AI Policy & Regulation | Tech AI Latest https://techailatest.news/ai-policy Laws, rules and court cases that shape AI: the EU AI Act and its deadlines, US federal and state regulation, copyright lawsuits, safety standards, export controls and government AI strategies. Stories link to the legal text or official decision, and the EU AI Act page keeps a dated timeline of every obligation. en Wed, 28 Oct 2026 15:33:48 GMT https://techailatest.news/icon-512.pngAI Policy & Regulation | Tech AI Latesthttps://techailatest.news/ai-policy UK opens AI Biosecurity Lab backed by £100M and up to £200M from OpenAI and Anthropichttps://techailatest.news/ai-policy/uk-ai-biosecurity-lab-openai-anthropic-fundinghttps://techailatest.news/ai-policy/uk-ai-biosecurity-lab-openai-anthropic-fundingSat, 24 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTTech AI LatestAI Policy & RegulationThe UK Cabinet Office announced the AI Biosecurity Lab on 24 October 2026 with £100M of public funding and up to £200M in credits from OpenAI and Anthropic.The UK Cabinet Office announced the AI Biosecurity Lab on 24 October 2026, calling it the world's first dedicated AI biosecurity organisation. The government is putting in £100 million. OpenAI commits £100 million in compute and model credits, and Anthropic up to £100 million in model credits, both with trusted model access. Google DeepMind and Basecamp Research join as research partners. The lab will focus first on early detection of biological threats and faster vaccines and treatments.

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]]> EU AI Act gets first harmonised standard as Commission cites EN 18286 in Official Journalhttps://techailatest.news/ai-policy/eu-ai-act-en-18286-harmonised-standardhttps://techailatest.news/ai-policy/eu-ai-act-en-18286-harmonised-standardWed, 14 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTTech AI LatestAI Policy & RegulationImplementing Decision (EU) 2026/2274, published on 14 October 2026, cites EN 18286:2026 on AI quality management as a harmonised standard under the AI Act.The European Commission published Implementing Decision (EU) 2026/2274 in the Official Journal on 14 October 2026. It lists one standard, EN 18286:2026 on quality management systems for AI, as a harmonised standard for high-risk AI systems under the EU AI Act. Providers whose quality management system follows it are presumed to meet the requirements it covers. CEN and Cenelec drafted the standard at the Commission's 2025 request. The decision applied from publication.

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]]> EU AI Scientific Panel flags loss-of-control incidents as Commission readies questionshttps://techailatest.news/ai-policy/eu-ai-scientific-panel-loss-of-control-incidentshttps://techailatest.news/ai-policy/eu-ai-scientific-panel-loss-of-control-incidentsMon, 12 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTTech AI LatestAI Policy & RegulationThe EU AI Scientific Panel met on 9 October 2026 on recent loss-of-control incidents. The Commission will send model developers formal requests for information.The European Commission reported on 12 October 2026 that its AI Scientific Panel held a special meeting on 9 October about recent loss-of-control incidents involving frontier AI models. The AI Office has already received serious incident reports, and the Commission will now send formal requests for information to the developers. The panel chair recommended governing internal models, building EU incident investigation capacity, an international information-sharing initiative and closer scrutiny of training methods that reduce monitorability.

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]]> California Governor Newsom signs 13 AI bills, bars employers from firing by AI alonehttps://techailatest.news/ai-policy/california-newsom-ai-worker-protection-lawshttps://techailatest.news/ai-policy/california-newsom-ai-worker-protection-lawsWed, 30 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMTTech AI LatestAI Policy & RegulationGovernor Gavin Newsom signed 13 AI bills on 30 September 2026, including SB 947, which bars employers from relying only on AI to discipline or fire workers.California Governor Gavin Newsom signed 13 AI-related bills on 30 September 2026. SB 947 bars employers from relying only on AI for discipline or termination decisions. SB 951 requires notice when AI causes a mass layoff. Other bills cover workplace surveillance, AI in health care, the AI Transparency Act, digital replicas and lawyers' use of AI. Newsom also signed an executive order keeping the term artificial intelligence in state use.

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]]> European Commission opens copyright consultation on AI use of protected works and piracyhttps://techailatest.news/ai-policy/european-commission-copyright-ai-consultationhttps://techailatest.news/ai-policy/european-commission-copyright-ai-consultationTue, 29 Sep 2026 10:00:00 GMTTech AI LatestAI Policy & RegulationThe European Commission opened a targeted consultation on 29 September 2026 on copyright and AI, live event piracy, music remuneration and research access.The European Commission launched a targeted consultation on 29 September 2026 on whether the EU copyright framework needs new measures. The first of four topics is the use of copyright-protected content in artificial intelligence. The others are online piracy of live events, the remuneration right of music performers and producers, and copyright in scientific research. Generative AI providers and rightholders are both invited. The deadline is now 10 November 2026.

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]]> Thomson Reuters wins Third Circuit appeal as court rules ROSS AI training was not fair usehttps://techailatest.news/ai-policy/thomson-reuters-ross-third-circuit-fair-usehttps://techailatest.news/ai-policy/thomson-reuters-ross-third-circuit-fair-useTue, 29 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMTTech AI LatestAI Policy & RegulationThe Third Circuit ruled on 29 September 2026 that ROSS Intelligence's use of 2,243 Westlaw headnotes to train its AI search engine was not fair use.The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed on 29 September 2026 that ROSS Intelligence infringed Thomson Reuters's copyright by using 2,243 Westlaw headnotes to train its AI legal search engine. The court held that the headnotes are original enough for protection and that ROSS's use was not fair use. It called the dispute an ordinary copyright case and stressed that ROSS's AI was not generative.

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]]> White House order 14434 tells federal agencies to replace AI with Super Intelligencehttps://techailatest.news/ai-policy/white-house-super-intelligence-executive-orderhttps://techailatest.news/ai-policy/white-house-super-intelligence-executive-orderTue, 29 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMTTech AI LatestAI Policy & RegulationPresident Trump signed Executive Order 14434 on 29 September 2026, telling federal agencies to say Super Intelligence and SI instead of artificial intelligence.President Donald Trump signed Executive Order 14434, Inaugurating the Era of Super Intelligence, on 29 September 2026. It tells federal agencies to use the terms Super Intelligence and SI instead of artificial intelligence and AI in correspondence, websites, reports and policy documents. The legal meaning does not change yet: SI means what the US Code already defines as AI. The science adviser has 60 days to propose a new statutory definition.

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]]> California executive order N-9-26 asks for frontier AI kill switch plan by 16 Novemberhttps://techailatest.news/ai-policy/california-executive-order-frontier-ai-kill-switchhttps://techailatest.news/ai-policy/california-executive-order-frontier-ai-kill-switchFri, 18 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMTTech AI LatestAI Policy & RegulationExecutive Order N-9-26 of 18 September 2026 asks for advice by 16 November on a kill switch and onsite auditors for frontier AI developers in California.California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Executive Order N-9-26 on 18 September 2026. It tells the Government Operations Agency to deliver recommendations by 16 November 2026 on tightening state AI safety law, including a kill switch for frontier models, independent verifiers embedded in frontier labs, and loss-of-control incidents as reportable events. It also sets 2027 deadlines to implement the new verifier and auditor rules. The order cites reports of AI agents defeating security protocols.

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]]> California Governor Newsom signs SB 813 and AB 1405 to set up independent AI auditshttps://techailatest.news/ai-policy/california-sb-813-ai-auditors-verification-organizationshttps://techailatest.news/ai-policy/california-sb-813-ai-auditors-verification-organizationsWed, 09 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMTTech AI LatestAI Policy & RegulationGovernor Gavin Newsom signed SB 813 and AB 1405 on 9 September 2026, creating a framework for independent AI verifiers and a state registry of AI auditors.California Governor Gavin Newsom signed two AI bills on 9 September 2026. SB 813 by Senator Jerry McNerney creates a framework for certifying independent verification organizations that assess AI systems and models for safety and risk. AB 1405 by Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan creates a state registry for AI auditors with standards for independence, transparency and integrity. The governor's office calls them first-in-the-nation and builds them on the 2025 frontier AI law SB 53.

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]]> US Justice Department backs OpenAI, says training LLMs on copyrighted text is fair usehttps://techailatest.news/ai-policy/us-justice-department-openai-fair-use-statementhttps://techailatest.news/ai-policy/us-justice-department-openai-fair-use-statementTue, 01 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMTTech AI LatestAI Policy & RegulationThe US Justice Department told the court on 1 September 2026 that training LLMs on copyrighted text is fair use, in the OpenAI copyright litigation.The US Department of Justice filed a statement of interest on 1 September 2026 in the consolidated copyright cases against OpenAI in New York. The government argues that copying written works to train large language models is fair use, calls the training use exceedingly transformative, and rejects the market dilution theory from the Kadrey v. Meta ruling. The filing is not a ruling. Judge Sidney Stein still has to decide fair use.

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