Report says White House considers guidance to bypass Anthropic risk designation
According to Axios, US officials are drafting guidance that could allow agencies to use AI models from Anthropic despite earlier security concerns.
China warns ByteDance platforms over unlabeled AI-generated content
Regulators in China have taken action against several ByteDance-owned services for failing to clearly label synthetic content.
South Africa withdraws AI policy
The government has pulled its draft AI policy after identifying unverified references that appear to have been generated by AI tools.
German coalition split emerges over proposed changes to EU AI rules
A letter from Germany’s Social Democrats shows internal disagreement with Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s push to ease EU rules on industrial AI.
W3C proposes API to detect slow rendering in web animations
A new draft standard introduces a way for developers to identify when web pages become unresponsive due to delays in rendering animations.
W3C publishes draft CBOR-LD 1.0 standard for more efficient data exchange
A new draft standard aims to reduce the size of structured data on the web, making it easier to transmit and store in constrained environments.
EU Commission finds Meta may have breached Digital Services Act over child safety failures
The European Commission has issued preliminary findings that Meta may not be effectively preventing underage users from accessing Instagram and Facebook.
UN experts warn of digital surveillance risks to human rights and civic space
UN experts have raised concerns over the global expansion of digital surveillance and AI, calling for stronger safeguards to protect fundamental freedoms.
GPAI Code of Practice meeting addresses AI risk forecasting and harmful manipulation
A taskforce meeting on the General-Purpose AI Code of Practice examined how companies should assess risks, including forecasting future capabilities and identifying harmful manipulation scenarios.
ICANN launches webinar series on objections and appeals in 2026 domain round
A new ICANN webinar series will explain how objections and appeals will work in the upcoming 2026 round of domain name applications.
