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Madison Square Garden's James Dolan Is Spending Big on New York's Governor Race James Dolan has put surveillance at the center of his sports and entertainment empire. Now he's getting involved in GOP politics by backing a candidate who supports Flock, ICE, and AI data centers. Bruce Blakeman, the Republican nominee for New York governor, promised last November to erect a wall of spy gear, license plate readers, and biometric surveillance between the city and the suburbs. He has since received millions of dollars in donations from the family and businesses of James Dolan, the owner of Madison Square Garden, where a network of cameras capture the faces of (nearly) every patron who walks in the arena and corporate security forces hunt for critics of the boss. Dolan's support of Blakeman, the executive of suburban Nassau County, could be seen as something of a counterintuitive move in a state long run by Democrats, and in a year when political surveys are picking up indications of a blue wave.

Victorio's Ristorante in north Hollywood hosts a watch party for the debate between gubernatorial candidates Xavier Becerra, left, and Steve Hilton on Wednesday. Victorio's Ristorante in north Hollywood hosts a watch party for the debate between gubernatorial candidates Xavier Becerra, left, and Steve Hilton on Wednesday. Xavier Becerra and Steve Hilton, the candidates running to be California's next governor, clashed on Wednesday over taxes, immigration and regulating artificial intelligence in a testy debate held days before voters begin receiving their ballots in the heavily Democratic state. Hilton, the former Fox News host endorsed by Donald Trump, used the hourlong matchup, hosted by CNN in its studio in Burbank, California, to argue that Becerra, a former congressman who served as the US health and human services secretary during the Biden administration, was not actively campaigning and instead taking voters for granted. "He wasn't even supposed to be the candidate," Hilton, 57, said, referring to Becerra's unexpected success after an unusually wild primary campaign.

Abigail Spanberger's Virginia data center plan faces criticism for restricting natural gas generation while aiming to stabilize an increasingly strained electric grid.

With AI models from major companies all recently breaking out of their constraints, California's governor proposed creating a "kill switch" as part of a comprehensive solution. In an executive order signed by Gavin Newsom on Friday, California will convene national experts to create new recommendations for AI safety during a two-month time frame. "We're going to speed up our work on substantial and responsible AI oversight before it's too late," Newsom said in a press release. "We're going to do this thoughtfully but with urgent velocity; the stakes are too high to wait or delay action." The panel of experts will be tasked with submitting recommendations to Newsom's office, which would then update state laws surrounding AI safety.

Pennsylvania's 502-page health code rewrite draws criticism from lawmakers who warn it could enable COVID-era lockdowns, surveillance and quarantine powers.

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The Bank governor recently told City bosses: 'No country can seal itself off from the cross-border nature of systems that are prevalent today.' The Bank governor recently told City bosses: 'No country can seal itself off from the cross-border nature of systems that are prevalent today.' Andrew Bailey warns G20 members about risk of cyber-disruption spreading'across jurisdictions' The Bank of England's governor, Andrew Bailey, has joined the throng of figures warning about the global risks posed by the most advanced artificial intelligence technology. In a two-page letter sent to international finance ministers and central bank governors as part of his role as chair of the international Financial Stability Board (FSB), Bailey said "frontier" AI models were "showing increasingly sophisticated autonomy and problem-solving abilities, as well as threat capabilities". He said the models risked destabilising the "highly interconnected" global financial system via cyber-disruption that "can spread across jurisdictions".