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Anthropic sues Pentagon over blacklisting

Anthropic has filed a lawsuit to block the Pentagon from placing it on a national security blacklist, escalating the artificial intelligence lab’s high-stakes battle with the US military over...

US mulls new rules for AI chip exports

Posted on   |  by Alexandra Alper and Stephen Nellis
US officials are debating a new regulatory framework for exporting artificial intelligence chips and are considering requiring foreign nations to invest in US AI data centers or security guarantees...

US orders diplomats to fight data sovereignty initiatives

Posted on   |  by Raphael Satter
The Trump administration has ordered US diplomats to lobby against attempts to regulate US tech companies’ handling of foreigners’ data, saying in an internal diplomatic cable that such efforts...

California builds AI oversight unit as xAI probe continues

Posted on   |  by Krystal Hu, Jeffrey Dastin and Max Cherney
California Attorney General Rob Bonta is building an artificial intelligence accountability program as his office probes Elon Musk’s xAI over the generation of non-consensual sexually explicit images. The California...

Trump imposes 25pc tariff on imports of some AI chips

Posted on   |  by Ismail Shakil, Bhargav Acharya and Chris Sanders
US President Donald Trump has imposed a 25 per cent tariff on certain AI chips, such as the Nvidia H200 AI processor and a similar semiconductor from AMD called...

US suspends tech ‘prosperity deal’ with UK

Posted on   |  by Alistair Smout and Gursimran Kaur
The United States is stalling the implementation of a £31 billion (A$62 billion) technology agreement with Britain, officials said, following concerns in Washington over London’s approach to digital regulation...

Trump to sign ‘one rule’ executive order on AI

Posted on   |  by Bhargav Acharya
US President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order this week that he said would create a single national rule for artificial intelligence, which the industry has said...

eSafety Commissioner called to testify before US Congress

Posted on   |  by Byron Kaye
A US congressional committee called on Australia’s internet regulator to testify about the country’s laws governing the internet, calling her a “noted zealot for global takedowns” who “threatens speech...