Noah Stewart celebrates a new federal rule forcing employers to get written consent before feeding worker-attributable material to AI, then audits border oversight, rural water, and politics’ sudden paperwork obsession.

The Employee AI Training Consent Act is now federal law, requiring written worker consent before employers transfer worker-attributable material for AI development.

Noah Stewart breaks down the Senate’s new AI consent safeguards, Illinois workplace protections with unfinished fine print, and a growing demand for government receipts without the spy-movie fog machine.

The Senate passed Donna Lowenthal’s Employee AI Training Consent Act, requiring written worker consent before employers transfer attributable material for AI development.

The Senate passed Republican Sen. Donna Lowenthal’s Employee AI Training Consent Act, establishing written-consent rules before worker-attributable material can be used for AI development.