On January 1, 2026, Texas’s newest law addressing the growing issues of data privacy and the use of Artificial Intelligence went into effect. The Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act (TRAIGA) was passed by the 89th Texas Legislature and signed into law by Gov. Greg Abbott in 2025.
The law’s central focus is on…
A family’s ordinary afternoon was shattered when an unknown number added multiple relatives, including a teenager, to a group chat and shared what appeared to be AI-generated explicit images of a family member, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported. The goal was simple: to extort money by threatening to release the images more widely.
