Terms for a model that changes: GSA’s AI contract clause takes effect
GSA’s clause for buying large language models took effect October 19. Its change notice and suspension right treat the model as something that changes after award.
The data is an asset: What Character.AI’s bankruptcy shows AI buyers
Character.AI filed for bankruptcy, and 40 attorneys general moved to protect users’ chat data in any sale. The question for buyers is what their own contracts say.
The renewal is the audit: What Denver’s chatbot vote says about AI governance
An AI pilot can look successful right up until renewal. Denver’s rejected chatbot contract shows why AI governance needs evidence about accuracy, risk, cost, and performance, not just usage and satisfaction.
Buy the AI, buy the oversight: Inside Plano’s $390,000 AI purchase
Plano approved up to $390,000 for citywide AI, and $150,000 of it pays for a tool that monitors how the city uses AI. The oversight came in the same purchase.
Onboarded like a new hire: Raleigh’s AI help desk agent
Raleigh gave its AI help desk agent new-hire permissions and pulled it back when it overreached. The vendor’s 66 percent savings figure has no published baseline.
Now come the rules: Colorado’s replacement AI law and its draft regulations
Colorado’s rewritten AI law takes effect in January. It trades impact assessments for notices and explanations, and the draft rules decide how specific those must be.
The pilot became the purchase: Casper buys AI body camera review
Casper’s council moved a police AI tool from trial to a $58,800 contract on two consent votes. The pilot’s measures were never published, so the renewal has no baseline yet.
AI can’t be the only reason: What California’s SB 947 asks of employers
California’s SB 947 bars employers from relying solely on AI to discipline or fire workers. Public employers are covered. The hard part is a phrase the law never defines.
The failure plan is now the law: What California’s SB 1246 asks of robotaxi companies
California’s SB 1246 spells out what robotaxi companies owe police, firefighters, and dispatchers when a driverless vehicle fails. Most of the rules apply by July 2028.
Approved or switched off: Tennessee’s plan for shadow AI
Tennessee requires approval for every AI tool state workers use. Now it is building monitoring to find and switch off the ones nobody approved.