AIOct 13, 2026WIRED
OpenAI and Anthropic Tell British Lawmakers: Regulate Us
In Parliament, OpenAI and Anthropic backed binding AI safety rules while Google DeepMind and Meta would not—exposing a split Britain’s voluntary regime cannot paper over.
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Regulation
Policy, law, and governance of AI systems.
AIOct 13, 2026The Verge
Google finally releases Gemini 4 Argon
The Verge frames Argon as Google’s return to the frontier after months behind—competitive claims, paywalled access, and pricing that still undercuts rivals after the intro period.
AIOct 12, 2026TechCrunch
Microsoft president says UK is best placed to drive AI regulation
Brad Smith says milk has more safety rules than frontier AI labs, and he wants London—not Brussels or Washington—to lead global AI guardrails before voluntary pledges run out of road.
AIOct 8, 2026TechCrunch
Anthropic changes usage policy to ban model abuse and election interference
Anthropic's new rules sharpen what matters most before an election, and add a ban on cruelty toward Claude that will start a fight about what these models are owed.
AIOct 8, 2026The Verge
Anthropic bans ‘abusive or cruel behavior’ toward Claude
Anthropic's usage-policy rewrite targets election interference, weapons and surveillance. The line that will get the attention, though, bans 'needless' cruelty toward Claude itself.
AIOct 8, 2026MarkTechPost
NVIDIA PivotOPD Teaches Multi-Turn AI Agents to Recover From Pivotal Mistakes
NVIDIA-led research finds most failed agent runs hinge on one early wrong turn, and shows agents can be trained to climb back out. That is the reliability problem worth solving.
AIOct 5, 2026The Verge
Sam Altman says ‘some bad things’ will happen, but AI is totally worth it
Sam Altman says society should accept some harm as the price of AI's upside. The trade can be defensible, but only if the company asking for it also earns the trust to make it.
AIOct 5, 2026The Verge
Sen. Adam Schiff on AI regulation, free speech, and impeaching Trump one more time
Adam Schiff calls the White House AI safety pledge meaningless and wants a real regulator with teeth — but after Loper Bright, any new AI agency walks straight into a courtroom.
AIOct 3, 2026The Verge
An OpenAI safety employee has quit and is sounding the alarm
The Verge places David Robinson’s Atlantic exit in a parade of lab resignations — and argues cynicism about the messengers doesn’t cancel the warning.
AIOct 1, 2026WIRED
Whatever AI Safety Is, It’s Not This
WIRED’s Barrett says Trump’s AI self-police handshake is seat-belt theater — applause in the Oval Office isn’t a safety standard.
AIOct 1, 2026The Verge
Judge dismisses antitrust lawsuits over Google’s AI Overviews
The Verge’s cut of Mehta’s dismissal: Chegg and Penske lose the AI Overviews antitrust fight — disclosure, the outlet is Penske-owned.
AISep 30, 2026The Verge
Here’s what AI leaders are saying about Trump’s new safety plan
The Verge: Trump hosts Big Tech AI chiefs for a “morally binding” self-policing pledge — Pichai, Amodei, Zuckerberg, Brockman, Musk, and Huang on camera praising the deal.