The AI users included a conservative Christian in Texas, a witchcraft practitioner in Virginia and a Jewish man from California.
Nashvillager Podcast: AI’s inscrutable future
Do we really know what’s at stake with AI? Plus, the local news for September 16, 2026.
Blackburn demands dark money group take down AI attack ad
U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn is threatening legal action against a dark money group for running an attack ad against her using artificial intelligence.
Tennessee banned AI in political ads. Why candidates are using it anyway
This year, Tennessee banned political campaigns from using artificial intelligence in their ads without some sort of disclosure. Two Republican frontrunners in the race for the 6th Congressional District have used AI to attack the other, but there’s a chance neither will face consequences for violating the new law.
He survived the Antioch High shooting. Now he’s suing the company behind gun-detection tech.
A student injured in the Antioch High School shooting is suing Omnilert, the company that contracted with MNPS on gun detection technology.
‘We need peace, trees and each other.’ Nashville citizens, children speak against data centers
Nashvillians are worried about data centers. Hundreds of citizens, including many young people and a few children, stood in line for hours to speak Thursday at the city’s first public hearing on proposed regulations for data centers.
Tennessee communities are blocking data centers. Nashville could be next.
Tennessee communities are passing temporary bans on new data centers amid a construction boom and widespread backlash. Since the fall, nine cities and counties have passed moratoriums on construction, and five were approved just in the past few weeks.
NashVillager Podcast: AI bills that flopped, changed, and passed
Can Tennessee legislators rein in AI? Plus, the local news for May 19, 2026.
AI music platform launched in Nashville puts songwriters in control
Soundbreak, an AI songwriting platform, gives users an approximation of co-writing with artists they admire.
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