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12 published articles
SpaceXAI will face NYC Council on AI safety after skipping a subpoenaed hearing
Speaker Julie Menin says Elon Musk's SpaceXAI will appear Friday before the Technology Committee, after missing the Oct. 5 marathon session and then agreeing to testify once the Council said it would seek a judge's help.
MAS AI Risk Management Guidelines make Singapore financial firms answer for vendor AI and discount self-attestations
The final rules reach AI hidden inside vendor software and give firms until October 2028 for life cycle controls. They name no certification that would satisfy them.
Florida AG asks Highlands County court on 28 September to bar OpenAI from developing AI models without third-party approval
James Uthmeier's motion also seeks to block ChatGPT for Florida minors and bar ChatGPT from using first-person language. The posted filings show no hearing date or ruling.
China's CAC drafts State Council rules to ban virtual partner services for minors, with comments due 17 October
The 18 September draft would bar virtual relative and virtual partner services for anyone under 18. It would put AI services that may affect minors' cognition into minor mode for under-16s.
OpenAI publishes four priorities and seven principles for third-party safety assessments
Lama Ahmad's 22 September 2026 post commits OpenAI to deep access for independent assessors. It names no assessor, contract, or report yet, so treat it as a vendor checklist.
Altman tells the UN Security Council on 23 September to keep AI under human control and share frontier standards
OpenAI posts remarks as delivered. Asks cover RSI risk, power concentration, incident reporting, and verifiable safeguards. No Council resolution ships with the post.
DeepMind Institute opens: Hassabis proposes a U.S. frontier AI standards body
Legg, Manyika, and Hassabis launch an essay platform on AGI. The Hassabis piece sketches voluntary pre-release review that could harden into a deployment gate.
California's IVO law designates auditors. It does not require an audit.
SB 813 creates a Government Operations Agency designation program for Independent Verification Organizations, with agency deadlines through 1 January 2028. Section 8898.4 expressly does not require any developer, deployer, or operator to engage an IVO or undergo a covered AI audit.
EU KIDS Act puts AI companions on the same age stairs as social media
Commission proposal of 17 September 2026: no autonomous social accounts under 15, safety-by-design for minors, and chatbots that may not simulate dependency-forming relationships.
EU AI Act transparency war room runs while high-risk clock moves to 2027
Digital Omnibus (EU) 2026/1744 in force 27 July; Article 50 transparency from 2 August; Annex III high-risk deferred to 2 December 2027.
NIST AI 800-5 synthesis finds agent threats novel but cybersecurity principles adaptable
Published May 18, 2026; summarizes CAISI RFI NIST-2025-0035 (comments due March 9, 2026).
BIS pushes Approved IC Designer applications to December 31, 2026
Federal Register 2026-06851 replaces the April 13, 2026 cutoff in Note 1 to ECCN 3A090.a. The rule took effect April 7.