Regulations that force developers to disclose trade secrets to the public could violate the Constitution. How can regulators respond? In December 2025, Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence (AI) company, xAI, filed a lawsuit against the…
The line between cyber offense and defense is disappearing—but the law still treats them very differently. That gap is getting costly. A criminal hacking group is conducting phishing attacks, masquerading as an…
As one of his first acts in office, President Trump rescinded President Biden’s executive order imposing basic safety reporting requirements on artificial intelligence (AI) companies. A few days later, Trump issued an executive order directing federal…
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Russia is winning UN cyber governance—procedurally. Democracies must start leading on a new, positive agenda or lose the game entirely. In recent years, the UN General Assembly—especially its First Committee, dedicated to…
Before the executive branch deploys advanced AI systems in its most abuse-prone functions, it should receive congressional approval. On March 26, Judge Rita Lin of the U.S. District Court for the Northern…
You open a free app to do one simple thing. Before you even start, a full-screen message asks whether you want to try the paid version. The “Start free trial” button is…
Post-2022 efforts use ad buys to reach millions—drawing real reactions, Community Notes, and appeals to Grok. In August 2022, Stanford Internet Observatory and Graphika published “Unheard Voice,” a report analyzing pro-Western influence…
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AI dominance will require more than faster models—it will require breakthroughs in understanding, testing, and securing frontier AI. A fundamental tension previously defined the artificial intelligence (AI) policy landscape: Proposals for the…
Identifying and analysing climate risks is a necessary function of governments, but researchers at Adelaide University’s Environment Institute argue such processes will not lead to effective action without taking additional steps to…
In the 1300s, the Black Death swept across Europe, killing 30 to 50 percent of the continent’s population. The loss of nearly one-third of the continent’s labor supply caused wages to rise…
