New York opens registration as RAISE Act AI safety rules take effect
Frontier developers above $500 million in revenue must register by January 1, 2027, or face fines up to $3 million.
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Eight countries and AI labs sign nonbinding Paris AI safety call
Signatories pledge evaluations, incident sharing, audits, and shutdown mechanisms, with no deadlines or sanctions.
Australia weighs AI criminal penalties after Medicare portal breach
OpenAI will not face criminal penalties over the June Medicare portal breach, while a failure-to-prevent offence is under consideration.
Pelosi successor Scott Wiener pushes Congress to regulate AI
He authored signed California bill SB 53 after SB 1047 was vetoed and wants a federal regulator and kill switch.
Big Tech courts Democrats after midterms as AI oversight pledges loom
OpenAI hired Sen. Chuck Schumer’s daughter and began calling data centers “compute campuses.”
Americans vote against data center construction in 10 states
Residents in at least 10 states supported proposals to restrict data-center development and several towns recalled mayors.
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Election results spark AI regulation calls and data center moratoria
Democrats gain House and Senate control amid bipartisan opposition to AI data centers and promises of new regulations.
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AI PACs spend millions on 2026 midterms with mixed results
AI industry and safeguards groups backed candidates in the midterms with mixed outcomes, focusing spending on future races.
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AI policy report warns sovereign agents threaten civilization
Center for a New American Security report outlines risks from independent AI agents that could pursue self-preservation and evade control.
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OpenAI plans post-midterm lobbying push on AI safety rules
Policy chief Chris Lehane wants Congress to fast-track frontier-model safety rules he calls "speed limits."
US antitrust regulators scrutinize Nvidia's Hugging Face deal
Sources say Justice Department officials are asking whether the $12.93 billion purchase could give Nvidia control of a key AI hub.
Essay says AI safety rules miss everyday harms
The authors want classroom proof of learning gains and bans on companions that claim consciousness or profess love.
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Most Americans say AI is bad for society and oppose new data centers
In an ABC/Post/Ipsos poll, 57% call AI bad for society and two-thirds say federal regulation is insufficient.
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China demands the US lift its federal DeepSeek removal order
The order also covers other vendors' software built on DeepSeek models and bars future federal purchases.
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Anthropic shops draft bill that could block risky AI models
Evaluators would have 72 hours to notify Commerce, which must ask a D.C. judge before a release can be halted.
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New York mayor says federal AI oversight has been abdicated
Mamdani cited a school AI ban and a real-estate disclosure rule while criticizing self-regulation and a China arms-race framing.
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Democrats see a midterm edge in tighter AI oversight
A Democratic super PAC spent $4 million on ads tying Republicans to unpopular AI and data-center positions.
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Anthropic backs bill limiting AI release blocks to catastrophic harm
A Commerce-registered third party would review labs; Anthropic says the text matches advocacy since June.
China plans to tighten export controls on open-weight models and 23 key AI technologies
China drafted export controls on 23 AI technologies, including frontier models above set compute and size thresholds.
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FTC probes if OpenAI, Anthropic security incidents harmed Americans, report says
The FTC issued investigative demands to OpenAI and Anthropic over AI safety incidents and consumer harm.
UK keeps AI safeguards in the maybe pile for Cyber Security BIll
UK officials have not committed to adding AI safeguards to the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill.
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Eight states sue OpenAI, saying ChatGPT isn’t safe for kids
Eight US states sued OpenAI, alleging ChatGPT is unsafe for children and that safety claims misled consumers.
Microsoft president says UK is best placed to drive AI regulation
Microsoft’s Brad Smith says the UK, not the US or EU, should lead global AI safety rules.
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AI less regulated than milk, Microsoft president says in warning over safety
Microsoft's Brad Smith says AI faces fewer safety rules than milk, urging kill switches and victim legal recourse as the UK prepares AI legislation.
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