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The California AI bill is back, and it lost its teeth

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With the AI industry and even the federal government shifting away from AI safety regulation in favor of innovation, will the bill gain any traction?

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Social entrepreneur Van Jones believes a new human civilization is being born in real time — and that our technology is racing ahead of our wisdom. In this urgent and hopeful talk, he reframes the AI debate, showing why the real danger isn’t the technology itself but rather the communities it leaves behind. His solution? A new deal between big tech and humanity, built on a different kind of “AI” that we desperately need. (Recorded at TED2026 on April 17, 2026)

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