25 Tech Companies Urge Congress Not to Restrict Open-Weight AI Models
Nvidia, Microsoft, Meta, Palantir, Hugging Face, Mistral, and 19 other companies signed a joint letter urging the US government to avoid 'premature restrictions' on open-weight AI models. OpenAI and Anthropic did not sign.
European Union Begins Enforcement of Landmark AI Act With Strict Compliance Deadlines
The EU AI Act entered its enforcement phase across all 27 member states, imposing transparency, documentation and human oversight obligations on high-risk systems with phased deadlines through 2027.
Bernie Sanders Proposes 50% Government Ownership of AI Companies via Sovereign Wealth Fund
Senator Bernie Sanders introduced the American AI Sovereign Wealth Fund Act, which would give the public a 50% ownership stake in frontier labs such as OpenAI, Anthropic and xAI.
US House Lawmakers Unveil Draft AI Preemption Bill to Block State-Level AI Regulations
A bipartisan pair of US House lawmakers released draft legislation blocking states from regulating AI model development — centralizing oversight in Washington before any federal framework exists.
Canada Rules OpenAI's ChatGPT Violated Privacy Law: Overcollection, No Consent, Children's Data
Canada's privacy commissioner found that OpenAI violated federal privacy law by collecting personal data, including children's information, without valid consent to train ChatGPT.
Trump Calls Off AI Executive Order After Musk, Zuckerberg, and Sacks Intervened Directly
President Trump scrapped a planned AI safety executive order hours before signing after Musk, Zuckerberg, and Sacks called him directly, warning it would slow AI development.
OpenAI, ElevenLabs, and Nvidia Adopt Google's SynthID AI Watermark in Landmark Industry-Wide Content Provenance Standard
Google announced at I/O 2026 that OpenAI, ElevenLabs, and Nvidia are adopting SynthID invisible watermarking technology, creating the broadest cross-industry content provenance coalition to date.
Meta's Zuckerberg Caught Training AI on Employee Data Before Firing 8,000 Workers
Leaked audio reveals Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg defending a program that tracked employee Gmail, coding sessions, and internal tools to train AI models — on the same day 8,000 employees were laid off.