AI Policy news and analysis on Web Pulse: 24975 curated articles tracking the latest AI Policy developments, tools, and research, updated continuously from vetted sources.
A security researcher has publicly released exploit code for multiple Microsoft vulnerabilities, bypassing the company's coordinated disclosure process. The move follows a similar action by another researcher known as Ni…
Moderators of the r/biohackers subreddit announced a ban on new posts about peptides and hormone replacement therapy, citing systematic manipulation by companies seeking to influence AI chatbot answers. The companies hav…
The West Valley Muslim Association appealed 19 conditions of its approved use permit from the Los Gatos Planning Commission on Monday, arguing the restrictions violate federal religious protections. The Council on Americ…
Google announced a new toggle in Search Console allowing website owners to opt out of appearing in AI Overviews, AI Mode, and other generative AI search features. The company stated the opt-out will not affect a site's r…
The European Commission on Wednesday unveiled a four-part technological sovereignty package including a revised Chips Act that would grant it emergency powers to override chip supply contracts and fine companies for with…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research accepted the first Letter of Intent for an in silico drug development tool into the Innovative Science and Technology Approaches for New Dru…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Innovative Science and Technology Approaches for New Drugs (ISTAND) Pilot Program is expanding the types of drug development tools (DDTs) eligible for qualification. The initiative…
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday establishing a voluntary pre-deployment evaluation regime for frontier AI models, requiring companies to share new models with the government for testing against c…
IBM Vice President and Chief Impact Officer Justina Nixon-Saintil, tasked with training 30 million people in AI skills by 2030, is shifting her focus from access to mindset as IBM research shows 67% of executives will pr…
Anthropic restricts free Claude users to Sonnet 4.6 and Haiku 3.5 models, with Sonnet 4.6 serving as the default chatbot. Free accounts face variable rate limits based on a rolling five-hour window, token consumption, an…
A 36-year-old Mountain View woman, Fiona GuoGuo Lu, was arrested in connection with the March 27 fire that destroyed the zendo meditation building at the Tassajara Zen Mountain Center in Big Sur. Lu faces charges of terr…
Google is testing a new option that allows website owners to opt their content out of appearing in the company's generative AI Search features, the company announced Wednesday. The test, launching with a small group of U…
England's Health Secretary will become the data controller for every citizen's Single Patient Record, a centralized digital health database accessible to over one million NHS workers. The system's security was questioned…
UK university leadership has not adequately registered factors driving generational hostility to AI, according to a new analysis. Among US graduates born between 1997 and 2012, AI has turned job hunting into an arms race…
Meta is scaling back its plan to track employee computer activity after internal backlash, allowing workers to pause data collection for up to 30 minutes at a time or request exemptions. The tracking tool, which logs key…
Federal prosecutors charged 49-year-old Kimani Osayande Jones with unlawfully possessing explosive materials after TSA officers allegedly found an M-type pyrotechnic explosive, a phone with a countdown timer, and a crypt…
Uber has implemented a $1,500 monthly token spending limit per AI coding tool for all employees, capping usage of agentic software like Cursor and Claude Code after the company blew its 2026 AI budget in four months. The…
The European Commission announced Wednesday it will propose a law requiring households to reduce electricity consumption during peak hours, aiming to free up power for surging demand from AI data centers and industrial e…
President Donald Trump signed a new executive order on AI on Tuesday, creating a voluntary review system for frontier models and a dedicated cybersecurity clearinghouse while stopping short of mandatory licensing. The po…
The UK's competition regulator has imposed new publishing rules on Google, requiring the search giant to give news publishers more control over how their content appears in search results. The action follows Google's rec…