
Blackburn's 300-Page AI Bill Ends Fair Use for Training
A 300-page Senate discussion draft would declare AI training on copyrighted works is not fair use, sunset Section 230, and preempt 38 state AI laws.
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A 300-page Senate discussion draft would declare AI training on copyrighted works is not fair use, sunset Section 230, and preempt 38 state AI laws.

Adobe, Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI, and six other tech companies signed a voluntary anti-fraud accord at the UNODC Global Fraud Summit in Vienna on March 17, 2026.

Anthropic filed two federal lawsuits after the Pentagon labeled it a national security supply chain risk for refusing to drop AI guardrails on autonomous weapons and mass surveillance.

A bipartisan coalition of 40+ groups - from the AFL-CIO to the Congress of Christian Leaders - released a 34-point declaration demanding human control over AI, corporate accountability, and a ban on autonomous lethal weapons.

Oregon's SB 1546 requires chatbot operators to implement suicide safeguards, disclose AI nature to minors, and ban engagement-maximizing rewards for kids. The 28-2 Senate vote makes it the first chatbot safety bill to pass in 2026.

The Commerce Department has drafted regulations requiring government approval for all AI chip exports worldwide - not just to China - giving Washington unprecedented gatekeeper power over global AI development.

Meta reversed its WhatsApp ban on rival AI chatbots in Europe and Brazil, but now charges rivals up to €0.13 per message - pricing critics call a disguised ban.

A Swedish investigation reveals Meta routes sensitive Ray-Ban smart glasses footage to data annotators in Kenya who see users undressing, having sex, and flashing bank cards - with broken anonymization and no real opt-out.

The Trump administration's 90-day AI executive order deadline hits this week. Commerce, FTC, and $42B in broadband funding are all on the line.

Two rival AI super PAC networks - one bankrolled by OpenAI's Greg Brockman and a16z, one by Anthropic - are flooding the 2026 midterms with over $125 million to determine who regulates AI.

Up to 500 protesters marched through London's King's Cross tech hub in the largest anti-AI demonstration globally, demanding a pause on frontier AI development and democratic oversight.

Trump's executive order threatens to sue any state that regulates AI, but Republican governors, Heritage Foundation allies, and grassroots conservatives are pushing back hard - with Florida's AI Bill of Rights as the test case.