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After ‘tense negotiations’ with OpenAI, California enacts law named for teen who consulted ChatGPT before suicide. It could become a national standard

OpenAI’s tactics in California hint at how the company plans to try to shape a raft of future state-level laws in the face of a growing public backlash against AI technology.

By Emily ForliniSeptember 14, 2026

OpenAI may have violated California’s AI safety law with latest model releases, AI watchdog says

OpenAI has not followed the law with any of the models it released this year, the watchdog group says.

By Beatrice Nolan and Emily ForliniSeptember 14, 2026

American Samoa is the only U.S. territory where residents don’t have birthright citizenship. They’re U.S. nationals instead, and it complicates voting

A state appeals court in Alaska threw out felony charges against a woman who checked a box saying she was a U.S. citizen.

By The Associated PressSeptember 13, 2026

Former CIA official found with $40 million in gold bars for ‘work-related expenses’ reaches tentative plea deal

Investigators searched Rush’s home and seized about 300 gold bars worth more than $40 million, plus about $2 million in U.S. currency and about 35 luxury watches.

By The Associated PressSeptember 12, 2026

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Americans are so concerned about autonomous vehicles that Minneapolis is considering requiring drivers to sit inside Waymos

A proposed ordinance would require human “safety monitors” to be paid at least a minimum wage to sit in these self-driving cars.

By Sasha RogelbergSeptember 16, 2026

Goldman says the economy is rewarding capital ownership over labor — and most Americans don’t own enough of it to benefit

The labor share of income has fallen to a record low, the lowest in 80 years. What is going on here, exactly?

By Nick LichtenbergSeptember 16, 2026

Urgent calls from OpenAI, Anthropic for an AI slowdown fall on deaf ears with Trump, Xi ahead of next week’s meeting

The CEOs of Anthropic and OpenAI say the two countries must pace technological development to protect the human race, but both leader seems uninterested, and maybe even antagonistic to the idea.

By Emily ForliniSeptember 15, 2026

‘Give the American people a say in how AI develops’: Alex Bores launches a $30 million nonprofit bent on regulating AI

Alex Bores told Fortune that the Overton Window is wide open: “Even the questions that are being asked are up for grabs.”

By Catherina GioinoSeptember 15, 2026