AI Policy

Anthropic cofounder Chris Olah, a self-declared atheist and billionaire AI safety researcher, sat beside Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican last week to warn that the tech industry cannot govern itself. Olah, who serves as the …

The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has ruled that Google must allow online publishers to opt out of having their content appear in AI Search features, including AI Overviews, and prevent its use for fine-tuni…

In June 2026, attackers exploited Meta's AI-powered support chatbot to take over high-profile Instagram accounts, including the Obama White House account, by convincing the AI to perform account recovery operations. The …

The European Commission proposed the Chips Act 2.0 to reduce the EU's reliance on foreign suppliers for advanced chip manufacturing and semiconductor design. The legislation aims to strengthen European strengths in mains…

Anthropic expanded its Project Glasswing cybersecurity initiative to approximately 150 organizations across more than 15 countries, adding partners in healthcare, energy, communications, and technology sectors. The progr…

Attackers used prompt-injection techniques against Meta's AI-powered support assistant to hijack high-profile Instagram accounts, including the Obama White House account, by tricking the bot into changing account email a…

China's three largest telecom operators — China Mobile, China Unicom, and China Telecom — launched commercial AI token packages this past week, allowing users to track and bill AI usage through mobile phone accounts alon…

China's National Medical Products Administration issued new guidelines Monday tightening rules on online prescription drug sales, requiring real-name authentication and prohibiting AI from reviewing or approving prescrip…

Flok Health, a Cambridge-based company with regulatory approval to autonomously triage, treat, and discharge NHS patients without human oversight, raised $12.5 million in Series A funding led by AlbionVC. The company wil…

Allies of Andy Burnham are already developing policy ideas for a potential future Labour leadership bid, even as the Greater Manchester mayor focuses on winning next week's Makerfield by-election. The project, which incl…

Britain's Competition and Markets Authority imposed new conduct requirements on Google's search services Wednesday, including a provision allowing publishers to opt out of having their content used to train Google's AI m…

The European Commission launched a survey seeking stakeholder feedback on AI applications in healthcare and pharmaceuticals, following the October 2025 publication of its Apply AI Strategy. Open to healthcare providers, …

South Korea's Science Ministry announced that the Korea Internet & Security Agency has secured access to Anthropic's cybersecurity AI model Mythos through participation in Project Glasswing, an initiative using frontier …

A UK parliamentary committee has called Palantir’s role in the public sector an “unacceptable point of weakness” and urged the government to exercise a break clause in its £330 million NHS data contract. The Science, Inn…

Neo4j acquires GraphAware, a provider of intelligence analysis software for government agencies, to build an open-standard alternative to proprietary tools like Palantir Gotham. The deal addresses growing demand for tran…

The U.K. Competition and Markets Authority announced Wednesday it will require Google to give publishers more control over how their content appears in AI-generated search results. The conduct requirement, imposed under …

The UK Competition and Markets Authority has imposed new conduct requirements on Google, giving publishers the power to opt out of having their content used to train the company's AI models and power AI-generated search …

Mathematicians have issued the Leiden Declaration on Artificial Intelligence and Mathematics, calling on the research community to take responsibility for how AI is adopted in the field. The declaration outlines recommen…

Nearly two-thirds of Dutch businesses are grappling with staff shortages, with 30% of all firms now turning to automation, including robotics and AI, as their primary solution, according to national statistics office CBS…

Hadas Lorber, director of the US-Israel Project at Tel Aviv University's Institute for National Security Studies, argued on May 26 at the Ruderman Conference in Tel Aviv that Israel's technological strengths can bolster …