ai governance

Smart Glasses Ban vs. Always-On Recording Leak

Smart Glasses Ban vs. Always-On Recording Leak

We're Banning Yesterday's Smart Glasses While Tomorrow's Record Everything New York just became the first state to ban smart glasses from its courthouses. Meanwhile, Meta is reportedly building always-on smart glasses that record audio and photos continuously. These two stories broke within days of each other—and that collision tells you everything you need to know about why privacy regulation for wearable tech is already failing. We're not saying the New York ban is wrong. But we are saying it's a textbook example of legislatures playing catch-up to last year's anxiety while next year's threat ships to consumers unregulated. Photo by…
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State AGs vs OpenAI: Why AI Fragmentation Hurts Accountability

State AGs vs OpenAI: Why AI Fragmentation Hurts Accountability

50 Sheriffs, Zero Playbook: The State AG War on OpenAI A coalition of state attorneys general is now investigating OpenAI. We don't yet know the full roster—per TechCrunch, the exact number and identity of participating states remains unclear—but the scope is sweeping: advertising practices, health data handling, consumer protection violations, the usual suspects. What's notable isn't the investigation itself. It's what it signals about the future of AI governance in America, and why that future might be messier, more expensive, and ultimately worse for accountability than the federal gridlock we've endured for the past three years. Photo by Miles Smith…
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