AI Policy

The Pentagon's generative AI platform, GenAI.mil, now has 1.5 million daily users among Defense Department workers, up from fewer than 100,000 six months ago, according to Chief Technology Officer Emil Michael. The surge…

YouTube's 2026 enforcement against AI-generated content has removed 16 major channels, wiping out 4.7 billion views, 35 million subscribers, and an estimated $9.8 million in annual revenue. The platform updated its repet…

California state agencies are using six high-risk automated decision systems, including tools to predict recidivism, evaluate unemployment-fraud claims, and detect generative-AI use in student assignments, according to a…

Anthropic disabled access to its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models after receiving a U.S. export-control directive barring foreign nationals from using them, citing a narrow jailbreak that could expose advanced cybersecurity c…

The US government issued an export-control directive on June 12, 2026, forcing Anthropic to suspend foreign-national access to its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models, citing jailbreak vulnerabilities. The restriction creates a …

A new guide from Nitro warns that 63% of companies lack AI governance policies, exposing sensitive business documents to risks from unmanaged AI tools. The guide recommends security-first document AI platforms to prevent…

Hundreds of Stanford University students walked out of Google CEO Sundar Pichai's commencement speech, protesting Google's contracts with the Israeli Defense Forces and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The prote…

Microsoft was sued by shareholders alleging the company failed to disclose rising expenses in its cloud and AI businesses, misleading investors about the financial health of those segments.

OpenText, a Kitchener-Waterloo company, announced plans to create 400 jobs in Ireland during a state visit by Mark Carney, as Canada and Ireland signed AI agreements.

YouTube's crackdown on AI-generated slop is inadvertently penalizing legitimate faceless creators who produce entirely human-made content, as the algorithm now favors videos with on-camera hosts. The platform is testing …

Over 100 Stanford graduates walked out during Google CEO Sundar Pichai's commencement speech on Sunday, protesting Google's Project Nimbus contract with Israel. The protesters blew whistles, waved Palestinian flags, and …

Meta's Applied AI unit, formed in March to support AI research, has become a source of intense employee dissatisfaction, with workers describing the work as 'soul-crushing' and 'mechanical.' During a live-streamed meetin…

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday that President Donald Trump ordered the Justice Department to investigate him and his wife, alleging federal agents have questioned his associates and sought records without evide…

Anthropic shut down access to its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models after the White House ordered export restrictions following concerns that the models could be used for cyberattacks and may have been accessed by a group l…

A critical vulnerability chain in LiteLLM, a widely deployed open-source AI gateway, allows attackers starting from a default low-privilege account to achieve full server takeover and code execution. Obsidian Security re…

The European Commission ruled in April that Google's integration of Gemini into Android violates the Digital Markets Act, proposing measures to force Google to give rival AI services equal system-level access, including …

Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco lost the California governor's primary, finishing fourth with 10.2% of the vote behind Xavier Becerra, Steve Hilton, and Tom Steyer. Bianco, a Republican, will return to his role as s…

AI safety researcher argues that expensive safety measures can be applied selectively to the <1% of tasks carrying catastrophic risk, making the alignment tax economically viable. The blended overhead of a 100× tax on 0.…

South Koreans are among the most optimistic about AI globally, with only 16% expressing concern versus 50% of Americans, according to Pew Research. The country's enthusiasm is driven by a national agenda to make AI an ec…

A Claude subscriber filed a federal lawsuit against Anthropic, alleging the company misled consumers about the usage limits of its Max 5x and Max 20x plans. The lawsuit, seeking class-action status, claims the actual usa…