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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.
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.
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.
Estonia's Proposed Digital ID Framework for AI Agents
Estonia is developing a national 'AI ID' system to replace blanket credential sharing with scoped, auditable, and verifiable digital identities for AI agents.
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