| Data Center
and AI Beat Has FOIA Requests
by Inner City Press as on Live
Nation MA IL TX AZ
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
June 22 – As the artificial intelligence legal
beat ramps up in the U.S. District Court for
the Southern District of New York, NDCA,
Illinois, Florida and elsewhere, Inner City
Press has submitted freedom of information
requests to states, following up on its
obtaining and appealing for records regarding
Live Nation and Ticketmaster, including its
SDNY FOIA lawsuit: Here's from the request filed
with California's Attoney General Bonta: All records since January 1,
2024, reflecting the California AG's Consumer
Protection Section's enforcement or oversight
activity regarding artificial intelligence,
including: C: Consumer Complaints About AI
Services All records
since January 1, 2023, reflecting consumer
complaints received by the California AG's
office or the California Department of
Consumer Affairs from California residents
regarding: Any AI chatbot or
conversational AI service, including Microsoft
Copilot, Google Gemini, Anthropic Claude, Meta
AI, xAI Grok, Character.AI, Replika, or
similar services... Any complaint in which a
consumer identified AI chatbot outputs as
contributing to financial loss, self-harm,
suicidal ideation, or dangerous
behavior. Internal AI Policy and Legal
Analyses All
non-privileged records since January 1, 2024,
reflecting the California AG's internal policy
positions, legal analyses, or memoranda
regarding: the application of California's
Unfair Competition Law and Consumer Legal
Remedies Act to AI chatbot outputs; the
California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act's
application to AI services; AI safety
standards for minors and vulnerable adults;
state authority to regulate AI; and any
California AG position on proposed federal
preemption of state AI
regulation. Category F: AI Data Centers —
Consumer, Energy, and Community Impact
Records All records
since January 1, 2024, reflecting consumer
complaints received by, or enforcement
activity undertaken by, the California AG's
office relating to AI data centers located in
or proposed for California,
including: • All consumer or
community complaints regarding AI data center
operations, including complaints about:
excessive energy consumption and its effect on
California utility rates and grid reliability;
water consumption for cooling systems and its
effect on California water supplies during
drought conditions; noise, light, or other
environmental impacts on neighboring
communities; and representations made by data
center operators to local governments, the
California Public Utilities Commission, or the
public about community benefits.... Similar requests have
been filed with the other states. Sample for
Arizona on June 20, 2026: "The Arizona Attorney General’s
Office has received your correspondence to
Public Records, we will respond accordingly." And on June 22, Illinois:
"Thank you for your interest in public records
of Illinois Attorney General. Your
request has been received and is being
processed in accordance with the Freedom of
Information Act (5 ILCS 140). Your
request was received in this office on
6/22/2026 and given the reference number;" Texas: "Dear Matthew Lee:
Thank you for your interest in records of the
Office of the Attorney General. Your
request has been received and is being
processed in accordance with Chapter 552 of
the Texas Government Code, the Public
Information Act. Your request was received in
this office on 6/22/2026 and given the
reference number;" MA and (many) others. Watch this site.
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Friday, June 26, 2026
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