BNew Mexico's attorney general is already swinging after that twenty-five billion dollar ruling against Meta.
BTwenty-five billion. That's the number a federal judge hit Meta with last week over AI training data.
BAnd the AG there, Raúl Torrez, is telling the whole AI industry: this is just the beginning.
BSpoken like a man who just watched a very large check clear into his state's general fund.
BHe's not subtle about it. He says companies that trained models on people's data without permission should be nervous.
BHe's right that this changes the math. Meta got hit because a court said they used copyrighted material to train — now every AG sees a blueprint.
BAnd they're not waiting for Congress. Politico's got the quote from Torrez: this is the start of state enforcement against AI.
BBut here's my issue. The states are going to build a patchwork of fifty different AI laws and every startup faces legal whack-a-mole.
BBetter than no rules at all while these companies vacuum up everything we've ever posted.
BBut who writes the rules? A judge in New Mexico might decide an AI model is fine, and a judge in Texas says it's theft. That's chaos.
BThen let Congress step up. Until they do, states are the only ones actually doing anything. You want to wait five more years?
BI want one clear federal standard, not fifty lawsuits. But fine — the AG has his headline, and he's not wrong that this is a shot across the bow.
BMeanwhile, in Georgia, St. Marys police shut down the whole historic downtown this afternoon for a suspicious package.
BThe bomb squad came in because a package in a vehicle tested positive for explosives. They're not saying what it was yet.
BNo injuries, no detonations. Just a lot of caution in a small coastal city near the Florida line.
BWe'll keep an eye on that.