Driverless cars are becoming more common in some California cities, but when the autonomous vehicles violate traffic laws, police haven't been able to ticket them - until now. The state's Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has announced new regulations on autonomous vehicles (AVs), including a process for police to issue a notice of AV noncompliance directly to the car's manufacturer. The new rules, which will go into effect 1 July, are part of a larger 2024 law that imposed deeper regulation on the technology. There have been a number of reports of the cars breaking traffic laws, including during a San Francisco blackout last year. The California DMV is calling the new rules the most comprehensive AV regulations in the nation.

Power the Future is asking Rep. James Comer and Sen. Rand Paul to investigate millions in nonprofit funding it says is driving opposition to data centers nationwide.

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An AI-generated conservative female influencer was created by a 22-year-old man in India. Podcast host Emily Austin calls the trend "frightening" and urges more awareness.

OpenAI made the perfect tool for scammers. Donald Trump is on TikTok doing his morning routine. "Get ready with me for a big day," reads the caption, as the president holds a makeup brush to his cheek. The scene is a still, ostensibly a screenshot of a TikTok clip. Like so much other AI-generated slop coursing through the internet, the image is fake and ridiculous.

Things to Do in L.A. Tap to enable a layout that focuses on the article. FBI agents and investigators work on Sperry Avenue in Patterson, Calif., on April 7. This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here . A Salvadoran man shot by ICE agents during an April immigration operation in Patterson has been indicted on federal assault charges.

Plus: The NSA tests Anthropic's Mythos Preview to find vulnerabilities, a Finnish teen is charged over the Scattered Spider hacking spree, and more. A gunman attempted to enter the White House Correspondents' Dinner in Washington, DC, last weekend, while President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and other administration officials were in attendance. Media reports and Trump himself quickly identified the suspected shooter as 31-year-old engineer and computer scientist Cole Tomas Allen. The California resident was arrested at the scene on Saturday and appeared Monday in the US District Court for the District of Columbia to face three federal charges: attempting to assassinate the president, transportation of a firearm in interstate commerce, and discharge of a firearm during a crime of violence. The authentication standards body known as the FIDO Alliance announced working groups this week along with Google and Mastercard to develop technical guardrails for validating and protecting transactions initiated by an AI agent .

Things to Do in L.A. This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here . AI-generated videos of Big Bear's celebrity bald eagles, Jackie and Shadow, are racking up millions of views, tricking fans with realistic but invented behaviors like eagle "massages." They're part of a wave of deepfake wildlife videos taking over social media that experts warn may create a false sense of safety around predators and erode the perceived urgency of conservation efforts.

Activists sailed to Gaza to deliver aid, but were met with drone attacks and imprisonment. "All of this preparation, all of this work--it's actually come together and we're sailing east, finally," said Dane Hunter. Get your news from a source that's not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Last fall, hundreds of activists from all over the world crowded onto several dozen boats and set sail for Gaza. They thought that by sharing their journey through social media, they could capture the world's attention.

Pentagon says US military to be an'AI-first' fighting force The US military plans to increase its use of artificial intelligence (AI) further after the Pentagon agreed to new and expanded contracts with some of the biggest names in technology. Under eight agreements with Google, OpenAI, Amazon, Microsoft, SpaceX, Oracle, Nvidia and the start-up Reflection, the Pentagon said AI technology would now be used for any lawful operational use. These agreements accelerate the transformation [of] the US military as an AI-first fighting force, the Pentagon said. Conspicuous by its absence is Anthropic, as the company has said it is concerned about how the Pentagon could use its tools in warfare and domestically. The firm is now suing the government over the alleged retaliation it faced after refusing to accept any lawful use language in its own contract.