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.
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Every AI News story tagged with both AI Safety and Regulation — the two topics side by side, updated as new articles publish.
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What Is Frontier AI — and Who Decides What Counts?
Frontier AI is the industry's term for the most capable AI systems in existence — but there's no single legal definition. Here's how the label actually works.
Read more →Over 1,200 AI Workers Urge US to Pace Frontier AI Development
More than 1,200 employees at OpenAI, Anthropic, Google DeepMind, and Meta have signed a letter asking Washington to back international tools for pacing frontier AI development.
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What Is an AI Kill Switch — and How Would a New Bill Work?
An AI kill switch is a built-in ability to throttle or shut down a runaway AI system. A new U.S. bill would let DHS order one — here's how it would actually work.
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What Is the White House's AI Early-Access Framework?
A June 2026 executive order lets the US government preview powerful AI models for up to 30 days before wider release. Here's how the framework actually works.
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What Is an AI System Card — and What Does It Actually Disclose?
A system card is the document an AI lab publishes with a new model, disclosing how it was tested, what risks were found, and what safeguards were built in.
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What Is an AI Safety Institute — and What Does It Actually Do?
A government body that stress-tests powerful AI models for dangerous capabilities before they ship — the closest thing frontier AI has to an independent inspector.
Read more →What Is a Responsible Scaling Policy — and Why Do AI Labs Gate Their Own Models?
A responsible scaling policy is a frontier AI lab's own rulebook for when a model gets too capable to release without extra safeguards. Here is how the idea works and who uses it.
Read more →What Is the AI Safety Index — and How Are AI Companies Graded?
The AI Safety Index is an independent report card that grades leading AI companies on how seriously they manage risk. Here's how the grading actually works.
Read more →Illinois Becomes First US State to Mandate AI Safety Audits
Governor JB Pritzker signed a law requiring the largest AI developers to undergo annual independent safety audits, the first such mandate in the US.
Read more →What Is AI Safety — and Why Does It Matter?
AI safety is the research field focused on making sure AI systems behave as intended and don't cause unintended harm. Here's what that means in practice — and why governments and labs are racing to get it right.
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