California Is Voting on 30+ AI Bills Right Now. Today Could Be the Most Consequential AI Legislative Day in History.

California's Assembly and Senate Appropriations committees are in suspense hearings today voting on thirty-plus AI bills — covering training data copyright, child safety, hiring transparency, deepfakes, and judicial AI use. Whatever passes today goes to Governor Newsom's desk before any federal preemption can take effect. We cover the key bills, INTERPOL's finding that AI is in 55% of African cybercrimes, and the OpenAI S-1 that could drop any day.