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UK Home Office Scrutinized For AI Use in Asylum Cases
Artificial Intelligence // October 27, 2026

The U.K. Home Office faces a possible investigation into its use of artificial intelligence (AI) in asylum processing, following research that raises questions about accuracy, transparency and safeguards governing technology used to support consequential government decisions. The Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration has...

Anthropic Writes Its Own Rules for Shutting Down AI
Artificial Intelligence // October 21, 2026

An artificial intelligence model could pose a foreseeable risk of $900 million in damage and still miss the bar for federal intervention under draft legislation Anthropic has been pitching to lawmakers, PYMNTS reported. The Claude developer’s draft lets the government block a frontier model only...

Congress’ AI Expertise Gap Hampers Push for Meaningful Regulation
Artificial Intelligence // October 19, 2026

Pressure on Congress to address artificial intelligence is exposing a weakness in its ability to respond. Many lawmakers lack the technical knowledge and specialized staff needed to evaluate the technology, scrutinize industry claims and translate concerns into workable legislation. The problem compounds Congress’ slow legislative...

Anthropic Takes Its AI Safety Proposals to Capitol Hill
Artificial Intelligence // October 18, 2026

Anthropic has reportedly been pitching U.S. lawmakers on draft artificial intelligence safety legislation. That’s according to a report Friday (Oct. 16) by Politico, which describes the push as a “notable effort” by the AI lab to guide the rules covering its tech. “This bill represents...

Interviews & Exclusives
AI Giants Sign Safety Pact With No Teeth

September 30, 2026
Calls to regulate artificial intelligence have grown louder this year, including from inside the industry. The White House answered Tuesday (Sept. 29) with a pact that leaves the policing to the companies building the most powerful models. President Donald Trump and executives from Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Meta, Nvidia and SpaceX signed the White House Accord […]

Brazil Treats Minority AI Stakes as Major Competition Signals

August 25, 2026
Watch more: TechReg Talks With Marcela Mattiuzzo of VMCA Advogados The defining antitrust question of the artificial intelligence era may be less about how aggressively regulators intervene than how long...

Big Tech’s AI Gatekeepers Could Draw Regulatory Scrutiny

August 20, 2026
Watch more: TechREG Talks With Anant Raut The legal architecture governing software rests on a useful assumption: However sophisticated the technology becomes, somewhere behind it sits a person or company...

Healthcare AI Rules Shift Risk From Regulators to Hospitals

August 04, 2026
Watch more: TechReg Talks With Douglas Grimm of ArentFox Schiff and Doug McCormack of Acumen Partners  The conventional story about healthcare artificial intelligence is that regulation slows innovation. Reduce the...

Quick Reads
Anthropic Takes Its AI Safety Proposals to Capitol Hill

October 18, 2026
Anthropic has reportedly been pitching U.S. lawmakers on draft artificial intelligence safety legislation. That’s according to a report Friday (Oct. 16) by Politico, which describes the push as a “notable effort” by the AI lab to guide the rules covering its tech. “This bill represents the proposals outlined in Anthropic’s Advanced AI Framework, which we […]

Banking Regulators Tighten Oversight of Possible AI Risks

October 13, 2026
Banking watchdogs are reportedly ramping up efforts to control increasing risks from artificial intelligence (AI). This heightened oversight is being driven in part by the threat of cyberattacks on banks...

Microsoft President Argues AI Less Regulated Than Washing Machines

October 12, 2026
Microsoft’s president says artificial intelligence now faces less regulatory oversight than appliances and dairy products. This lack of oversight underscores the urgent need for global artificial intelligence (AI) regulation, Brad Smith said...

NYC Lawmakers Aim to Lead Nation in Establishing AI Safety Rules

October 05, 2026
New York City is positioning itself as a leader in an effort to slow down the development of artificial intelligence (AI), the Wall Street Journal reported Monday (Oct. 5). The New...