Policy & law

Federal Register publishes CFTC/SEC joint rulemaking on crypto asset transactions and markets

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission and Securities and Exchange Commission propose a regulatory framework for crypto asset transactions and markets under CEA Section 2(c)(2)(D), addressing leveraged and margined crypto transactions.

Anthropic's 2026 usage policy adds a deceptive-campaigns section and bans arming drones

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.

UK accepts all 44 recommendations of the National Commission into the Regulation of AI in Healthcare and opens AI Airlock Phase 3

The 6 October response promises MHRA draft guidance on change control plans by December 2026 and a device classification consultation. A full roadmap is due by Spring 2027, and most commitments promise details then.

OpenAI textGrain will watermark ChatGPT and Codex text in the EU, with API opt-in and limited detector access

OpenAI's 5 October post ties the rollout to the EU AI Act. Its own tests show detection of 400-token passages falling to 17% when a quarter of words are swapped for synonyms.

EU targeted copyright consultation weighs an AI opt-out registry, crawler disclosure and a remuneration right, open until 3 November

The Commission's 36 page questionnaire lists enforcement and licensing options for generative AI training, inference and outputs. It says no listed option reflects a Commission position.

MI5 Espionage Alert names China's CGTRI as a Ministry of State Security research funder, with over 100 UK-linked academics on its projects

The 30 September alert says CGTRI-funded projects cover AI, cybersecurity and steganography. It advises UK universities to review any CGTRI work immediately and flags National Security Act 2023 offences.

US v. Lui: Earthmade Computer owner charged with routing H100 and RTX 5090 servers to China through Malaysia and Singapore

A Los Angeles grand jury indicted Greg Lui in case 2:26-cr-00618 on 29 September. Prosecutors say Earthmade took in more than $176 million from two Malaysian transshipment firms in 2024.

China's MIIT AI plus software plan targets AI coding tools at 20,000 firms by 2028 and calls for review of AI-generated code

The plan, issued as notice 209 of 2026, sets 2028 targets for AI coding tools, agent software and open source. It asks for agent security rules but names no budget figure.

Super Intelligence executive order swaps AI for SI in agency wording on 29 September as tech leaders describe an accord

Trump's order leaves the statutory AI definition in place and asks for proposed legislative language on SI within 60 days. The accord's text so far comes from Washington Examiner copies and panel remarks at the America.gov launch.

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.

UK human rights committee asks for an AI Bill and mandatory model testing by AISI

The Joint Committee on Human Rights published HC 160 on 14 September 2026. It wants a statutory AISI, pre-release model submission and a regulator that can order withdrawals.

UK CMA proposes letting AI assistants onto Google's Android and Chrome search choice screens

The 23 Sep consultation sets three eligibility tests, an attribution duty for AI answers and an annual choice prompt. Comments close at 5pm UK time on 9 October.

China's AI Safety Governance Framework 3.0 adds a 33-risk agent annex and an AI regulatory sandbox

TC260 released version 3.0 on 14 September. It lists agent risks across nine lifecycle stages and sets default-deny approval rules, with no thresholds or test suites.

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.

Seattle Times and Newsday sue OpenAI and Microsoft in S.D.N.Y. over answer-engine training

38-page complaint filed 4 September 2026 (Case 1:26-cv-07644). Seven counts include copyright, DMCA CMI, and trademark dilution. Allegations only; seeks damages and dataset/model destruction.

DOJ tells S.D.N.Y. OpenAI MDL that LLM training on copyrighted text is fair use

Statement of Interest filed 1 September 2026 under 28 U.S.C. § 517. Cites AI-dominance executive orders and argues training-stage copying is transformative. The filing is § 517 advocacy. The court has not ruled on fair use in this document.

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.

B.C. and SD59 sue Altman and OpenAI in N.D. Cal. over alleged failure to warn before Tumbler Ridge

Attorney General Sharma announced the Crown filing on 21 September 2026. The 39-page complaint (Case No. 3:26-cv-10743) pleads eight counts and seeks damages plus injunctive safety controls. ChatGPT warning claims remain allegations.

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.

Buist pacing complaint (N.D. Cal. 3:26-cv-10693)

The claims and relief in the 18 September 2026 class action complaint, as filed. A complaint makes allegations and decides nothing on the merits.

Four labs agreed to slow AI

The Buist complaint treats public pacing endorsements as a horizontal agreement. Public essays and X posts show coordination talk. A proven output cartel is still a court question.

Buist v. Anthropic: the pace-the-frontier complaint as a Sherman Act filing

Four named subscribers sue Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI, and Google in N.D. Cal. over alleged horizontal pacing. The complaint quotes public essays and X posts as the agreement.