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TechCrunch Elon Musk's reposts of Kamala Harris deepfakes may not fly under new California law California's newest law could land social media users who post, or repost, AI deepfakes that deceive voters about upcoming elections in legal trouble. Governor Gavin Newsom suggests that AB 2839, which went into effect immediately after he signed it on Tuesday, could be used to reel in the retweets of Elon Musk, among others who spread deceptive content. "I just signed a bill to make this illegal in the state of California," said Newsom in a tweet, referencing an AI deepfake Musk reposted earlier this year that made it appear Kamala Harris called herself an incompetent candidate and a diversity hire (she did not).

Yahoo Finance Trump's answer to pretty much any question is either more oil drilling or tariffs. Few think it will work. A series of appearances in recent weeks have solidified a truism about former President Donald Trump: Nearly every economic challenge, from deficits to the social safety net, can seemingly be solved with more oil drilling or new tariffs.

Yahoo Finance The jobs report answered one key question — but left us guessing on another The August jobs report was supposed to clear up a suite of questions about the economy and what comes next. It only answered one of them.

Yahoo Finance Revisiting Fed Chair Powell's remarks on immigrants in Springfield, Ohio — and their impact on the economy Jerome Powell is unlikely to weigh in on baseless charges of Haitian immigrant pet eating this week but the Fed chair has already weighed in on the town at the center of it all: Springfield, Ohio.

Yahoo News Trump-Harris debate fact check: 7 questionable claims made in ABC News face-off During Tuesday's presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, a pattern emerged in which the vice president sometimes stretched the truth and sought to reframe her political weaknesses as strengths and the former president fired off a flurry of demonstrably false statements.