AI Regulation & Policy

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No bots before high school

NYC is barring AI for students from pre-K through eighth grade, with new limits on teachers too.

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Anthropic fought the US government and won

A California federal judge ruled that the government illegally blacklisted Anthropic—and that it violated the company’s free speech.

Whizy Kim

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The White House sets open weights free

The US government finalized its AI review framework this week—and it apparently leaves out open-weight models. We have a lot of questions.

Whizy Kim

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An open and not-so-shut debate

Silicon Valley is taking sides on whether there should be more restrictions on open-weight AI models—and the lobbying effort in Washington is heating up.

Whizy Kim

Anthropic’s top models are back

The US government has lifted its export controls on Anthropic's Fable 5—right as competition with Chinese AI heats up. Anthropic’s model returns globally starting today.

Whizy Kim

OpenAI’s government chaperone

The company is staggering the release of GPT-5.6 to satisfy the government’s desire to review it—one of several recent moves to tighten federal control over new AI models.

Whizy Kim

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The people’s chatbot

Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders, and Sam Altman all landed on the same AI position in the past week.

Lindsey Choo