AI policy and regulation
Laws, rules and guidance that affect how AI is built and used.
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EU AI Act transparency rules arrive: disclose AI interactions, label deepfakes
From 2 August 2026, providers and deployers covered by the AI Act must tell people when they are interacting with an AI system and label certain AI-generated content, including…
European Commission
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US export-control order forces Anthropic to pause Fable 5 and Mythos 5 worldwide
The Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security required an export license for any foreign person, including Anthropic's own non-US staff, to access Fable 5 and Mythos…
CSIS
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EU strikes a deal to delay AI Act high-risk obligations to 2027 and 2028
The Council and European Parliament provisionally agreed on an AI 'omnibus' package that pushes high-risk obligations for stand-alone systems to 2 December 2027 and for AI…
Council of the EU
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Federal judge temporarily blocks the government's ban on Anthropic
Judge Rita Lin of the Northern District of California issued a preliminary injunction halting both the Pentagon's supply-chain-risk designation of Anthropic and the directive…
NPR
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US orders agencies off Anthropic as the Pentagon labels it a supply-chain risk
President Trump directed federal agencies to stop using Anthropic's technology, with a six-month phase-out for the Pentagon, and Defense Secretary Hegseth designated the company…
PBS NewsHour
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New executive order sets up a DOJ task force to challenge state AI laws
President Trump signed an executive order aimed at a single national AI policy framework, directing the Justice Department to set up a task force to challenge state AI laws it…
The White House
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EU's Digital Omnibus proposal would tie AI Act high-risk deadlines to standards
The European Commission proposed a Digital Omnibus on AI that would tie when high-risk AI rules take effect to the availability of harmonised standards and compliance tools. It…
European Parliament Legislative Train
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California signs SB 53, requiring frontier AI developers to disclose safety plans
Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 53, the Transparency in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act, which requires large frontier model developers to publish safety frameworks and…
Office of the Governor of California
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Anthropic agrees to a $1.5B settlement with authors over pirated books
Anthropic agreed to pay $1.5 billion to settle the Bartz v. Anthropic class action over books it had downloaded from pirate sites, about $3,000 for each of roughly 500,000 works…
NPR