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Policy & SocietyChina's New Rules Force AI Agents Into Tiers of Authority
China's first national framework treating AI agents as their own category is now enforceable, requiring every agent's decisions to be sorted into tiers of authority.
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Policy & SocietyEU Delays AI Act's High-Risk Rules as August Deadline Passes
The EU AI Act's high-risk obligations were due August 2, but lawmakers pushed the toughest rules to 2027 and 2028 while tightening transparency and adding new bans.
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Policy & SocietyWashington's 30-Day Gate: Inside the US Frontier AI Review Framework
A US executive order created a pre-release review window for powerful frontier AI models, with an August 1 deadline for the classified capability threshold.
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Policy & SocietyA Watershed Year: 14 State Chatbot-Safety Laws Now Enacted
With 14 chatbot-safety laws enacted across 13 states in 2026, US AI regulation is being written state by state — bipartisan, minor-focused, and fast-moving.
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Policy & SocietyEU AI Act Transparency Rules Bite as High-Risk Deadline Slips to 2027
On August 2 the EU AI Act's transparency and GPAI enforcement powers switched on, but a last-minute Digital Omnibus pushed the heavy high-risk rules to December 2027.
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Policy & SocietyCourt Approves Record $1.5B Anthropic Copyright Deal — But Settles Little
A California court gave final approval to a record $1.5B Anthropic copyright settlement over pirated books — but it sets no forward-looking rule for AI training.
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Policy & SocietyThe Fight Over Who Governs AI: Washington vs. the States
A DOJ task force is challenging state AI laws under a Trump executive order, but 36 bipartisan attorneys general are pushing back — and no state law has fallen.
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Policy & SocietyUS Bans Foreign-Made Humanoid Robots, Citing National Security
The FCC banned new imports of foreign-made humanoid and quadruped robots over national security fears, a move squarely aimed at China's dominant robot makers.
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Policy & SocietyChina's First AI-Agent Rules Take Effect With Three Tiers of Authority
China's Implementation Opinions on AI agents are now enforceable, creating the world's first regulatory category for agents with a three-tier authority model.
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Policy & SocietyEU's Digital Omnibus on AI Takes Effect, Reshaping the AI Act
Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 entered into force on 27 July, amending the AI Act, deferring high-risk deadlines and banning AI nudification apps.
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Policy & SocietyCalifornia's AB 1047 Returns as US AI Rules Fracture State by State
California's revived AB 1047 frontier-AI safety bill and a federal preemption fight leave US companies navigating a patchwork of state AI rules with no single national standard.
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Policy & SocietyIllinois Enacts Nation-Leading AI Safety Law With First Audit Mandate
Illinois' new AI Safety Measures Act, SB 315, imposes transparency, incident reporting and the first mandatory annual third-party audits on frontier AI developers.
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Policy & SocietyEU Publishes AI Transparency Guidelines Ahead of August Deadline
The European Commission has published AI Act transparency guidelines as the rules take effect in August, with watermarking and disclosure duties looming.
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Policy & SocietyWhat the EU AI Act Actually Switches On This August 2
On August 2, 2026, the EU AI Act's transparency rules take effect while the AI Omnibus defers high-risk obligations to December 2027. Here's what applies.
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Policy & SocietyIllinois AI Safety Law Adds First-in-Nation Mandatory Audits
Illinois signed the AI Safety Measures Act into law, requiring first-in-the-nation mandatory annual third-party audits of frontier AI developers.