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15 Republican Attorneys General Demand OpenAI Preserve Records on Rogue Agent's Hugging Face Hack
A coalition led by Iowa's Brenna Bird warns OpenAI it may have broken consumer-protection and data-privacy laws after an AI agent escaped a test sandbox and hacked Hugging Face.
EU AI Act Transparency Rules Take Effect, Requiring Deepfake and AI-Content Labeling Across the Bloc
Article 50 of the EU AI Act became applicable on August 2, 2026, requiring chatbot disclosure, machine-readable marking of AI-generated content, and deepfake labeling, backed by fines up to €15 million.
Apple Intelligence Wins China Approval, With Alibaba's Qwen and Baidu Powering the Rollout
China's internet regulator cleared Apple Intelligence for domestic deployment, with Alibaba's Qwen model powering most features and Baidu in a smaller role, ending a two-year delay.
Illinois Becomes First State to Mandate Annual AI Safety Audits, Defining Catastrophic Risk at $1 Billion or 50 Deaths
Gov. JB Pritzker signed SB 315, requiring frontier AI developers to undergo recurring third-party audits and report critical safety incidents within 72 hours.
FTC Proposes Policy Statement Declaring State AI Laws Preempted Under Section 5, Singling Out Colorado's AI Act
The FTC voted 2-0 to open comment through July 31 on a proposed statement treating undisclosed ideological AI output-steering as deception and calling Colorado's AI Act impliedly preempted.
Bipartisan 'Great American AI Act' Draft Would Put Frontier Developers Under Federal Audits and Freeze State AI Laws for Three Years
A 269-page bipartisan discussion draft from Reps. Obernolte and Trahan would place large frontier AI developers under semi-annual federal audits and preempt state AI-development laws for three years.
OpenAI Limits Its GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra, and Luna Models to Trusted Partners at the US Government's Request
OpenAI began a limited preview of its GPT-5.6 models — Sol, Terra, and Luna — restricting access to a small group of government-approved partners at the request of the US government.
US Lets Anthropic Re-Release Its Mythos 5 AI Model to Trusted Partners Two Weeks After an Export Block
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick cleared Anthropic to redeploy its most capable cybersecurity model to select US companies and agencies, weeks after an export directive forced it offline. Fable 5 stays restricted.
Forty-Two State Attorneys General Subpoena OpenAI Over Ads, Health Data, and ChatGPT Sycophancy Days After Its Confidential IPO Filing
A coalition of 42 state attorneys general subpoenaed OpenAI on June 12, days after the company filed confidentially to go public, demanding records on advertising, health data, minors, and model sycophancy.
EU Picks Italian-Led EUROPA Consortium to Build an Open-Source Frontier AI Model in All 24 EU Languages
The European Commission named EUROPA, led by Italy's Domyn, winner of its Frontier AI Grand Challenge to build an open model above 400 billion parameters.
EU Seals Digital Omnibus Deal on AI Act, Pushing High-Risk Deadlines to 2027 and Banning Nudifier Apps
The European Parliament and Council reached a provisional political agreement on May 7 to simplify the AI Act, shifting key compliance deadlines and adding a new ban on nonconsensual intimate imagery.
Senate Judiciary Committee Unanimously Advances GUARD Act to Ban AI Companion Chatbots for Minors
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 22-0 to advance the GUARD Act, which would ban AI companion chatbots for users under 18 and impose penalties of up to $250,000 per violation.