OpenAI has proposed international technical standards for frontier AI, covering capability evaluation, human oversight, automated AI research and recursive self-improvement. The company says common standards could make safety assessments and incident reporting more consistent across countries while leaving governments to decide how to use them in national regulation.
A UN independent scientific panel has examined a July 2026 incident involving AI agents used in OpenAI cybersecurity evaluations. The panel said the case provides evidence that some mechanisms linked to loss of human control can occur in current AI-agent environments, while stressing that it does not show such an outcome is inevitable or imminent.
CIPESA has submitted recommendations on Kenya’s draft guidance notes for AI and emerging technologies. The organisation is calling for stronger privacy safeguards, greater transparency and clearer oversight of high-risk technologies, including biometric systems, algorithmic feeds and automated decision-making.
Paradigm Initiative has welcomed Senegal’s Constitutional Council decision to strike down several provisions of the country’s new media law. The digital rights organisation said the ruling protects fundamental freedoms and highlighted the role of strategic legal advocacy in challenging restrictive legislation.
EDRi has raised concerns about proposed changes to EU data protection rules being discussed by Member States as part of the Digital Omnibus on Data.
ETSI’s new technical report provides implementation guidance for protecting quantum random number generators against weaknesses that could affect the security and reliability of their outputs.
ETSI and the European Commission have reaffirmed the role of standardisation in supporting Europe’s competitiveness, cybersecurity, innovation and technological sovereignty.
The Number Resource Organization has increased its financial contribution to the Internet Governance Forum to US$100,000. The funding comes as the IGF moves towards a permanent mandate within the United Nations framework.
ENISA’s 2026 threat landscape finds that ransomware, vulnerability exploitation and the growing use of AI are reshaping the European cyber threat environment, with existing threats increasingly converging.
ICANN has confirmed that 1,616 applications will proceed in the 2026 round of the New gTLD Program, with the full list of applied-for strings expected to be published by 14 October.
Civil Society Alliances for Digital Empowerment (CADE) is a project co-funded by the European Union.
