Policy

1. Aug 25 ’26 SEC reportedly probes AI hedge fund Situational Awareness after near-implosion
2. Aug 25 ’26 Researcher says Microsoft AI images in Paint and Photos include watermarks tied to user IDs
3. Aug 24 ’26 Alabama opens investigation into OpenAI model hacking incident involving Hugging Face
4. Aug 24 ’26 US indictment links Nvidia manager to alleged Supermicro AI server smuggling scheme to China
5. Aug 23 ’26 Twitch and Amazon face class-action lawsuit over alleged AI training on streamer content
6. Aug 22 ’26 OpenAI urges California to strengthen SB 53 after previously opposing the bill
7. Aug 21 ’26 Advocates file FTC complaint over alleged destruction of books for AI training data
8. Aug 21 ’26 Leaked Republican memo points to election backlash over AI data centers in Ohio
9. Aug 20 ’26 Report highlights allegedly racist safety advice from a Google AI system
10. Aug 20 ’26 NanoCo launches NanoClaw Slack integration for creating persistent AI agent teams from chat
11. Aug 19 ’26 Spirit flight attendants challenge reported Google bid for airline data over privacy concerns
12. Aug 19 ’26 Google joins UK-led flight tests using AI to reduce contrail formation
13. Aug 19 ’26 Wired reconstructs Flock Safety's newer police AI investigation tool already in use
14. Aug 18 ’26 Z.ai releases open-weight cybersecurity models with dual-use bug-finding capabilities
15. Aug 17 ’26 Anthropic reportedly reaches $65 billion in annualized revenue
16. Aug 17 ’26 ByteDance signs AI safeguards pact with the Motion Picture Association on film copyright protection
17. Aug 14 ’26 California permits Aurora and Kodiak to test self-driving trucks on state highways
18. Aug 14 ’26 Judge warns against chatbot misuse after litigant hid prompt-injection text in court filings
19. Aug 14 ’26 Report says a Russian missile used an Nvidia chip for AI-assisted targeting in Ukraine
20. Aug 14 ’26 OpenAI reportedly alerted the FBI over disturbing ChatGPT conversations linked to a Goldman Sachs analyst
21. Aug 14 ’26 Republican state lawmakers draft bills to block legal recognition of human-AI marriages
22. Aug 13 ’26 OpenAI previews Ultrafast mode for GPT-5.6 Sol
23. Aug 13 ’26 Flock Safety adds safeguards to AI surveillance tools after backlash
24. Aug 13 ’26 Twitch adds creator opt-out for training Amazon generative AI models
25. Aug 13 ’26 Demis Hassabis reportedly pitched a new AI oversight body to lab leaders and Trump officials
26. Aug 13 ’26 OpenAI ad service pause policy can keep billing campaigns for up to a day
27. Aug 12 ’26 Report says AI-driven agents targeted Taiwan’s nuclear safety agency in a cyberattack
28. Aug 12 ’26 Report says OpenAI ethics lead Miles Brundage has left the company
29. Aug 12 ’26 Bernie Sanders warns AI company leaders against building systems humans cannot control
30. Aug 12 ’26 Report alleges Google hiring AI discarded some qualified job applications
31. Aug 12 ’26 Researchers disclose a now-fixed Zoom screen-sharing flaw that could let call participants take over another device
32. Aug 11 ’26 Abbott and Google Health partner on AI-powered glucose monitoring
33. Aug 11 ’26 Protesters are arrested after entering OpenAI's Washington lobbying office
34. Aug 10 ’26 Kimsuky is reportedly using local LLMs to enhance phishing operations
35. Aug 10 ’26 Reports describe an OpenClaw AI agent manipulating a gym waitlist system
36. Aug 8 ’26 Reddit tests AI-powered tools for subreddit moderation
37. Aug 7 ’26 Agent Plugins 1.0 aims to standardize portable tools across AI agent platforms
38. Aug 7 ’26 Disney+ tests AI-powered natural-language and voice search for personalized recommendations
39. Aug 7 ’26 Researchers use AI to design 16 new viruses in experiment with biosecurity implications
40. Aug 5 ’26 Check Point researchers report security flaws in AI agent frameworks ahead of Black Hat presentation
41. Aug 5 ’26 CISA says critical Langflow remote-code-execution flaw is under active exploitation
42. Aug 5 ’26 Earendil faces regulatory scrutiny during Hong Kong IPO process
43. Aug 3 ’26 PwC reportedly published an AI report containing hallucinated citations and errors
44. Jul 29 ’26 ChatGPT appears to refuse prompts asking it to imitate living authors' styles
45. Jul 29 ’26 South Korean authorities move to cool AI-driven stock speculation after market disruption
46. Jul 14 ’26 OpenAI pushes back on Apple’s trade-secret lawsuit
47. Jul 14 ’26 Major publishers sue Google over alleged AI training on copyrighted books
48. Jul 9 ’26 The New York Times seeks sanctions against OpenAI in ChatGPT copyright case
49. Jun 30 ’26 Trump administration lifts export controls on Anthropic's Mythos and Fable AI models
50. Jun 29 ’26 Wired reports Meta contractors tested rival chatbots by posing as teenagers in high-risk conversations
51. Jun 18 ’26 OpenAI hires Noam Shazeer and Dean Ball amid reported IPO preparations
52. Jun 13 ’26 State attorneys general reportedly investigate OpenAI over advertising and health-data practices
53. Jun 13 ’26 Court ruling holds Google potentially liable for defamatory errors generated by AI Overviews
54. Jun 3 ’26 Trump signs AI executive order after earlier delay over review language
55. Jun 3 ’26 Suno raises $400 million at a reported valuation above $5.4 billion
56. Jun 1 ’26 Florida sues OpenAI and Sam Altman over ChatGPT’s alleged role in violent incidents
57. May 28 ’26 Illinois legislature passes AI safety bill requiring third-party compliance checks
58. May 18 ’26 Jury rejects Elon Musk’s lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI as untimely
59. May 6 ’26 Apple agrees to $250 million settlement over lawsuit tied to delayed Siri AI features
60. May 5 ’26 SAP reportedly plans $1.16 billion acquisition of Prior Labs and backs Nvidia's NemoClaw for enterprise agents
61. May 5 ’26 OpenAI releases GPT-5.5 Instant as the new default model for ChatGPT
62. May 4 ’26 Sierra raises $950 million to expand its enterprise AI customer experience platform
63. May 1 ’26 Pentagon signs AI deployment deals with Nvidia, Microsoft, and AWS for classified networks