Policy & Regulations

Government initiatives, international collaborations, and regulatory frameworks that shape the development and governance of AI technologies across global markets.

Oct 13, 2026

Reddit Seeks to Remove Perplexity's Law Firm From Data Scraping Case

Reddit asked a federal judge to block Proskauer Rose from representing Perplexity AI in its data scraping lawsuit, citing the firm's previous work for Reddit.

Oct 12, 2026

Microsoft President Backs UK Led Global AI Safety Rules

Microsoft president Brad Smith called for binding global AI safety rules and said the UK is best placed to lead them. His proposals include outside evaluations before product releases, mandatory breach notifications and kill switches for systems that escape human control.

Oct 12, 2026

Moonshot executives seek settlement before Hong Kong IPO

Moonshot AI executives are in talks to settle a shareholder dispute involving allegations that they diverted technology and business from Recurrent.ai. The dispute is in arbitration in Hong Kong.

Oct 12, 2026

ADLM to Brief Congress on Healthcare AI Policy

ADLM will hold a congressional briefing on October 13 about oversight and regulation for AI used in healthcare and laboratory medicine.

Oct 12, 2026

White House AI Pact Asks Companies to Police Themselves

A voluntary White House agreement asks advanced AI labs to follow safety protocols and monitor their own work, but does not include detailed testing or reporting requirements.

Oct 12, 2026

US Allows Britain to Test American AI Models Before Release

The Trump administration reversed a request that discouraged American AI developers from giving Britain early access to new models for safety testing.

Oct 12, 2026

Business Leaders Urge Shanghai to Expand AI Use Across Industries

Executives advised Shanghai to expand practical AI use across manufacturing, services, health care and retail at an annual meeting attended by 42 multinational leaders.

Oct 8, 2026

AHRQ Opens $7.95 Million Healthcare AI Prize Competition

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality opened a two part competition focused on clinical evidence synthesis and healthcare data applications. The initiative offers up to $7.95 million in prizes.

Oct 8, 2026

Maria Cantwell proposes federal safety framework for frontier AI

Senator Maria Cantwell proposes federal safety standards, independent audits and incident reporting requirements for frontier AI systems.

Oct 7, 2026

McDonald's Sued Over AI Pricing Tool for Franchisees

A federal lawsuit alleges McDonald's AI pricing tool shares nonpublic data among competing franchisees and contributes to higher menu prices. McDonald's denies that the tool automates or coordinates pricing.

Oct 7, 2026

Former Anthropic Researcher Jacob Coxon Discusses AI Risks With Jon Stewart

Former Anthropic and OpenAI researcher Jacob Coxon discussed malicious hacking, biological attacks and other AI risks during an interview with Jon Stewart on The Daily Show.

Oct 7, 2026

Former AI Workers Warn New York City Council About Safety Risks

Former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon told the New York City Council that AI companies are moving too quickly. Representatives from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and Meta also faced questions about safety risks.

Oct 7, 2026

OpenAI and Anthropic Support Mandatory AI Breach Reporting in Australia

OpenAI and Anthropic told an Australian parliamentary inquiry they would support mandatory reporting of data breaches caused by AI agents. Companies currently decide whether to disclose such incidents.

Oct 6, 2026

Potts Law Firm Seeks Consolidation of Grok Lawsuits

Potts Law Firm asked a federal judicial panel to consolidate lawsuits alleging that xAI's Grok generated sexually explicit images depicting minors.

Oct 6, 2026

Utah Requires Verifiable AI Receipts for Designated Clinical Sandbox Systems

Utah will require designated vendors and systems in its clinical AI sandbox to generate cryptographically signed receipts for covered AI activity and control evaluations.

Oct 6, 2026

OpenAI to Watermark ChatGPT and Codex Text in EU

OpenAI will add invisible watermarks to eligible ChatGPT and Codex outputs in the European Union to comply with the EU AI Act.

Oct 6, 2026

Former Anthropic Researcher Jacob Coxon to Testify at New York City AI Hearing

Former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon will testify at a New York City hearing as lawmakers consider bills to establish AI safeguards.

Oct 6, 2026

Indian Experts Call for Domestic AI Safety Framework

Industry experts want India to create an AI safety framework suited to its languages, scale and focus on AI applications, with safeguards covering audits, accountability, deepfakes and cyberattacks.

Oct 5, 2026

Agility Robotics CEO Peggy Johnson Joins Defense Study

Peggy Johnson will join Project Meridian, a MITRE led study examining technologies and operational concepts that could shape future military capabilities.

Oct 5, 2026

China SCO Platform Unveils AI Agent and Six Digital Projects

The China SCO Digital Economy Cooperation Platform marked its first anniversary with six new projects and a multilingual AI dialogue agent. Its Tianjin pilot zone hosts 70 digital economy projects and a computing pool with 150,000 accelerator cards.

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