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105 events 7 over 7 days ↑ 75 % 23 sources report highest score 94

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Germany is establishing the federal AI safety institute DE-AISI

In June 2026, the German government decided to establish the federal institute DE-AISI to analyse the safety of advanced AI models. Four cities are competing to host it, while Bitkom and DFKI are disputing the scope of its mandate; UK, USA and nine other countries or the EU already have similar institutes.

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Australia canceled an AI data center project near Mandoon Bilya following a campaign for the rights of an Indigenous community

In May 2026, a company canceled plans for a 120MW AI data center near Mandoon Bilya in Perth following a campaign by Bibbul Ngarma Aboriginal Association over threats to sacred sites and a water source. Similar disputes are also emerging elsewhere in Australia and in North America.

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Colombia proposes an AI law modelled on the EU AI Act; commentary criticises insufficient adaptation to local conditions

The Colombian parliament is considering bill 025/2026, which copies the risk-based model of the EU AI Act. According to a commentary published by Tech Policy Press, the law does not account for the weaker institutional and economic capacity of the country and could burden domestic companies while leaving foreign AI developers unrestricted.

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Commentary criticizes the debate about AI consciousness as a way for companies to evade responsibility for the actions of AI agents

A commentary in MIT Technology Review argues that rhetoric about the consciousness and autonomy of AI systems (J-space from Anthropic, statements by Sam Altman about the singularity, calls for AI rights) in practice helps companies avoid liability for harm caused by their AI agents.

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US Congress proposes special protections for whistleblowers reporting risks at AI companies

Senator Chuck Grassley introduced the AI Whistleblower Protection Act in May 2025, the first federal bill protecting employees of AI companies who report a serious risk even without a violation of the law. Similar protections are also included in an amendment to the NDAA and the Great American AI Act proposal.

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AI and data centers have become the main issue in the 2026 US elections

An analysis by Washington Post shows that AI and data centers have become issues in nearly 40 % of US races for the House of Representatives, the Senate and governorships. Democrats mention the topic twice as often, emphasizing regulation and child safety, while Republicans emphasize competition with China and national security.

Importance: monitoring Meta Regulation and law 1 source

Former head of civil rights at Meta criticizes the discrepancy between the manifesto by Zuckerberg and the company's practices

Former vice president for civil rights at Meta Roy Austin criticizes the manifesto “The Future is for Everyone” by Mark Zuckerberg for the discrepancy between promises of ethical AI and the company's practices – eliminating ethics teams and lobbying against AI regulation.

Importance: important Anthropic Regulation and law update ✓ 4

Anthropic launched an API for verifying watermarks in text from Claude

Anthropic launched an API that allows regulators, media outlets, fact-checkers and companies to verify an invisible watermark in text from Claude — a response to EU AI Act obligations in effect since August 2026. Critics point out that rewriting removes the watermark from the text and that the method may affect quality.

New: Anthropic launched a watermark verification API for verifying watermarks; The API is available to regulators, media outlets, fact-checkers, nonprofit organizations and businesses; The system is based on the SynthID method from Google; The API allows eligible entities to verify the presence of watermarks in text from Claude

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Analysis: AI regulation based on the text of system prompts is insufficient, say authors writing for Tech Policy Press

An analysis on Tech Policy Press (authors Neumann, Sargeant, Singh) argues that AI safety regulation based on the text of system prompts is insufficient – prompts provide only weak assurances about behavior and can conceal the gap between intent and actual model output. Evidence: incidents involving Grok and GPT-4o.

Importance: monitoring Anthropic Regulation and law update ✓ 2

Anthropic challenges US approach in the Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 export control case, responds with jailbreak severity framework

Anthropic challenged the legality and process of the US export controls that led it to temporarily suspend access to the Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models in June 2026. In response, it published a jailbreak severity framework and a program for reporting jailbreaks.

New: Export control issued due to concerns about a jailbreak and the model's cyber capabilities; Anthropic challenged the legality of the export control and the lack of a clear process; Anthropic responded by publishing a jailbreak severity framework

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US government creates a classified framework for security reviews of frontier AI models

According to Tech Policy Press, the US government is developing a classified framework under Executive Order 14409 for reviewing frontier AI models before release, without published criteria. The process led to a 19-day block on models from Anthropic and a limited launch of GPT-5.6 from OpenAI.

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Judge questioned the ban on technologies from the company Anthropic for the US federal government

US judge Rita Lin said that the US government had not provided evidence to support designating the company Anthropic as a security risk and banning its technologies in the federal government. The dispute concerns the refusal by Anthropic to deploy AI for surveillance and lethal decision-making for the Department of Defense.

Importance: major Regulation and law update ✓ 3

AI Act: shortly after mandatory labeling of AI content is introduced, tools emerge to circumvent it

Shortly after mandatory labeling of AI content under Article 50 AI Act was introduced, tools emerged to remove it. According to the source, Grok from Elon Musk ignores labeling, which may paradoxically favor models beyond the reach of EU regulation, such as Chinese models.

New: Tools exist that can remove or cover up mandatory AI labels; Labeling of AI content works through invisible characters and non-random word selection; AI Act regulation may become ineffective because of circumvention techniques; Grok from Elon Musk ignores mandatory labeling; The regulation may paradoxically favor Chinese models outside the scope of EU rules