AI Policy & Regulation News

According to a senior Royal Air Force officer, Western militaries have grown accustomed to controlling the skies in recent conflicts, but this dominance is no longer guaranteed. The war in Ukraine, where neither side has…

This article summarizes several technology and science stories, including how AI tools like Anthropic's Claude are leading many developers to ship AI-written code without review, the controversial "Enhanced Games" sporti…

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fired the two vice chairs of the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), leaving the nonpartisan panel with eight vacancies and unable to function effectively. Medical groups, i…

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has fired two vice chairs of the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), leaving the nonpartisan panel with eight vacancies and unable to function effectively. Medical groups, i…

The Netherlands' largest employers' organization, VNO-NCW, has publicly opposed government plans to increase the state pension age and cut social security benefits. Chairman Coen van Oostrom stated that the 2019 pension …

Loose, wobbly plugs and overheating outlets are common but dangerous signs of poor electrical connections, often leading to arcing and electrical fires. It highlights the UL 498 safety standard, which uses precision gaug…

At Google I/O 2026, Google announced that OpenAI, Kakao, and ElevenLabs are adopting its SynthID watermarking technology, making it an emerging industry standard for invisible AI content verification. Unlike fragile meta…

Hundreds of people in Greenland protested outside the new U.S. consulate against President Trump’s ambitions for greater influence in the Danish territory. The protest followed the White House’s January statement that Tr…

The Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) has been granted permission to intervene for the second time at the Court of Justice of the European Union in a case where Apple is challenging the European Commission's decisio…

Experienced engineers are quietly shifting from cloud-based AI inference to on-device processing due to two specific, practical pain points: complex regulatory compliance (such as GDPR and PIPL) and unpredictable latency…

UK digital ID plans could be jeopardized if Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham succeeds Labour leader Keir Starmer. However, it notes that Burnham would first need to defeat Nigel Farage in a constituency that supports Brexit…

The Gulf's artificial intelligence ambitions are threatened by a strategic vulnerability: a heavy reliance on a small number of undersea cables that run through politically volatile waterways like the Strait of Hormuz an…

House Republicans delayed a vote on a war powers resolution that would restrict President Donald Trump's ability to continue U.S. military operations in Iran, after it became clear the legislation would pass. The Democra…

The Netherlands serves as a key transit hub for the illegal trade of exotic birds and animals due to its geographic convenience. Two Italian nationals were fined €15,000 each for smuggling 100 protected animals, includin…

According to a UK spending watchdog, investors in the Sizewell C nuclear project are set to receive high returns with lower risk than consumers, who will ultimately foot the bill through an estimated £19 annual increase …

On May 20, 2026, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton launched a formal investigation into Meta's AI glasses over concerns about the device's "always enabled" recording mode, which continuously processes video for AI produc…

In December 2024, a freshman at Radnor High School in Pennsylvania used a paid app called Movely to create nonconsensual deepfake sexual images of five female classmates, sparking widespread conflict within the school co…

The May 2026 FIRE Monthly Member Webinar, titled "So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast Ep. 272," featured FIRE executives Nico Perrino, Alisha Glennon, Greg Lukianoff, and Will Creeley discussing pressing free speech iss…

Enterprise AI agents pose significant risks—such as regulatory violations, chained vulnerabilities, and untraceable actions—because they operate faster than humans can review. To mitigate these risks without slowing down…

The war in Iran has boosted Russia's oil revenues to a six-month high, but the Kremlin faces increasing difficulty converting that money into soldiers, factory workers, and military production capacity due to severe labo…