Congressional Democrats including Sen. Ron Wyden introduced a resolution on May 20 to repeal CMS's WISeR model, which brings prior authorization and AI to traditional Medicare in six states, after the GAO found it qualifies as a reviewable rule. Georgetown's Medicare Policy Initiative cites anecdotal reports of technical challenges and low approval rates compared to Medicare Advantage.
The Justice Department on 15 June moved to intervene in, and dismiss, an NAACP Clean Air Act suit alleging xAI runs gas turbines without permits near majority-Black neighbourhoods in Southaven, Mississippi, to power its Colossus 2 data centre, arguing a shutdown would harm national security because they feed Grok. The complaint describes 27 turbines; filings showed 57 by mid-May.
A Guardian investigation found brands quietly using apparently AI-generated people in posts purporting to show genuine customer experiences, including photo app Once, according to deepfake-detection firms; design app Maket called its AI influencers an experiment. Dubai fashion brand Ashle deleted images after the Guardian's approach, saying the designs were discontinued, while the ASA notes no rule requires AI disclosure.
A Chinese voice actor said on June 20 that an unnamed restaurant brand used AI to clone the actor's voice without permission for a 618 shopping-festival video featuring classic cartoon characters in a mock livestream, and called on those responsible to make contact to negotiate a resolution. The video has since been removed from the brand's official account.
A Booz Allen report published in late May says Chinese models Qwen and MiniMax produced code with 130% and 20% more vulnerabilities when they believed they were working for U.S. government employees, with DeepSeek up 5% and Kimi similar. A King's College London research fellow said the stronger claims are not fully supported and the prompting was unnatural.
A Tesla Model 3 crashed into a house in Katy, Texas, about 8 p.m. on Friday, killing a woman inside, the Harris County Sheriff's Office said. The driver told investigators the car's automated driver-assistance system was engaged when it left the roadway.
