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• 09 Sep 2026Jacob Coxon: “Neither company is acting responsibly”

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• 20 Oct 2026The US Department of Homeland Security publishes an order: federal civilian agencies must stop procuring DeepSeek products and remove from their IT systems both those products and third-party products built on DeepSeekLaws & regulation · Geopolitics & defense · Cybersecurity · Compute export controls · federalregister.gov ↗
• 16 Oct 2026China’s Ministry of Commerce and Ministry of Science and Technology put out for public comment amendments to the catalogue of technologies prohibited or restricted from export: 23 AI technologies are added to it — large models, agents, computing clusters; technologies already made public through open source or research papers are not subject to controlLaws & regulation · Geopolitics & defense · Software development · Compute export controls · news.cn ↗
• 09 Oct 2026The US International Trade Commission opens investigation 337-TA-1526 on Vicor's complaint against 20 respondents over vertical power delivery systems for AI serversLaws & regulation · Business & markets · AI accelerators · usitc.gov ↗
• 06 Oct 2026Germany's transport ministry calls the name FSD “misleading”: it is a driver-assistance system; Tesla has offered to rename it “Tesla Assisted Driving”Transport & logistics · Laws & regulation · Self-driving cars · bmv.de ↗
• 05 Oct 2026Under EU rules, OpenAI will add an invisible textGrain watermark to eligible ChatGPT and Codex text in the European Union over the coming weeks; the detector goes first to approved researchersLaws & regulation · Media & information · AI regulation · openai.com ↗
• 28 Sep 2026A working paper, “What If Automating AI R&D Triggers an Intelligence Explosion?”, comes out signed by 22 authors, among them Geoffrey Hinton, Yoshua Bengio, Andrew Barto, OpenAI chief scientist Jakub Pachocki and Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark; the lead author is Alan Chan of GovAIScience · Laws & regulation · Elections & politics · Recursive AI self-improvement · governance.ai ↗
• 21 Sep 2026Utah signs a 12-month agreement with the start-up Nolla Health: its app diagnoses adults with mild to moderate acne and issues first-time prescriptions for topical treatments on its own, with no oral drugs; at first two physicians pre-approve every prescription, then physicians review cases weekly, and later sample at least 10% a month; the pilot costs $4.99 a month and launched on 5 OctoberHealth & medicine · Laws & regulation · AI in medicine · commerce.utah.gov ↗
• 16 Sep 2026The US Ninth Circuit affirms the dismissal of the DMCA claims over Copilot: Copilot and Codex do not remove copyright management information but create new worksSoftware development · Laws & regulation · AI pair programmer · cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov ↗
• Sep 2026Dario Amodei: since summer 2026 AI has been advancing drastically faster through recursive self-improvement; he proposes pacing frontier models without halting trainingScience · Laws & regulation · AI safety · darioamodei.com ↗
• 28 Jul 2026The FCC adds foreign power inverters and robots (humanoid, quadruped, mobile) to its “Covered List”: new models will not be authorized for sale in the USGeopolitics & defense · Industry & robots · Laws & regulation · Humanoid robots · docs.fcc.gov ↗
• 10 Jul 2026The US allows the UAE government and approved companies to receive advanced chips and servers without licensesGeopolitics & defense · Laws & regulation · Compute export controls · bis.gov ↗
• Jul 2026FLI AI Safety Index: the best grade among 9 companies is C+ for Anthropic; in existential safety none scores above C−; leading labs have weakened their commitments to stop at “red lines”Laws & regulation · AI safety · futureoflife.org ↗
• 25 Jun 2026The US Department of Labor allocates about $50 million in grants for rapid reskilling of workers, explicitly citing the economic transformation driven by AI as the reasonWork & jobs · Education · Laws & regulation · AI and jobs · dol.gov ↗
• 20 Mar 2026The English Wikipedia community prohibits using LLMs to generate or rewrite article content; editors may only use them to suggest basic copyedits to their own writing, provided the model adds no content of its ownMedia & information · Laws & regulation · Wikipedia after AI · 404media.co ↗
• 13 Jan 2026BIS begins reviewing applications to export the H200 and AMD MI325X to China on a case-by-case basis instead of a presumption of denialGeopolitics & defense · Laws & regulation · Compute export controls · bis.gov ↗
• 06 Jan 2026Linux kernel documentation: AI agents must not add Signed-off-by tags — only humans can legally certify the Developer Certificate of OriginSoftware development · Laws & regulation · Maintainer crisis · github.com ↗
• Nov 2025Thailand's Personal Data Protection Committee orders World to delete more than 1.2 million records: collecting biometrics in exchange for crypto breaks the lawPrivacy & surveillance · Laws & regulation · Proof of personhood · dlnews.com ↗
• 03 Oct 2025Colombia's regulator SIC orders World to shut down permanently and delete iris codes; about 2 million Colombians had signed upPrivacy & surveillance · Laws & regulation · Proof of personhood · biometricupdate.com ↗ ⧗
• Oct 2025The Philippines' National Privacy Commission orders Tools for Humanity to stop processing data and remove the World app from app storesPrivacy & surveillance · Laws & regulation · Proof of personhood · privacy.gov.ph ↗ ⧗
• 29 Sep 2025California enacts SB 53: large AI developers must publish their safety frameworks, and a mechanism for reporting critical incidents is createdLaws & regulation · AI regulation · gov.ca.gov ↗
• 02 Aug 2025In the European Union, the AI Act obligations for providers of general-purpose AI models take effectLaws & regulation · AI regulation · digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu ↗
• 29 Jul 2025European Commission: recognising emotions from typing style at work is banned, but for advertising it is notPrivacy & surveillance · Laws & regulation · Work & jobs · Behavioral biometrics · ec.europa.eu ↗
• 18 Feb 2025Open Source Initiative: Llama 3.x “is still not Open Source by any stretch of the imagination”, yet Meta keeps promoting it as open sourceSoftware development · Laws & regulation · Open source · opensource.org ↗
• 14 Feb 2025The UK renames the AI Safety Institute the AI Security Institute, with a focus on national security threats; in June 2025 the US turns its institute into the Center for AI Standards and InnovationGeopolitics & defense · Laws & regulation · AI regulation · gov.uk ↗
• 02 Feb 2025The EU AI Act's ban on recognising emotions at work and in education takes effect; the act treats any behavioural traits as biometrics, including the way a person presses keysPrivacy & surveillance · Laws & regulation · Work & jobs · Behavioral biometrics · publications.europa.eu ↗
• 24 Jan 2025Brazil's regulator ANPD bans World from paying for iris scansPrivacy & surveillance · Laws & regulation · Proof of personhood · gov.br ↗ ⧗
• 13 Jan 2025The US adopts the AI diffusion rule: licenses for AI chips with countries divided into three tiers, and controls on the weights of models trained with 10^26 operations or more; in May 2025 the new administration announces its rescissionGeopolitics & defense · Laws & regulation · Compute export controls · bis.gov ↗
• 19 Dec 2024Bavaria's regulator BayLDA, the lead EU supervisory authority in the Worldcoin case, orders it to ensure data deletion under GDPR; the company appealsPrivacy & surveillance · Laws & regulation · Proof of personhood · lda.bayern.de ↗
• 19 Dec 2024CNIL fines a company €40,000: its software counted minutes without keystrokes or mouse movements as remote employees' idle time, and idle time could be deducted from payWork & jobs · Privacy & surveillance · Laws & regulation · Behavioral biometrics · cnil.fr ↗
• 02 Dec 2024BIS introduces export controls on HBM memory and 24 more types of chipmaking equipment, and adds 140 entities to the Entity ListGeopolitics & defense · Laws & regulation · Compute export controls · bis.gov ↗
• 28 Oct 2024The Open Source Initiative publishes the Open Source AI Definition 1.0: besides weights, it requires sufficiently detailed information about training data to build a substantially equivalent systemSoftware development · Laws & regulation · Open weights · opensource.org ↗
• 01 Aug 2024The AI Act comes into forceLaws & regulation · AI regulation · commission.europa.eu ↗
• Jun 2024A study of 45+ generative AI systems: the term open source is widely used, but many models are “open weight” at best and training data is withheld — “open-washing”Software development · Laws & regulation · Science · Open weights · facctconference.org ↗
• 22 May 2024Hong Kong's Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (PCPD) orders Worldcoin to stop scanning irises and facesPrivacy & surveillance · Laws & regulation · Proof of personhood · hongkongfp.com ↗ ⧗
• 26 Mar 2024Portugal's regulator CNPD suspends Worldcoin's data collection for 90 days: minors were among those scannedPrivacy & surveillance · Laws & regulation · Proof of personhood · observador.pt ↗ ⧗
• 06 Mar 2024Spain's data protection agency AEPD bans Worldcoin from collecting and processing data for up to three monthsPrivacy & surveillance · Laws & regulation · Proof of personhood · aepd.es ↗
• 23 Feb 2024The UK regulator ICO recognises “how they type” as biometrics; special protection applies when it is used to recognise a specific personPrivacy & surveillance · Laws & regulation · Behavioral biometrics · ico.org.uk ↗
• 08 Dec 2023The EU agrees on the AI ActLaws & regulation · AI regulation · lewissilkin.com ↗
• 01 Nov 2023Bletchley Park summit: 28 countries and the EU, including the US and China, adopt a declaration on the risks of frontier AI; on 2 November the UK launches the first government AI safety instituteGeopolitics & defense · Laws & regulation · AI regulation · gov.uk ↗
• 25 Oct 2023The 2023 BIS rule introduces the TPP metric and performance density to close the workaround of buying many smaller chips that combined are as powerful as restricted onesLaws & regulation · Compute export controls · federalregister.gov ↗
• 25 Oct 2023Andrew Ng: claims that AI could bring about human extinction will cause serious harm, and lobbyists for large companies, some of which would prefer not to compete with open source, are urging governments to require licenses for large modelsLaws & regulation · AI safety · deeplearning.ai ↗
• 17 Oct 2023BIS closes the loophole for the cut-down A800 and H800 chips by introducing a performance density threshold; for NVIDIA the ban takes effect immediately, from 23 October 2023Geopolitics & defense · Laws & regulation · Compute export controls · bis.gov ↗
• 19 Sep 2023Anthropic adopts its Responsible Scaling Policy with AI Safety Levels (ASL)Laws & regulation · Software development · AI safety · anthropic.com ↗
• 02 Aug 2023Kenya's Ministry of Interior suspends Worldcoin's operations; three days later police seize devices at the company's office in NairobiPrivacy & surveillance · Laws & regulation · Proof of personhood · techcrunch.com ↗
• 20 Jul 2023Open Source Initiative: Meta has created the misunderstanding that Llama 2 is “open source” — it is notSoftware development · Laws & regulation · Open source · opensource.org ↗
• 22 Mar 2023An open letter calls for a pause in training the most powerful modelsLaws & regulation · Values & religion · AI safety · futureoflife.org ↗
• 16 Mar 2023CNIL fines the e-scooter rental service Cityscoot €125,000, in part for using reCAPTCHA without informing users or obtaining their consentPrivacy & surveillance · Laws & regulation · Death of CAPTCHA · lemondedudroit.fr ↗
• 03 Nov 2022Programmers file a US class action against GitHub, Microsoft and OpenAI over Copilot — the first case challenging the training and output of AI systemsSoftware development · Laws & regulation · AI pair programmer · githubcopilotlitigation.com ↗
• 07 Oct 2022The US Commerce Department's BIS restricts sales to China of advanced AI chips and semiconductor manufacturing equipmentGeopolitics & defense · Laws & regulation · Compute export controls · bis.gov ↗
• 25 May 2018GDPR comes into forceLaws & regulation · Privacy & surveillance · Data protection · eur-lex.europa.eu ↗
• 27 Apr 2016GDPR classes behavioural traits as biometrics only if they allow a person to be uniquely identified; fraud prevention is recognised as a company's legitimate interestPrivacy & surveillance · Laws & regulation · Behavioral biometrics · publications.europa.eu ↗
• Dec 2011The US federal cybersecurity research plan names the moving target one of four “game-changing” themes: systems must become “less deterministic, less homogeneous, and less static” in order to “substantially increase the cost of attacks”Cybersecurity · Laws & regulation · Science · Moving target defense · nitrd.gov ↗