AI Policy & Regulation
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The Emergence of a De Facto AI Licensing Regime in the US
The US government has established an ad hoc, de facto licensing regime for frontier AI models, requiring companies like OpenAI to stagger releases pending security reviews and government approval.
Moving Beyond Declarations: Building Global AI Governance Architecture
The UN's Global Dialogue on AI must shift from symbolic consensus-building to creating concrete, inclusive institutional architecture that empowers the Global Majority to govern AI.
The EU's Tech Sovereignty Package: Sovereignty or Subservience?
The EU's 'Tech Sovereignty Package' fails to reduce reliance on US Big Tech, instead codifying a definition of sovereignty based on geography rather than ownership, effectively entrenching foreign control over European public infrastructure.
The Limits of Export Controls in the Age of AI Capabilities
The US government's recent restriction and subsequent easing of access to Anthropic's Mythos 5 model highlights a fundamental regulatory crisis: traditional export controls designed for physical goods are ill-suited for cloud-hosted AI capabilities.
Moving Beyond Bans: Implementing Safety by Design in the UK
The UK's proposed social media ban for under-16s is a symbolic gesture that fails to address systemic product risks. The incoming government should instead leverage the existing Online Safety Act to mandate 'safety by design'—treating digital platforms like other consumer goods that must be proven safe before release.
Federal Agencies Mandated to Finalize Quantum-Ready Migration Plans
The OMB has directed federal agencies to finalize post-quantum cryptography (PQC) migration plans within 120 days, setting a phased timeline to secure high-impact systems against future quantum decryption threats by 2035.
Big Tech's Privacy Shield Against DMA Interoperability
Google and Apple are leveraging privacy and security concerns to lobby against EU Digital Markets Act (DMA) requirements that would force them to open their closed ecosystems to third-party AI and search competitors.
EU Debates Child Safety: Age Limits and Enforcement Challenges
EU lawmakers are pressuring the Commission to harmonize child safety rules and improve enforcement of the Digital Services Act, as member states increasingly adopt fragmented national age-verification measures.
House Passes Legislation to Mandate SBA AI Oversight and Reporting
The House passed the SBA Artificial Intelligence Utilization Act to mandate annual reporting on agency AI use, following a GAO report that identified chronic noncompliance with existing federal transparency requirements.
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