Computer science major at UC sees declines for first time in decades
Undergraduate computer science enrollment across the UC system declined in 2025. Yalonda M. James/S.F. Chronicle For the first…
Meta Reveals Plan to Gradually Replace Human Moderators With AI
The Menlo Park-based social media giant says its new artificial intelligence enforcement technology outperforms human review teams on…
White House moves to strip California and other states of AI regulation power
The White House said on Friday that Congress should “preempt state AI laws” that it views as too…
Pentagon’s attempt to strong-arm Anthropic rouses resistance and reflection in Silicon Valley
Artificial intelligence powerhouse Anthropic’s battle with the Pentagon has sparked some soul-searching in Silicon Valley that could reshape…
Employees had to restrain a dancing humanoid robot after it went wild at a California restaurant
When we think about the existential threats of new technology, we’re usually thinking about something like the recent…
JPMorganChase to hire more Bay Area bankers
Ben Walter, CEO of Chase Business Banking, said the company is investing in San Francisco and the Bay…
Flock ‘Safety’ endangers us all | Op-Eds
Last September, in Denver, Colorado, Chrisanna Elser was informed that she had been caught on camera stealing a…
The SF Bay Area’s hottest job market right now isn’t tech
The Bay Area’s hottest job market isn’t tech, it’s health care, like at Kaiser Permanente in Oakland. Santiago…
Flock ‘Safety’ endangers us all | The Soapbox
Last September, in Denver, Colorado, Chrisanna Elser was informed that she had been caught on camera stealing a…
Schools across California wrestle with how — or whether — to use AI in classrooms
WHEN MIKE LAWRENCE JOINED ABC Unified School District as director of information and technology two years ago, he…
Chula Vista turns to AI for 911 calls
A public safety dispatch center. (Photo courtesy of Harford County) This article first appeared in inewsource. Sign up for their newsletters here.…
I promise AI didn’t write this column, and if it’s after my job, it’ll be over my dead body
For quite a while now, someone has been living inside my computer, writing emails for me. I don’t…