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NIST Joins AI Innovation Mission
Single-source brief: NIST and DOE have formed a formal collaboration under the White House-led Genesis Mission.
CSET Flags Nvidia’s China Ties as U.S. Scrutiny of AI Supply Chains Intensifies
A new CSET analysis spotlights Nvidia’s China partners and the PLA, underscoring how AI hardware, software, and overseas customers can create compliance and security risk far beyond the chip itself.
Taiwan’s Tech Dependence Is Emerging as a Military Risk, CSET Says
A new analysis from the Center for Security and Emerging Technology argues that Taiwan’s technology sector is not just an economic asset, but a strategic vulnerability that could shape military readiness, coalition planning, and the role of AI in future defense.
Colorado starts rulemaking on two new AI laws as compliance deadlines come into view
The state’s Department of Justice has opened pre-rulemaking for laws on automated decision-making technology and chatbots, setting up a 2027 compliance runway for companies that build or deploy AI tools in Colorado.
EDPB and European Commission set October stakeholder event on data protection and competition law guidance
The EU privacy watchdog and the European Commission are inviting experts to help shape upcoming guidance on how data protection rules and competition law interact, with interest submissions due by 28 August 2026.
EU AI Act timeline pushed back as Omnibus delays high-risk compliance to 2027 and 2028
The European Union has changed the clock on one of its most consequential technology rules, giving companies more time before the toughest AI obligations take effect — but also adding new bans, broader data-processing powers for bias work, and stronger central oversight.
FTC Suits Put Ticket Brokers and Telehealth Privacy in the Crosshairs
The agency moved against two very different businesses in late July: one accused of gaming online ticket limits for profit, the other accused of hiding charges, blocking cancellations, and sharing sensitive health data with ad platforms.
Legal Ambiguity Is Pushing Security Researchers to Withhold Findings, Study Says
A qualitative review of U.S. and U.K. research experiences points to clearer safe harbors as a central policy question for anti-hacking laws.
Pentagon AI Deals Put Commercial Data at the Center of the Domestic Surveillance Debate
Eight companies are set to deploy advanced AI on classified Defense Department networks, while the enforceability and scope of contractual limits on surveillance remain unsettled.
CSET Publishes Plain-English Guides to LLM Misbehavior and AI Safety Testing
The Georgetown research center’s new explainers aim to give policymakers, compliance teams, and general audiences a shared vocabulary for understanding how generative AI models are built, behave, and are assessed.
DHS Plans to Expand Border Surveillance Towers to 2,300 by 2034, EFF Says
The Department of Homeland Security expects to grow its border tower network from about 830 sites to 2,300 and spend roughly $1 billion on the expansion, according to EFF’s account of a GAO report.
Joseph Lorenzo Hall Shifts Focus to Internet Society Security Portfolio as Advocacy Leadership Changes
The former CDT chief technologist says a forthcoming Online Trust and Safety Hub, cybersecurity research and safer Internet funding are now central to his work at the Internet Society.
New York Stealth Crawler Bill Reaches Gov. Hochul as EFF Warns of Risks to Research and Privacy
EFF says the measure could threaten anonymous web crawling used in investigative reporting, academic research, cybersecurity, and other public-interest work.
AlgorithmWatch Frames Sexualized Deepfakes as Gender-Based Digital Violence
The organization links non-consensual AI-generated sexual imagery to harassment, abuse, and coercion that can extend from public platforms into private chats and offline life.
Senate Commerce Eyes July 29 Kids-Safety and AI Markup as State-Law Preemption Talks Continue
The committee has not published a final bill list, and the scope of any federal preemption proposal remains unclear.
AI Adjudication Debate Turns on Normative Uncertainty, Not Just Human Oversight
Courtney Cox’s forthcoming paper challenges policymakers to define what counts as a better legal decision before treating explainability or human review as sufficient safeguards.
California Residents Can Use One DROP Request to Seek Deletion From 614 Data Brokers
The state’s Delete Request and Opt-out Platform is live, but registered brokers do not have to begin processing requests until Aug. 1 and will then have 45 days to respond.
Civil society coalition urges EU to reassess US data-transfer adequacy after Supreme Court ruling
The groups want the Commission to publish its legal analysis, consult outside experts and determine whether US oversight bodies still meet the independence standard behind the 2023 EU-US Data Privacy Framework.
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DOE’s Genesis Mission Nears First Awards as 26-Challenge Scope Tests Funding Case
FulcrumSec Uses AI to Turn Stolen Data Into More Targeted Ransom Demands
EFF and ARTICLE 19 seek tighter speech safeguards in EU trusted flagger guidance
State chatbot laws are turning suicide detection into a compliance requirement
FTC Finalizes $750,000 TruHeight Order Over Kids’ Supplement Growth Claims
