Allies are cracking down on X and its AI Grok over illegal content, while Washington largely stands aside. On Feb. 3, French authorities searched the Paris offices of X as part of an investigation…
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Recent regulatory responses to the large language model (LLM) Grok regarding its use in generating deepfakes reveal something more interesting than “many tech companies behave badly.” They expose a mismatch between how…
On Jan. 7, U.S. President Donald Trump issued a memorandum ordering the United States to withdraw from 66 international organizations. Many of these are various United Nations entities or organizations concerned with climate change…
In a Policy Forum, Doni Bloomfield and colleagues discuss the need for expanded – yet tailored and flexible – governance for the biological data used to develop powerful artificial intelligence (AI) models.…
The Trump administration gutted another office tackling Chinese tech threats—national security missteps that will be difficult to untangle. On Jan. 23, the Wall Street Journal reported that the Trump administration has pushed out two…
Global AI governance is increasingly complex and fragmented. The three-layer framework of internet governance can yield powerful insights. “If the 20th century ran on oil and steel, the 21st century runs on…
AI may soon automate regulatory compliance itself—making regulations contingent on whether compliance can be reliably completed by AI tools. Disagreements about artificial intelligence (AI) policy can seem intractable. For all the novel…
How AI, automation, and continuous testing could replace checklist cyber compliance with faster, cheaper, and more resilient regulation. The Trump administration has a unique opportunity for a fresh start in cyber regulation…
Grok’s nudification scandal shows how “free speech” rhetoric is being used to obscure any ethical responsibility for real-world harm. In December 2025, Grok, X’s built-in artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, began producing “nudified” images that…
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Trump’s demand that Nvidia pay a cut of its China sales in exchange for export licenses is illegal. Companies and states can sue to stop it. The Trump administration is taxing chip…
