
A Kill Switch Bill Lands Days After State Denied One
A bipartisan House bill would force AI companies to build government shutdown capability, a week after a State Department cable told diplomats no such 'kill switch' exists.
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A bipartisan House bill would force AI companies to build government shutdown capability, a week after a State Department cable told diplomats no such 'kill switch' exists.

Twenty-five companies signed an open letter urging the White House not to restrict Chinese open-weight AI models, using Jensen Huang's first-ever X post to deliver it.

Reddit is weighing an end to its $60M Google AI deal as AI Overviews gut publisher traffic, betting the standoff forces a renewal worth far more.

OpenAI, Azure, Hive, Sightengine, Amazon Rekognition and WebPurify tested on coverage, pricing and accuracy as Perspective API shuts down.

Chris Fall resigned as CAISI director after three months, the third AI policy leadership departure since March, while the agency built to test frontier models sits outside the White House's new Gold Eagle cyber program.

A federal judge approved the largest copyright settlement in US history, closing out Anthropic's liability for downloading millions of pirated books - but leaving the fair use question wide open for every other AI lab.

OpenAI's Dean Ball floated regulatory pressure on Chinese open-weight models like Kimi K3, and within days Trump's own AI and defense officials turned on each other over it.

Beijing's new World AI Cooperation Organization signed up 29 nations in Shanghai, weeks after Washington's rival Pax Silica bloc grew to roughly two dozen. Kazakhstan joined both.

China's internet regulator approved Apple Intelligence for the local market, but only after Apple agreed to run Alibaba's Qwen and Baidu's models instead of its own.

Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis wants a FINRA-style body testing frontier AI models before release, with power to slow the industry down if needed.

Governor Hochul signed an executive order pausing permits for data centers over 50 megawatts for up to a year, making New York the first US state to enact a statewide moratorium.

OpenAI backed an Illinois bill shielding AI labs from mass-harm lawsuits, reversed course under public pressure, and watched the state sign a tougher audit law instead.