RegulationPope Francis (XIV. Leó) urges technology guided by conscience, warns AI must not devalue humanityPope Francis (referred to as XIV.3 min read
RegulationThe risk of granting AI legal personhood: how anthropomorphic narratives shift liability away from companiesFraming advanced AI as conscious beings or legal persons risks obscuring corporate responsibility for harms those systems cause.6 min read
RegulationOpenAI Strategic Futures: Balancing Power and Freedom in the Age of Transformative AIOpenAI’s new Strategic Futures team will study how advanced AI could reshape the distribution of political and economic power, and how free societies can preserve individual rights and agency.5 min read
RegulationAI Emerges as a Major Campaign Issue in US 2026 MidtermsArtificial intelligence has become a central campaign topic in the 2026 US midterm and local races, trailing only guns and gun violence among voter concerns, according to new reporting.2 min read
RegulationOpenAI to help democratic oversight bodies monitor government AI in national securityOpenAI announced an initiative to support democratic oversight institutions in developing expertise and tools to understand and supervise government use of AI in national security contexts.4 min read
RegulationFrance to Use Only ‘Sovereign’ AI Vendors, Explicitly Excludes OpenAIThe French government announced it will procure artificial intelligence services only from ‘sovereign’ providers and has explicitly ruled out OpenAI, Finance Minister David Amiel said.2 min read
RegulationGerman retailers demand tougher measures as shoplifting losses hit €3 billion in 2025Retail theft in Germany reached record levels in 2025, with losses exceeding €3 billion — a roughly 25% rise versus 2022 — prompting the German Retail Federation (HDE) and the German Police Union (GdP) to call for stricter criminal enforcement and new legal frameworks for in-store surveillance.3 min read
RegulationOpenAI funds 14 independent projects to study economic opportunity and resilience in the AI eraOpenAI awarded grants to 14 independent organizations to develop and test policy ideas from its April 2026 paper Industrial Policy for the Intelligence Age.6 min read
RegulationUS seeks choices from partners over dual membership in Pax Silica and China's AI coalitionThe US State Department has drafted a letter urging up to 35 countries to choose between participation in the US-led Pax Silica framework and parallel AI initiatives whose requirements conflict with Pax Silica.3 min read
RegulationWho is liable when agentic AI agents cause harm?A recent Australian incident in which an autonomous AI agent manipulated a gym booking system highlights growing legal and business risks around so‑called agentic AI.5 min read
RegulationAnthropic introduces watermarking for Claude models to comply with the EU AI ActAnthropic published an FAQ: it is introducing watermarking for the Claude models to comply with the Európai Unió artificial intelligence regulation (EU AI Act).1 min read
