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Fair officials and Bakersfield police outlined tighter entry screening, a visible officer presence, and family wristbands as the Kern County Fair opens for its 12-day run.
Magnetometers are set up at all three Kern County Fair gates, with bag checks at entry. Fair staff say walk-through AI detection, introduced last year, will speed screening.
A Senate plan would let the Commerce Department ask AI giants to prove they prevent harm. Valley researchers and data center proposals could feel the effects.
A new Gates-backed coalition announced Sept. 23 aims to build language data that better reflects real communities. That could affect how AI tools work in Valley schools and clinics.
OpenAI is asking Washington to lead global AI technical standards. Fresno’s pending data-center limits and new state rules show how those choices land here.
