AI Policy

A Center for Data Innovation commentary urges Europe to strengthen its open-source AI strategy, but offers no new policy or product details.

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei proposed slowing frontier AI progress through independent oversight, shared standards, and international safety agreements.

House Democrats are pressing Anthropic and OpenAI over rogue AI agents, highlighting gaps in federal oversight as autonomous tools gain reach.

Microsoft and other tech companies are backing open-weight AI models, signaling a policy push that could widen enterprise choice and reshape AI competition.

The European Commission has published a cybersecurity and AI action plan, highlighting secure AI deployment as a growing policy priority for Europe.

Starting September 15, 2026, Cloudflare will block mixed-use AI crawlers from ad-hosted publisher pages, pushing AI companies toward paid content licensing.

A new UN report warns that unchecked AI development may exacerbate global inequality and calls for a shared international governance framework.

The US Department of Commerce has lifted export controls on Anthropic's most advanced AI models, Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5, restoring global access.

The White House's restrictions on Anthropic's leading AI models may inadvertently give China an opening to close the gap in the global AI race, CNBC reports.

Senator Bernie Sanders announced the American AI Sovereign Wealth Fund Act, which would tax the richest AI companies and distribute direct payments to Americans.

TIDAL will cut off monetization for AI-generated music and deploy automated tools to remove AI content that impersonates artists or groups.

Anthropic and California Governor Newsom struck a deal giving all state agencies and local governments access to Claude AI at half price, with training and support included.

OpenAI is leaning toward delaying its IPO to 2027, stepping back from a Q4 2026 listing target, as US government AI policy tensions reshape the competitive landscape.

The US Commerce Department has approved Anthropic to restore limited access to its powerful Mythos 5 AI model after a 15-day government-ordered suspension.

Google is pushing for AI regulation frameworks that align with its own interests, as OpenAI and Anthropic also lobby for binding rules.

The US government's intervention in frontier AI model releases is fundamentally transforming the competitive landscape between OpenAI and Anthropic.

After weeks of negotiations, the White House permitted Anthropic to grant access to Mythos 5 to over 100 US companies and government agencies.

At VivaTech 2026, industry leaders from OpenAI, Amazon, and others shifted focus from AI hype to pressing questions around security, data sovereignty, and real business value.

The Trump administration asked OpenAI to stagger the release of GPT-5.6 over security concerns; the government will approve customer access on a case-by-case basis.

Wired reports on meetings with China's leading AI researchers, revealing mutual anxiety over the US-China AI arms race and the risks of unchecked AI development.