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Artificial intelligence policy, government action, and regulatory frameworks.
OpenAI Launches GPT-5.6 Sol Under Government-Restricted Preview
OpenAI has launched GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra, and Luna in a restricted preview after U.S. government review. The release brings new pricing, API and Codex access limits, stronger cyber safeguards, and a clearer look at how frontier model launches are becoming governed deployments.
AWS WAF Gives Publishers a Way to Charge AI Bots at the Edge
AWS WAF now lets CloudFront publishers charge AI bots and agents per request using HTTP 402, x402 payments, Coinbase settlement, and stablecoins. The launch turns AI crawler access into an edge-security and machine-payments problem.
Dream’s $260M Round Turns Sovereign AI Into Cyber Infrastructure
Dream raised $260 million at a $3 billion valuation for sovereign AI and cyber defense systems built for governments. The deal shows how national AI infrastructure and critical-infrastructure security are becoming the same market.
Meta Expands Teen Accounts With AI Age Checks and Parent Alerts
Meta is rolling out 13+ Teen Account defaults across Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger while using AI age assurance to find younger users who list adult birthdays. The update shows how teen safety is becoming a platform enforcement system, not just a parental-control setting.
FERC Gives AI Data Centers a Faster Path to the Grid
FERC ordered six regional grid operators to justify or revise their rules for connecting data centers and other large power users. The move could speed AI infrastructure projects, but it puts cost allocation, flexible loads, and state oversight under a sharper deadline.
Security Leaders Say the Fable 5 Ban Could Hurt Cyber Defense
An open letter from cybersecurity leaders asks the U.S. government to lift export controls on Anthropic’s Fable 5 and Mythos 5, arguing that the disputed capability overlaps with normal defensive bug fixing and should be handled through transparent AI risk reviews.
G7 AI Summit Turns Model Access Into a Sovereignty Fight
AI leaders are gathering at the G7 in France as Europe, Canada, and other allies question how much critical AI infrastructure should depend on U.S. model labs, cloud providers, chips, and export-control decisions.
AI Preemption Is Being Pulled Into the Kids’ Online Safety Fight
Washington’s AI preemption push is now tangled with KOSA, age verification, AI-companion rules, and digital-replica policy. That makes a national AI law more politically tempting and more complicated for platforms, AI companies, and states.
State AI Laws Keep Moving as Washington Tries to Stop the Patchwork
States are still advancing AI rules for hiring, lending, chatbot safety, disclosures, and automated decisions even as the White House pushes back against a fragmented regulatory map.
OpenAI Probe Puts ChatGPT’s User Safety Claims Under State Scrutiny
A multistate attorney general investigation is asking for records on ChatGPT safety, advertising, retention, health data, minors, seniors, and model sycophancy. The probe turns consumer AI design choices into a legal and policy test.