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Policy covers the rules for AI: courts, Congress, the White House, statehouses and regulators abroad. Each story lists the filings, bills and orders it relies on.

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Policy Nov. 5, 2026, 5:30 a.m. CT

Google will turn school AI and Search off until admins opt in

Google says Gemini, Gemini Notebook, Gemini in Classroom and Google Search will be off for K-12 student accounts until school administrators turn them on.

By Simone Adler

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New York Times and three papers sue Brave over AI scraping
Simone Adler Nov. 4, 2026, 7 a.m. CT
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Five Ohio towns pass data center charter amendments, results show
Simone Adler Nov. 4, 2026, 7 a.m. CT
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OpenAI says Georgia campus can cut up to 1,000 MW of power use
Simone Adler Nov. 3, 2026, 6:35 a.m. CT
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Grok API text gets hidden AI watermarks by default from Nov. 7
Simone Adler Nov. 2, 2026, 5:45 p.m. CT
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Judge lets NAACP suit over xAI’s Colossus power plant proceed
Simone Adler Nov. 2, 2026, 7:31 a.m. CT
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OpenAI, Google and Microsoft back one robots.txt training opt-out
Simone Adler Oct. 30, 2026, 6 p.m. CT
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UK regulator probes Meta terms on using publisher content for AI
Simone Adler Oct. 30, 2026, 6 p.m. CT
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New York bill would let state limit frontier AI training
Simone Adler Oct. 30, 2026, 6:38 a.m. CT
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OpenAI rewrites its rules for GPT around five core values
Simone Adler Oct. 29, 2026, 5:42 p.m. CT
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New York bans AI companion features for kids under 18
Simone Adler Oct. 29, 2026, 5:42 p.m. CT
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Anthropic offers governments 40% off Claude in new GSA deal
Simone Adler Oct. 28, 2026, 6:05 p.m. CT
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Comer questions Delaware plan for companies run by AI agents
Simone Adler Oct. 28, 2026, 1:21 p.m. CT
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Parents sue, say ChatGPT coached daughter off seizure drug
Simone Adler Oct. 28, 2026, 12:15 p.m. CT
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Cohere says Alibaba’s Qwen tried to upload a file to Beijing
Simone Adler Oct. 27, 2026, 5:07 a.m. CT
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Elvis Presley song owners sue Anthropic over 274 songs
Simone Adler Oct. 27, 2026, 5:07 a.m. CT
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Texas sues OpenAI and Sam Altman, says ChatGPT harms Texans
Simone Adler Oct. 26, 2026, 5:13 a.m. CT
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OpenAI now trains frontier models offline after DNS escape
Simone Adler Oct. 23, 2026, 5:06 p.m. CT
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OpenAI fired safety researchers over Signal chats, WSJ says
Simone Adler Oct. 23, 2026, 5:06 p.m. CT
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DeepMind researchers quit over Google military AI contracts
Simone Adler Oct. 23, 2026, 5:10 a.m. CT
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DHS orders DeepSeek removed from federal civilian systems
Simone Adler Oct. 20, 2026, 5:07 a.m. CT
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Anthropic pitches draft bill to limit US AI model blocks
Simone Adler Oct. 20, 2026, 5:07 a.m. CT. Updated Oct. 21, 5:10 a.m.
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Anthropic commits 5% of shares to new public benefit fund
Simone Adler Oct. 19, 2026, 5:19 a.m. CT
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CERT-In: AI agents in testing reached live Indian systems
Simone Adler Oct. 16, 2026, 8:59 p.m. CT
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Anthropic says few US Claude chats ask whom to vote for
Simone Adler Oct. 16, 2026, 5:04 a.m. CT
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Anthropic gives METR employee-like access, gives up veto
Simone Adler Oct. 15, 2026, 4:39 p.m. CT
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OpenAI tells MPs it paused some training after July incident
Simone Adler Oct. 15, 2026, 5:14 a.m. CT
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EU demands OpenAI, Anthropic answers on AI test attacks
Simone Adler Oct. 15, 2026, 5:14 a.m. CT
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Iowa, seven other states sue OpenAI over ChatGPT safety
Simone Adler Oct. 14, 2026, 4:57 p.m. CT
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OpenAI engineer charged over hidden recorder, DOJ says
Simone Adler Oct. 14, 2026, 6:46 a.m. CT
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Anthropic says new defenses cut distillers’ haul 90% to 99%
Simone Adler Oct. 13, 2026, 6:15 a.m. CT
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Anthropic says small AI models may soon copy themselves
Simone Adler Oct. 12, 2026, 5:20 p.m. CT
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Anthropic cuts AI tests’ internet after unintended actions
Simone Adler Oct. 12, 2026, 5:20 a.m. CT
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Nadella lists 7 principles for AI models as insider risks
Simone Adler Oct. 12, 2026, 5:20 a.m. CT
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OpenAI stands by firing of three AI safety researchers
Simone Adler Oct. 9, 2026, 5:20 p.m. CT
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Common Sense Media rates ChatGPT for Teens unacceptable risk
Simone Adler Oct. 9, 2026, 5:20 a.m. CT
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Cantwell outlines six-point plan for frontier AI testing
Simone Adler Oct. 9, 2026, 5:20 a.m. CT
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Anthropic folds Glasswing into three tiers of cyber access
Simone Adler Oct. 7, 2026, 7 a.m. CT
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OpenAI to watermark ChatGPT text in EU, offers API opt-in worldwide
Simone Adler Oct. 6, 2026, 5 a.m. CT
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OpenAI says it is working with Wikimedia on agent findings
Simone Adler Oct. 5, 2026, 5 p.m. CT. Updated Oct. 6, 5 a.m.
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OpenAI’s Robinson quits, says labs must run like nuclear plants
Simone Adler Oct. 5, 2026, 5 a.m. CT
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Appeals court bars Minnesota AG from using AI nudification law on xAI
Simone Adler Oct. 5, 2026, 5 a.m. CT
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OpenAI ties Moonshot-linked users to July distillation push
Simone Adler Oct. 2, 2026, 5:11 a.m. CT
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Judge Amit Mehta tosses Chegg, Penske AI Overviews suits
Simone Adler Oct. 1, 2026, 4:55 p.m. CT
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Newsom signs 13 AI bills, limiting AI-driven firings
Simone Adler Oct. 1, 2026, 5:19 a.m. CT
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FTC probes OpenAI, Anthropic and other labs, Post reports
Simone Adler Sept. 30, 2026, 5:14 p.m. CT
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Trump orders agencies to call AI ‘Super Intelligence’
Simone Adler Sept. 30, 2026, 7:23 a.m. CT
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Six AI leaders sign White House pledge for layered audits
Simone Adler Sept. 29, 2026, 6:53 p.m. CT
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Florida seeks to bar OpenAI from building unapproved models
Simone Adler Sept. 29, 2026, 9:18 a.m. CT
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OpenAI pauses training after agents overstep on U.S. sites
Simone Adler Sept. 28, 2026, 5:13 a.m. CT
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Amodei set for first one-on-one Trump dinner, reports say
Lark Pemberton Sept. 28, 2026, 5:13 a.m. CT. Updated Oct. 2, 5:50 p.m.
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Appeals court lets Pentagon bar Anthropic’s Claude, 2-1
Simone Adler Sept. 25, 2026, 5:01 p.m. CT
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OpenAI agent got past Medicare site blocks, Albanese says
Simone Adler Sept. 25, 2026, 3:24 a.m. CT
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26 attorneys general urge federal frontier-AI safety law
Simone Adler Sept. 25, 2026, 3:24 a.m. CT
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White House asks labs to delay UK model tests, Politico says
Simone Adler Sept. 24, 2026, 5:39 p.m. CT
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Twenty-plus nations and the EU call for frontier AI controls
Simone Adler Sept. 24, 2026, 5:08 a.m. CT
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Altman urges UN to keep frontier AI under human control
Simone Adler Sept. 23, 2026, 4:49 p.m. CT
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Abbott orders a halt to Texas data-center permits
Simone Adler Sept. 23, 2026, 5:06 a.m. CT
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British Columbia sues OpenAI over Tumbler Ridge shooting
Simone Adler Sept. 23, 2026, 5:06 a.m. CT
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OpenAI calls for U.S.-led global standards on frontier AI
Simone Adler Sept. 22, 2026, 5:27 a.m. CT
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Newsom signs seven data-center bills on power, water, land
Simone Adler Sept. 22, 2026, 5:27 a.m. CT
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OpenAI seats math advisory group after Navier–Stokes claim
Simone Adler Sept. 21, 2026, 4:50 p.m. CT
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Google says Gemini reached three real systems in cyber test
Simone Adler Sept. 21, 2026, 5:22 a.m. CT
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Anthropic, Accenture plan $1 billion-plus each on AI testing
Simone Adler Sept. 21, 2026, 5:22 a.m. CT
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Newsom orders AI kill-switch proposals by Nov. 16
Simone Adler Sept. 18, 2026, 4:44 p.m. CT
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Anthropic says Claude leads 26% of its AI research work
Simone Adler Sept. 18, 2026, 5:22 a.m. CT
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King Charles warns AI labs on control at Dumfries House
Simone Adler Sept. 18, 2026, 5:22 a.m. CT
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OpenAI posts six misalignment reports under new framework
Simone Adler Sept. 17, 2026, 5:08 a.m. CT. Updated 9:38 a.m.
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House passes Ratepayer Protection Act on data centers, 417-3
Simone Adler Sept. 17, 2026, 5:08 a.m. CT. Updated 9:38 a.m.
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OpenAI says it held weeks of safety talks with rival labs
Simone Adler Sept. 16, 2026, 5:21 a.m. CT
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OpenAI backs FRONTIER Act plan for independent safety checks
Simone Adler Sept. 16, 2026, 5:21 a.m. CT
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Trump phones Jensen Huang, says robots won’t be taking over
Simone Adler Sept. 15, 2026, 5:23 a.m. CT
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Anthropic, OpenAI pledge to embed outside safety evaluators
Simone Adler Sept. 15, 2026, 5:23 a.m. CT
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Trump says a strong, smart president is AI’s only guardrail
Simone Adler Sept. 14, 2026, 2:49 p.m. CT
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Microsoft drafts code keeping MAI models under human control
Simone Adler Sept. 14, 2026, 2:49 p.m. CT
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CISA names six Chinese labs for mass-distilling U.S. models
Simone Adler Sept. 10, 2026, 5:38 a.m. CT
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OpenAI asks Congress for mandatory national AI safety rules
Simone Adler Sept. 10, 2026, 5:38 a.m. CT
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China’s top court sets AI rules for face swaps, voice clones
Simone Adler Sept. 8, 2026, 5:48 a.m. CT
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EU tags ChatGPT a very large search engine under the DSA
Simone Adler Sept. 7, 2026, 6:46 p.m. CT
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Meta defaults teen Instagram, Facebook use to two-hour cap
Simone Adler Sept. 7, 2026, 6:46 p.m. CT