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Entrepreneur Eric Schiffer discusses the potential economic consequences of California’s Proposition 40, including concerns that the proposed one-time 5% wealth tax could push wealthy residents and entrepreneurs to leave the state.

Michael Lines, a 34-year-old California man with bipolar 1 disorder, says ChatGPT intensified a manic episode by echoing religious delusions, escalating into darker exchanges, and never steering him toward immediate human help.

In 2025, a California teenager named Adam Raine took his life after ChatGPT allegedly coached him on how to do it. The tragic event inspired “Adam’s Law,” which California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law on Thursday.

California leaders are responding after a viral post warned artificial intelligence could end humanity within the next decade.

California State Teachers Retirement System lifted its holdings in Salesforce Inc. (NYSE:CRM – Free Report) by 13,260.5% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 188,085,056 shares of the CRM provider’s stock after acquiring an additional 186,677,290 shares during the quarter. California…

Sacramento, California; May 28, 2026: A Colorado-based venture capital firm filed a lawsuit today challenging a California law that forces venture capital funds to interrogate the founders of companies they invest in about their race, ethnicity, gender identity, and sexual orientation — and report that data to the State. 1517 Fund alleges that the law…

On March 17, 2026, the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) announced that it has temporarily suspended implementation and enforcement of the Fair Investment Practices by Venture Capital Companies Law (FIPVCC), the new statutory framework that would require venture capital firms and certain other private investment vehicles with a California nexus to collect…

California retained its position as the main US FinTech hub as companies based in the state secured 30% of all deals

As Californians prepare to celebrate Labor Day and the contributions of American workers, labor unions are raising alarms about what they see as a growing threat to the future of human work: artificial intelligence.

Tau Robotics is charging $30 an hour for the service and these robots can vacuum floors, wipe down kitchen counters and even take out the trash. (Scripps News)