Cristiano Lima-Strong
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Cristiano Lima-Strong
@viacristiano.bsky.social
Journalist covering tech, politics & policy. Tech Policy Press editor. Wash Post, Politico alum. Tips: cristiano@techpolicy.press, Signal: Cristiano.01
Newsy comments from Australian regulator Julie Inman Grant here on OpenAI's Sora potentially falling under scope of Australia's social media ban (tip @techmeme.com)
October 27, 2025 at 1:47 PM
The bills now sit on the desk of California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who faces another big test on AI regulation after vetoing the state's most sweeping AI proposal to date last year, AB1047

Read my full dispatch, which was supported by a grant from the Tarbell Center for AI Journalism, here:
Inside the Lobbying Frenzy Over California's AI Companion Bills | TechPolicy.Press
State legislation to impose new guardrails on AI companions sparked a lobbying blitz in California, Cristiano Lima-Strong reports.
www.techpolicy.press
September 23, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The tech industry has come out strongly against AB1064, warning in ads splattered across the web that it would stifle innovation in schools and in health care, hurting students and kids. Several groups have instead embraced SB243, a measure to boost transparency around AI companions
September 23, 2025 at 2:33 PM