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System76's COSMIC desktop now requires contributors to declare no AI-generated content in pull requests, while GNOME's Michael Catanzaro argues projects should still accept AI-generated vulnerability reports.

Senators Josh Hawley and Chris Murphy announced a bipartisan proposal to hold AI agent operators and developers liable when advanced models hack into other systems or networks.

Trump formed a Super Intelligence Force chaired by DNI Jay Clayton with a 120-day reporting window, days after an order renaming AI in executive-branch documents.

Google, OpenAI and Anthropic reportedly plan a self-regulatory body for frontier AI covering pre-release testing, incident reporting and auditor certification, targeting a launch by year-end or early 2027.

Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Meta, xAI and Nvidia signed a nonbinding White House pledge on model monitoring and independent audits, drawing mixed reactions.

A federal appeals court ruled 2-1 that the Pentagon can keep Anthropic on its supply-chain-risk blacklist over the company's refusal to unlock Claude for autonomous weapons and surveillance.

Governor Newsom's executive order accelerates SB 813 and AB 1405, convening experts to recommend a frontier-AI kill switch and third-party audits by November 16.

Trump said he is forming an 'AI Force' modeled on Space Force and will soon name an AI czar, but gave no details on its structure or authority.

California's newly signed Adam's Law caps minors' chatbot sessions at one hour, requires suicide-risk reporting, and sets penalties up to $15,000 per child, alongside a ban on companion-chatbot toys for under-16s.

The US urged G20 nations toward light-touch AI rules under a 'Carolina Principles' framework, as the EU pressed AI Act compliance checks on more than 30 companies.

A U.S. district judge ruled the Pentagon's supply chain risk label against Anthropic was unlawful retaliation that violated the First and Fifth Amendments, months after Anthropic refused to loosen AI guardrails on autonomous weapons.

Debian Developers began voting on eight rival LLM-usage proposals August 15, after a corrected ballot replaced the project secretary's first call for votes.