AI Regulation & Policy Watch
Governments and courts are scrambling to catch up with AI, and the rules being written right now will shape what companies can build for years to come. This topic tracks state and federal AI policy in the US and beyond: new state AI task forces, proposed emergency shutdown rules for frontier systems, antitrust debates over whether AI deserves special treatment, and how unions, regulators and international bodies like the UN are responding to fast-moving AI risk. We follow the debate rather than take a side, and we flag when a story is still a proposal, not a passed law.
-
AI-generated false information almost provokes US military action
U.S. military aircraft were airborne this spring before officials discovered that intellig…
-
Anthropic runs a laboratory carrying out biological research experiments
Anthropic confirmed it operates a wet biology lab in the San Francisco Bay Area where its …
-
Simplifying the exploration of global data
The UN has enhanced its System Data Commons with AI-powered features that unify fragmented…
-
India mandates caller-ID apps to share spam complaints with telecom carriers
India's telecom regulator TRAI has amended rules requiring caller-ID and call-management a…
-
New experts brought on board for Google's AI & Economy team
Google has expanded its AI & Economy Research Program with world-class economists, includi…
-
Should AI be granted an antitrust exemption to prevent it from wiping out humanity?
Former DOJ Antitrust Division chief Jonathan Kanter argues frontier AI companies don't nee…
-
The battle over AI regulation is far from finished
AI industry leaders appeared to briefly align behind a three-part regulation proposal from…
-
Virginia governor establishes an AI task force and takes steps to limit data centers
Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger signed Executive Order 22, barring state officials fr…
-
Gavin Newsom advocates for an emergency off switch for AI
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order directing an expert panel to de…
-
The Download: AI's existential dangers and the menace of bioweapons
This edition of The Download tackles pressing tech questions: could AI truly wipe out huma…
-
Is AI actually capable of wiping out humanity? Here are the answers to your questions.
MIT Technology Review editors Will Douglas Heaven and Grace Huckins answer reader question…
-
Trump proposes renaming AI entirely — and announces plans for an "AI Force
Trump called AI safety concerns a Democratic hoax on Truth Social, launched a poll to rena…
-
UN: AI protections must move ahead before all the evidence is in
A UN scientific panel has warned that governments must regulate increasingly capable AI ag…
All in this topic (13)
- 1 AI-generated false information almost provokes US military action
- 2 Anthropic runs a laboratory carrying out biological research experiments
- 3 Simplifying the exploration of global data
- 4 India mandates caller-ID apps to share spam complaints with telecom carriers
- 5 New experts brought on board for Google's AI & Economy team
- 6 Should AI be granted an antitrust exemption to prevent it from wiping out humanity?
- 7 The battle over AI regulation is far from finished
- 8 Virginia governor establishes an AI task force and takes steps to limit data centers
- 9 Gavin Newsom advocates for an emergency off switch for AI
- 10 The Download: AI's existential dangers and the menace of bioweapons
- 11 Is AI actually capable of wiping out humanity? Here are the answers to your questions.
- 12 Trump proposes renaming AI entirely — and announces plans for an "AI Force
- 13 UN: AI protections must move ahead before all the evidence is in