Here's Why Anthropic Is Pushing States to Regulate AI Faster The company endorsed landmark AI transparency laws in California and New York last year, but its head of US state and local policy says they may already be outdated. Anthropic threw its support behind the first wave of frontier AI safety laws in the United States last year, securing new transparency requirements in California and New York that much of Silicon Valley fought against, arguing they would stifle the AI boom . But Anthropic says those laws may already be outdated, and the company is now pushing states to adopt even tougher regulations. "The transparency-focused safety bills of 2025 were a really important start, but as the capabilities of AI systems continue to advance quickly--the policy responses need to match," Cesar Fernandez, Anthropic's head of US state and local government relations, told WIRED in an interview. "We think that transparency and self reporting are no longer sufficient safety measures for the most powerful AI systems."

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You can now make playlists, design flyers and compile shopping lists using AI in Search. Google's apparent mission to have AI infiltrate every aspect of your digital life continues today with new integrations with three different apps. Rolling out this week in the US, you can now connect Canva, YouTube Music and Instacart to AI Mode in Search. The idea seems to be that AI services will slot more naturally into your day when you don't have to think about opening the Gemini app to use them. Let's start with Google's own YouTube Music.

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Cities across north-eastern Canada and the US are suffering from intense smoke brought on by wildfires burning across Ontario and Minnesota. Residents in New York, Boston and Toronto have been encouraged to avoid strenuous activity over potential health impacts caused by the pollution. Canada wildfires leave train'encased in flames' as smoke drifts towards US Where are the wildfires and how did they start? There are currently 858 wildfires actively burning across Canada - nearly 200 of those in Ontario - according to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre. Along the northern edge of Minnesota there are 17 fires that are still burning and an emergency declaration is in place to help mobilise suppression efforts.

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