Sanders, Casar Unveil Bill to Ban AI Superintelligence
Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Greg Casar unveiled a bill that would permanently ban superintelligent AI and pause frontier training until a new federal agency sets safety rules.
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This hub tracks laws, frameworks, and government decisions shaping how artificial intelligence may be developed and deployed. Coverage spans the EU AI Act, national strategies, and sector-specific rules — with attention to how international frameworks interact with Georgia’s own regulatory environment.
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DOJ Tells Court AI Training on Text Is Fair Use
The US Justice Department told a federal court that training AI models on copyrighted text is generally fair use, backing OpenAI and Microsoft in The New York Times' copyright lawsuit.
Read more →US Urges G20 to Adopt Light-Touch 'Carolina Principles' on AI
Ahead of a G20 meeting opening September 3 in North Carolina, the White House is pushing member governments to skip new AI-specific regulators and rules, AFP reports.
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What Is the EU Digital Services Act — and Why It Now Covers ChatGPT
The EU's Digital Services Act sets rules for online platforms based on their size and risk — and just labeled ChatGPT a 'very large online search engine,' triggering its strictest obligations.
Read more →EU Designates ChatGPT a Very Large Online Search Engine
The European Commission has classified ChatGPT as a 'Very Large Online Search Engine' under the EU's Digital Services Act, putting OpenAI under the bloc's strictest oversight tier.
Read more →Judge Rules Pentagon's Blacklisting of Anthropic Illegal
A federal judge struck down the Pentagon's 'supply chain risk' label against Anthropic, ruling it was illegal retaliation for the company's limits on military use of Claude.
Read more →UK Actors Demand Legal Protection From AI Voice Cloning
More than 80 UK performers, including Nicola Coughlan and Hugh Bonneville, urged Prime Minister Andy Burnham to give citizens statutory legal ownership of their voices against AI cloning.
Read more →Nevada Approves Up to 8,000 Robotaxis for Tesla, Uber and Waymo
Nevada regulators unanimously cleared Tesla, Uber and Waymo to run paid robotaxi service across the Las Vegas area, authorizing up to 8,000 self-driving vehicles over the next year.
Read more →OpenAI Funds 14 Think Tanks to Study AI's Economic Fallout
OpenAI is funding 14 independent research groups across five regions to study how AI could reshape jobs, safety and public policy, with findings due in 2027.
Read more →Apple Trains Its Own AI Model for China With Alibaba's Help
Apple has trained a proprietary AI model for the Chinese market with Alibaba's support, becoming the first foreign firm cleared to run its own AI system in China, Reuters reports.
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What Is an AI Watermark — and How Does It Work?
AI systems now hide invisible signals inside the text, images, and video they generate. Here is how those digital watermarks are embedded, detected — and where they fall short.
Read more →South Australia Launches Australia's First AI Royal Commission
South Australia will hold Australia's first royal commission into artificial intelligence, examining its impact on jobs, education and public services from October 2026.
Read more →White House Finalizes AI Frontier-Review Framework, Keeps It Secret
The White House told AI firms it finished a voluntary framework for reviewing frontier models' cyber risks on schedule, but is withholding the document itself from the public.
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What Is California's AI Transparency Act — and Who Must Comply?
California now requires large AI image, video, and audio tools to watermark their output and offer a free way to check it. Here's what the law requires, and who it covers.
Read more →EU Begins Enforcing AI Act Transparency Rules
The European Commission started enforcing the EU AI Act's transparency rules on August 2, requiring chatbots and deepfakes to disclose AI involvement or risk fines up to 3% of global revenue.
Read more →Judge Denies xAI's Bid to Block Minnesota's AI 'Nudify' Ban
A federal judge refused to pause Minnesota's first-in-the-nation ban on AI 'nudification' apps before it took effect August 1, rejecting xAI's emergency request.
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California's AI Transparency Act Takes Effect, Mandates Watermarks
California's AI Transparency Act took effect August 2, requiring major AI image, video, and audio generators to offer free detection tools and embed hidden origin watermarks.
Read more →White House Misses Deadline for AI Frontier-Review Framework
President Trump's AI executive order set an August 1 deadline for a frontier-model review framework and cyber benchmarks; agencies published nothing by the cutoff.
Read more →EU Opens €30 Billion Tender for Seven AI 'Gigafactories'
The European Commission opened a tender for consortia to build up to seven AI 'Gigafactories' in the EU, backing it with about €10 billion in public money to draw in €20 billion more from investors.
Read more →Georgia Regulator: AI-Only Customer Support Breaches Consumer Law
Georgia's Competition and Consumer Protection Agency ruled that parcel-forwarder USA2Georgia broke consumer law by using an AI chatbot as its only customer support channel.
Read more →FCC Bars New Chinese Humanoid Robots, Power Inverters From US
The US FCC added foreign-made humanoid and quadruped robots, plus power inverters, to its national-security 'Covered List,' blocking new import approvals over spying and cyberattack risks.
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