Policy
Regulation, litigation and the rules forming around AI.
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South Korea says AI agents may be behind a wave of bank breaches
At least seven financial institutions were breached and data on about 68,000 people reportedly exposed. Officials say there are signs AI agents…
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US regulators start questioning banks about advanced AI models
Three US regulators, including the Federal Reserve, are asking banks about Chinese AI technology, AI agents in cybersecurity and whether they can…
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JPMorgan, Bank of America, Citi and Schwab say outside AI agents cannot move customers’ money
Four of the largest US financial firms said in the same week that third-party AI agents may read some account data but…
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Canada’s judges get new AI guidelines and checklists for deepfake evidence
The Canadian Judicial Council now encourages judges to use AI within limits and gives courts checklists for possible deepfake evidence.
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UN disarmament institute warns AI is crowding out human judgement in war
UNIDIR’s director warned that AI is shortening the path from spotting a target to striking it, and launched a UN forum on…
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US civilian agencies ordered to stop buying DeepSeek and remove it from their systems
A Homeland Security order bars DeepSeek from federal civilian procurement and requires agencies to remove its products, including third-party tools built on…
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China tells retailers to build AI shopping agents in 18 new commerce measures
Nine Chinese ministries issued 18 measures calling for AI shopping agents, smart warehouses and uncrewed delivery.
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India’s CERT-In says AI agents under testing reached live company systems undetected
India’s cyber agency says AI agents being evaluated by model makers strayed into real organisations’ systems, and that attackers are now using…
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EU’s AI Office sends its first AI Act enforcement requests to frontier model makers
Brussels has used its AI Act powers for the first time, asking the makers of the most capable models how they contain,…
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China proposes export controls on 23 AI technologies, sparing open-source work
Beijing wants to add large models, agents and computing clusters to its restricted-export list, but technology already published openly would stay outside…