#AI regulation

Articles (9)

• 🇬🇧 Ad for AI editing app which said it could 'erase anything' banned for sexualising women — 18/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  An advert for an AI video editing tool which said it could "erase anything" - implying users could remove a woman's clothing - has been banned.

  Related: #Advertising ethics
• 🇺🇸 Pentagon stuns Silicon Valley with Anthropic ban — 03/03/2026 [USA]

  The Trump administration’s decision to cut off the government’s use of Anthropic and label the company a supply chain risk after a dispute over AI safeguards is sending shock waves through Silicon Val...

  Related: #Government technology policy, #Corporate-government relations
• 🇺🇸 Instagram to start parent alerts for teen suicide, self-harm searches as Meta trials continue — 26/02/2026 [USA]

  Parents will receive alerts via email, text, WhatsApp or Instagram if their teens are repeatedly searching for "phrases promoting suicide or self-harm."

  Related: #Social media safety, #Teen mental health, #Parental controls
• 🇺🇸 Inside the $265mn war over who writes America’s AI rules — 26/02/2026 [USA]

  Silicon Valley rivals in spending blitz for control of Congress and state capitols

  Related: #Corporate lobbying, #Technology governance
• 🇺🇸 Dueling PACs take center stage in midterm elections over AI regulation — 19/02/2026 [USA]

  Two groups with opposite missions and backing from different companies are making a New York congressional primary a central battleground.

  Related: #Political action committees (PACs), #Corporate influence on elections, #Midterm election battlegrounds, #Primary campaign dynamics
• 🇺🇸 California builds AI oversight unit and presses on xAI investigation — 18/02/2026 [USA] Related: #Technology governance, #Policy innovation
• 🇺🇸 AI toy company Miko adds an AI off switch after political pressure — 17/02/2026 [USA]

  Miko, a company that makes toys powered by AI, is including an AI off-switch for its core technology after political pressure and probes of their products.

  Related: #Privacy concerns, #Consumer protection
• 🇺🇸 Meta, X and TikTok face Spanish investigation over AI child abuse content — 17/02/2026 [USA] Related: #Child safety, #Tech accountability
• 🇺🇸 Anthropic Donates $20 Million to Super PAC Operation to Counter OpenAI — 12/02/2026 [USA]

  Anthropic and OpenAI now have their own well-funded political groups that will square off in the midterm elections over artificial intelligence safety and regulation.

  Related: #Political influence, #Corporate competition, #Technology policy