Nicolas Maduro Pleads Not Guilty in U.S. Court After Dramatic Arrest Ordered by Trump 
Samsung Electronics Poised for Massive Q4 Profit Surge on Soaring Memory Chip Prices 
Nvidia Appoints Former Google Executive Alison Wagonfeld as First Chief Marketing Officer 
Johnson & Johnson Secures Tariff Exemption by Agreeing to Lower Drug Prices in the U.S. 
SK Hynix Shares Hit Record High as AI Memory Demand Fuels Semiconductor Rally 
Aktis Oncology Prices Upsized IPO at $18, Raising $318 Million in Major Biotech Debut 
Lenovo Unveils AI Cloud Gigafactory With NVIDIA and Launches New AI Platform at CES 2026 
Baidu’s AI Chip Unit Kunlunxin Prepares for Hong Kong IPO to Raise Up to $2 Billion 
NASA and SpaceX Target Crew-11 Undocking From ISS Amid Medical Concern 
FCC Exempts Select Foreign-Made Drones From U.S. Import Ban Until 2026 
Hanwha Ocean Shares Rise on Plans to Expand U.S. Shipbuilding Capacity 
Venezuela Supreme Court Appoints Delcy Rodríguez as Acting President After Nicolás Maduro Detention 
Disney Agrees to $10 Million Settlement Over Child Privacy Violations on YouTube 
Trump Pushes $100 Billion U.S. Oil Investment Plan for Venezuela After Maduro Seizure 
ICJ to Hear Landmark Genocide Case Against Myanmar Over Rohingya Crisis 
Najib Razak Jailed 15 More Years in Landmark 1MDB Verdict With Major Political Impact 
U.S. Judge Blocks Trump Administration’s $10 Billion Federal Funding Freeze to Democratic States 
Elon Musk is throwing his weight behind a landmark California bill that would enforce rigorous safety tests on AI models, spotlighting the urgent need for regulation in a rapidly evolving tech landscape.
Musk’s Call for AI Regulation
Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and owner of the social networking platform X, expressed his opinion on Monday that the state of California ought to enact a law pertaining to artificial intelligence (AI) that would mandate that certain tech businesses and AI developers undertake safety testing on their own models.
Musk urged the state to approve SB 1047 and stated, "For over 20 years, I have been an advocate for AI regulation, just as we regulate any product/technology that is a potential risk to the public." The post was made on X.
California’s Legislative Drive on AI
Reuters elaborates that this legislative season, lawmakers in California attempted to introduce 65 bills pertaining to artificial intelligence (AI), according to the state's legislative database. These measures included efforts to safeguard the intellectual property of deceased individuals from potential exploitation by AI companies and to guarantee that all algorithmic decisions are proven to be unbiased. Lots of these bills have already died.
Earlier in the day, OpenAI—which Microsoft has backed—spoke in favor of AB 3211, a law introduced in California that would mandate the labeling of AI-generated content. This content might be anything from innocuous memes to deepfakes designed to disseminate false information about political candidates.
Concerns Over AI in Elections
Experts are concerned about the role that artificial intelligence-generated content will play in the next elections, which will be held in nations that represent a third of the world's population this year. Furthermore, AI-generated content has already been significant in several elections, such as the one in Indonesia.
