Massachusetts prosecutors run on dial-up-era software

Massachusetts’ AI program is more than meets the eye

The Shoestring found that the state has been testing at least 40 government use cases for AI, though it remains tight-lipped about most of them.

Just 2% of Immigration Court Filings Based on Alleged Criminal Activity in February 2026

Numbers are also lower now than they were a year earlier when President Trump returned to office. One year ago in February 2025, DHS filed NTAs on 821 individuals based on claims of criminal activity compared with 741 today. This represented 4 percent of the cases filed a year ago, rather than just 2 percent now.

Stop Online ID Checks in Massachusetts

Massachusetts lawmakers, led by Governor Maura Healey, are barreling toward passing some of the most invasive and unworkable online ID check mandates in the country.

ombegov/2025-Federal-Agency-AI-Use-Case-Inventory

The 2025 consolidation of AI use case inventories across U.S. Federal agencies.

A Microsoft exec called AI scraping ‘theft of unprecedented proportions.’

In court documents unredacted Thursday, lawyers for the NYT in its copyright infringement case against Microsoft and OpenAI cited Microsoft’s Director of Applied Science, Brent Hecht, saying that “millions of people around the world will soon consider large models ‘hoovering up’ all their work to be an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions… almost no one intended for content they created to be used in this fashion, nor are they compensated for its use.” The Orlando Sentinel, which is also part of the suit, reports a Microsoft filing “framed Hecht as someone on the payroll to play a contrarian.”

One of East Coast’s largest data centers accused of ‘violating federal law'

Thermal drone footage shows DataOne — the Microsoft-backed AI data center in Vineland — is powering its operations with dozens of unpermitted generators

Meta Settles With the States for Up to $17 Billion: What the Deal Changes, and What It Doesn't | MDL Update

Meta settled the state AG claims in MDL-3047 on August 26, 2026, ending the federal trial mid-testimony. Up to ~$17B goes to the states over 10 years, and Instagram and Facebook must adopt teen time limits, night blocks, and age assurance. Families' personal-injury claims are carved out and continue.

This Mississippi Court Appoints Lawyers for Just 1 in 5 Defendants Before Indictment

Mississippi is known as one of the worst states for public defense. In one lower court, most defendants went without any lawyer before indictment.

Mississippi Makes Move Toward State-Funded Public Defenders

Indigent felony defendants in many counties have lacked court-appointed lawyers before indictment, even while they sat in jails for weeks or months.

18 Lawyers Caught Using AI Explain Why They Did It

Lawyers blame IT, family emergencies, their own poor judgment, their assistants, illness, and more.

Why Mississippi Nixed Fixing Its Broken Public Defense System

With its refusal to impose oversight or consistent standards in local defense, Mississippi risks falling further behind the rest of the U.S., critics say.

Microsoft storing Israeli intelligence trove used to attack Palestinians

Microsoft developed a customized version of its cloud platform for Israel’s Unit 8200, which is housing audio files of millions of calls by Palestinians.

AI Companies Are Trying to Hide a Staggering Amount of Debt

AI companies are pouring tens of billions of dollars into enormous data centers. They're being built on top of a mountain of hidden debt.

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