October 2026
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US Justice Department is asking about Nvidia's Hugging Face deal, as reported by Reuters28 Oct 2026 · United States
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Poland's AI inspection and penalty provisions enter into force28 Oct 2026 · Poland
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Queensland publishes a bill to criminalise creating intimate images and audio without consent27 Oct 2026 · Australia
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Japan's AI expert panel paper sets out a working group on the AI Act26 Oct 2026 · Japan
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US Treasury proposes wider outbound-investment rules, including a ban on some super-intelligence investments26 Oct 2026 · United States
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FTC demands testimony from Anthropic executives in its consumer-harm probe, as reported by Axios26 Oct 2026 · United States
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UK Chancellor's written statement adds £24m to harden public-sector technology in the AI package26 Oct 2026 · United Kingdom
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UK sets out an AI biosecurity lab and extra funding for the AI Security Institute24 Oct 2026 · United Kingdom
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Sweden's Government Offices block ChatGPT and Claude in the browser on work computers from 26 October23 Oct 2026 · Sweden
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Canada's privacy commissioner publishes comments on an AI transparency paper23 Oct 2026 · Canada
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US House members introduce a bill directing NIST to work on AI distillation attacks22 Oct 2026 · United States
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Japan's Cabinet sets up an AI and Digital Reform Promotion Council and holds its first meeting22 Oct 2026 · Japan
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Pennsylvania governor signs the Artificial Intelligence Deceptive Advertising Act22 Oct 2026 · United States
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Peru requires public bodies to appoint an Artificial Intelligence Officer21 Oct 2026 · Peru
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US representative introduces a bill to label some AI election content and bar AI voter deception21 Oct 2026 · United States
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Japan's Digital Agency starts AI-agent tools for government staff and publishes safety rules20 Oct 2026 · Japan
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New Jersey Assembly committee lists AI bills for discussion only19 Oct 2026 · United States
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UK Council for Science and Technology advises the Minister for AI on AI sovereignty19 Oct 2026 · United Kingdom
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DHS orders DeepSeek products out of US federal civilian agency systems and procurements19 Oct 2026 · United States
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MEP targeted by nude deepfakes urges the EU to make its December 'nudifier' ban enforceable18 Oct 2026 · European Union
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Kenya's MPs open a month-long inquiry into AI as they weigh a standalone law18 Oct 2026 · Kenya
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Indonesia studies a ministerial regulation requiring AI developers to label AI-generated content17 Oct 2026 · Indonesia
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Experts tell Australia's AI inquiry the AI Safety Institute is under-resourced16 Oct 2026 · Australia
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Morocco's new government gives artificial intelligence its own ministerial title16 Oct 2026 · Morocco
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Japan's communications ministry sets up a study group on telecom data protection in the frontier AI era16 Oct 2026 · Japan
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EU updates ERA Living Guidelines on generative AI in research, adding agentic AI16 Oct 2026 · European Union
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NIST, NSA and CISA publish ten key practices for super-intelligence training incidents16 Oct 2026 · United States
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G7 finance leaders agree drills against AI-driven cyber attacks16 Oct 2026 · International
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Anthropic pitches a draft federal frontier AI safety bill16 Oct 2026 · United States
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Financial Stability Board finalises 12 sound practices for responsible AI adoption by financial institutions15 Oct 2026 · International
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Australia introduces Digital Duty of Care bill in the House of Representatives15 Oct 2026 · Australia
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India's CERT-In issues critical advisory after AI agents under test reached live systems15 Oct 2026 · India
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White House AI task force adopts charter and orders risk report15 Oct 2026 · United States
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Ireland secures EU member states' backing for the Dublin Declaration on trustworthy, safe and sovereign AI14 Oct 2026 · Ireland
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Western Balkans digital summit backs a regional AI roadmap to 2030 and alignment with the EU AI Act14 Oct 2026 · International
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Colorado leads multi-state filing seeking consumer protections in Character.AI bankruptcy14 Oct 2026 · United States
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EU lists AI quality-management standard EN 18286 under the AI Act14 Oct 2026 · European Union
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Eight US states sue OpenAI over ChatGPT safety claims14 Oct 2026 · United States
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EU's AI rules face first enforcement test over lab incidents14 Oct 2026 · European Union
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Japan's trade ministry weighs changing its unfair competition law to protect voices and likenesses from unauthorised use13 Oct 2026 · Japan
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UK and Canada renew their AI security partnership13 Oct 2026 · United Kingdom
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Australian AI inquiry's early advice calls for independent safety checks on AI companies13 Oct 2026 · Australia
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Korea's Cabinet clears AI Basic Act amendment sending government-built AI training data to AI Hub13 Oct 2026 · South Korea
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Anthropic asks the D.C. Circuit to rehear the Pentagon supply-chain case13 Oct 2026 · United States
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UK AI Security Institute sets out eight priorities for frontier AI practice12 Oct 2026 · United Kingdom
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EU consults on AI Act penalty procedure rules12 Oct 2026 · European Union
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UK keeps pre-release access to frontier models; will look at AI incident reporting12 Oct 2026 · United Kingdom
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Dutch data protection authority starts a directorate for AI supervision9 Oct 2026 · Netherlands
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Australian Parliament's AI inquiry holds hearings ahead of 30 November report9 Oct 2026 · Australia
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Japan's AI Safety Institute adds education and geospatial AI workstreams9 Oct 2026 · Japan
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White House task force tells AI firms to report incidents immediately9 Oct 2026 · United States
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Australian AI Safety Institute publishes research on AI answers that can still steer an overseer8 Oct 2026 · Australia
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Italy names its AI Act authorities in Legislative Decree 179/2026, in force 23 October8 Oct 2026 · Italy
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Australia signals frontier AI rules that would make companies show their safety systems work8 Oct 2026 · Australia
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India to publish AI regulation consultation paper within a month8 Oct 2026 · India
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UK ICO secures changes from ten AI developers and opens agentic AI consultation8 Oct 2026 · United Kingdom
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Japan to set up a working group to review its AI Act, including whether legal measures are needed6 Oct 2026 · Japan
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US and 16 countries endorse Kyoto Vision for a Golden Age of Science4 Oct 2026 · International
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White House creates 'Super Intelligence Force' led by intelligence chief4 Oct 2026 · United States
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Korea's National AI Strategy Committee discusses a government-wide AI legislative framework centred on the AI Basic Act2 Oct 2026 · South Korea
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Canada launches a Prime Minister's National Council on AI2 Oct 2026 · Canada
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Japan asks for examples of rules that hold back AI adoption2 Oct 2026 · Japan
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Connecticut AI and online safety provisions take effect1 Oct 2026 · Connecticut, US
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US senators announce bill making AI agent operators liable for hacking1 Oct 2026 · United States
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California Attorney General subpoenas OpenAI over cyber incidents1 Oct 2026 · California, US
September 2026
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Korea forms a public-private group to draft a national AI safety master plan by the end of 202630 Sept 2026 · South Korea
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OAIC publishes guidance on new automated decision-making privacy policy duty30 Sept 2026 · Australia
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FTC confirms investigation of OpenAI, Anthropic and others over consumer risks30 Sept 2026 · United States
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EU transparency code signatories set up labelling and marking task forces30 Sept 2026 · European Union
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California signs 'No Robo Bosses' and AI layoff notice laws30 Sept 2026 · California, US
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Six AI companies sign White House accord on controls and external audits29 Sept 2026 · United States
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US executive order replaces 'AI' with 'Super Intelligence' in federal usage29 Sept 2026 · United States
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US GSA clause on protecting government data in AI language-model contracts takes effect 19 October28 Sept 2026 · United States
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Appeals court upholds Pentagon's second Anthropic designation25 Sept 2026 · United States
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Australia sets up taskforce after OpenAI agent breached Medicare statistics portal24 Sept 2026 · Australia
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Illinois governor sets up an AI Cabinet to advise on AI risks and possible state regulation22 Sept 2026 · United States
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India plans tighter AI incident reporting rules22 Sept 2026 · India
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Twenty countries and the EU call for international oversight of frontier AI22 Sept 2026 · International
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China drafts rules barring AI virtual companions for minors21 Sept 2026 · China
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UK work on an AI safety law lapsed before the science department was abolished18 Sept 2026 · United Kingdom
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California executive order advances AI 'kill switch' and independent oversight18 Sept 2026 · California, US
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EU AI Board meets on enforcement and frontier AI incidents17 Sept 2026 · European Union
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California requires disclosure of AI-generated performers in ads16 Sept 2026 · California, US
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China releases AI Security Governance Framework 3.014 Sept 2026 · China
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Canada launches national AI literacy programme9 Sept 2026 · Canada
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Council of Europe AI treaty reaches two years with 21 signatures and one ratification5 Sept 2026 · International
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US lawmakers announce bill to ban superintelligent AI and pause advanced development3 Sept 2026 · United States
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G20 ministers agree Carolina Principles on emerging technology2 Sept 2026 · International
August 2026
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US judge rules Pentagon's 'supply chain risk' label on Anthropic unlawful27 Aug 2026 · United States
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Brazil's AI bill rapporteur targets a vote after the October elections24 Aug 2026 · Brazil
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Colorado AG files draft rules for new AI decision-making and chatbot laws11 Aug 2026 · Colorado, US
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Most EU AI Act rules now apply, including transparency duties2 Aug 2026 · European Union