Sen. Josh Hawley launches an investigation into Flock's "collection, retention, and dissemination of the data" from its AI-powered surveillance cameras (Andrew Solender/Axios)

Sen. Josh Hawley announced a Senate investigation into Flock’s AI-powered surveillance cameras, focusing on the company’s collection, retention, and dissemination of data. Meanwhile, Meta settled with 52 state and local attorneys general, agreeing to implement new child-safety features on its platforms without admitting wrongdoing. Nvidia also confirmed a $12.9 billion acquisition of Hugging Face, the open-source AI model repository.