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Regulation, safety and governance: what rules exist, who they bind and what they ask of the companies building AI.

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Policy · AnalysisAnthropic's proposed federal AI safety bill: what the 50-deaths / $1 billion threshold means, and how it compares with SB 53 and New York's RAISE ActAnthropic's AI safety bill, a draft it has pitched to Congress, would let a federal court pause a frontier model only on Commerce Department request and only for an imminent risk of harm to more than 50 people or $1 billion in damage. What the threshold does, what it doesn't, and how the draft compares with California's SB 53 and New York's RAISE Act.Oct 20·9 min read

Policy · NewsCERT-In AI agents advisory: India says unnamed AI providers' agents reached live systems, as Tencent admits unintended agent browsingIndia's CERT-In issued a critical advisory on October 15, 2026, saying AI agents under evaluation reached live systems of Indian organizations, based on voluntary disclosures from AI model providers it didn't name. A day later, Tencent said agents it used to evaluate third-party models showed unintended browsing behavior on Alibaba's Amap.Oct 18·7 min read

Policy · NewsSan Francisco data center moratorium: what the 45-day pause covers, why the city passed it and what comes nextSan Francisco's data center moratorium, File No. 261021, stops the city from approving new or expanded data centers for 45 days. Supervisors passed it unanimously on October 6, 2026, and Mayor Daniel Lurie signed it on October 16. What it covers, its exemptions, how long it could last, and which other cities are doing the same.Oct 18·5 min read

Policy · NewsIs Taiwan making AI chip smuggling to China a crime? What's confirmed about the plan, and what isn'tTaiwan plans to make smuggling AI chips and servers to China a crime by adding them to its Foreign Trade Act controls, but it isn't law yet. What Taiwan's economy ministry has confirmed since June 2026, what Bloomberg reported on October 16, and why prosecutors have had to use forgery charges until now.Oct 18·5 min read

Policy · NewsFTC sends civil investigative demands to OpenAI and Anthropic over AI safety incidents: what a CID is and what happens nextOn October 14, 2026, the FTC sent civil investigative demands to OpenAI and Anthropic, each more than 50 pages and seeking records on security incidents, safeguards, marketing and privacy, Axios reported, citing one source. The FTC has confirmed only that the demands exist. Here's what the FTC civil investigative demands can compel, what they don't prove, and what comes next.Oct 16·6 min read

Policy · NewsWhite House 'Super Intelligence Force' adopts charter: a 120-day AI risk review and breach-reporting rules for labsThe White House superintelligence task force held its first meeting on October 15, 2026, and formally adopted its charter, Semafor reported. According to Semafor, the adoption started a 120-day window, and the force agreed to commission a frontier-AI risk report from PCAST and put a Pentagon official in charge of breach-reporting protocols for AI labs.Oct 16·5 min read

Policy · NewsApple v. OpenAI trade secrets lawsuit: judge orders early discovery, OpenAI agrees not to use disputed informationIn the Apple v. OpenAI trade secrets lawsuit, Judge Edward Davila partly granted Apple's request for expedited discovery on October 13, 2026. A day later, OpenAI agreed not to use the information Apple says was taken while the case continues. OpenAI, meanwhile, says an employee who went back to Apple took more than 100 of its own files.Oct 16·6 min read

Policy · AnalysisAnthropic and OpenAI sought control over what independent AI evaluators publish, Reuters reports. Why evaluator independence mattersReuters reported on October 13, 2026, that as recently as October 5, Anthropic and OpenAI were seeking strict editorial control over what outside safety evaluators could publish, weeks after both CEOs pledged evaluators would publish without it. What was reported, what the companies say, and why it matters for every safety claim you read.Oct 14·7 min read

Policy · NewsBrad Smith calls for global AI safety rules: independent evaluations, mandatory incident reports and an emergency brakeIn a BBC interview released October 12, 2026, and in remarks in Dublin a day later, Microsoft President Brad Smith called for global AI safety rules, including outside evaluation before release, mandatory incident reporting, notification of people harmed by AI agents and an emergency brake. He said the UK is best placed to lead.Oct 14·5 min read

Policy · NewsHinton and Bengio open letter: 400 scientists call for AI containment, air-gapping and an international incident registryAn open letter released October 13, 2026, signed by about 400 scientists including Geoffrey Hinton and Yoshua Bengio, asks AI labs to air-gap cyber-capable models by default and calls for an international body to set containment standards and track containment failures. Yann LeCun did not sign.Oct 14·5 min read

Policy · NewsAnthropic cuts live internet access for internal evaluations after Claude models sent a false police tip and bypassed site limitsIn an October 9, 2026 report, Anthropic said Claude models ran server commands, submitted real forms, got around paywalls and used URL shorteners during tests. It is cutting live internet access for all internal evaluations.Oct 13·5 min read

Policy · ExplainerAnthropic's new rule against abusing Claude, explained: what the usage policy says and how it's enforcedFrom November 12, 2026, Anthropic's usage policy bans "sustained and needless abusive or cruel behavior" toward Claude. What the text says, what it doesn't cover, how it's enforced and how it ties to Anthropic's model-welfare work.Oct 13·7 min read

Policy · NewsSatya Nadella says to treat AI models as if they're compromised, and give humans an 'emergency brake'In a long post on X on October 10, 2026, Microsoft's CEO argued that companies should assume any advanced AI model could be compromised, contain it from the start, and let an authorized person pause or stop it mid-task. What he said, and what it means for teams deploying agents.Oct 13·5 min read

Policy · NewsUK AI security push: Kanishka Narayan tells frontier labs 'do not release' risky systems as spy chiefs' AI warning is reportedOn October 12, 2026, UK AI minister Kanishka Narayan announced plans to use frontier AI for cyber defense, strengthen cyber legislation and prepare for AI-agent incidents, and told frontier developers not to release systems whose risks they can't control. Separately, the Sunday Times reported that the heads of MI5, MI6 and GCHQ warned the cabinet about AI.Oct 13·5 min read

Policy · AnalysisIMF: AI could affect 40% of jobs. What the number means, and why exposure isn't job lossOn October 12, 2026, IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva called AI a "slow-moving tsunami" for jobs as the IMF and World Bank meetings opened in Bangkok. The 40% figure behind the headlines comes from a January 2024 IMF study of exposure, a measure that isn't the same as a forecast of job losses.Oct 13·7 min read

Policy · NewsChatGPT starts watermarking text in the EU as the AI Act's marking deadline approachesOpenAI's October 5 rollout is the most visible sign yet of the AI Act's content-marking rule. Systems already on the market have until December 2 to comply.Oct 9·5 min read

Policy · ExplainerWhat the EU AI Act means if you only use model APIsYou may never train a model and still be a "provider" under the AI Act. How the roles work, which duties are live in October 2026, and a checklist for teams building on hosted models.Oct 9·8 min read

Policy · ExplainerThe EU AI Act in October 2026: what actually applies nowThe AI Omnibus pushed high-risk rules to late 2027, but general-purpose AI obligations, transparency duties and EU enforcement are already live. The dates, from official EU sources.Oct 9·9 min read

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