

October 27, 2026 10:57 amOctober 27, 2026 10:57 am

For three decades, I have watched cyber threats evolve from relatively unsophisticated hacking attempts into highly organized criminal enterprises capable of targeting millions of Americans simultaneously. Today, artificial intelligence, cryptocurrency and social media have given criminals powerful new tools. The...

Artificial Intelligence and Legislative Drafting

October 8, 2026 2:30 amOctober 8, 2026 2:31 am

What, if any, role does (or should) legal technology, and specifically artificial intelligence, play in drafting legislation in California? As AI becomes more prevalent in our everyday lives, does AI have a role in legislative drafting? If so, how can...

The Real AI Cybersecurity Threat Isn’t Intelligence – it’s Authority

October 1, 2026 11:48 amOctober 1, 2026 11:51 am

Artificial intelligence is quickly becoming a new kind of employee. It can search documents, draft correspondence, write code, analyze financial data and interact with business applications around the clock. Increasingly, AI systems can do more than answer questions. They can...

Ringside: The Energy and Water Footprint of AI

September 17, 2026 6:00 amSeptember 17, 2026 6:01 am

Whether artificial intelligence should be regulated, and if so, how, has almost overnight become one of the biggest political issues of our time. And with AI comes a surge in construction of massive data centers, for which we should minimize...

Chinese Propaganda, Foreign Influence Campaign Against U.S. AI Data Centers

September 2, 2026 10:36 amSeptember 3, 2026 11:21 am

Data centers are the gigantic physical facilities that house the servers, storage, networking, and cooling systems that store, process, and move digital information. They support cloud computing, streaming, e-commerce, banking, AI, remote work, and most internet services. Data centers make...

For California’s Temporary Staffing Agencies, Trust is Not Enough

June 29, 2026 10:00 amJune 29, 2026 10:01 am

Nearly all of us are workers. Some of us are employers. All of us are customers or clients. So, when we ask, “whose job is it to protect workers?” The answer is simple: it’s everyone’s job. That truth was underscored...