Regulation & Policy
AI regulation has stopped being theoretical. With the EU AI Act phasing in and governments worldwide drafting their own rules, the compliance landscape now shapes what products you can ship and where. This category breaks down the major frameworks — what they require, who they apply to, and the deadlines that matter.
We translate dense legal text into decisions founders, PMs, and operators can act on: risk classifications, documentation duties, data-governance obligations, and the practical cost of getting it wrong. Beyond AI, we follow the broader policy currents — data protection, platform rules, and cross-border enforcement — so you can build with regulation in mind instead of scrambling to retrofit it later.
Apple Sues OpenAI: The Job Interview as an Alleged Collection Tool
Apple's complaint alleges OpenAI used interviews to extract hardware secrets - internal code names, and candidates asked to bring actual batteries and logic boards for show and tell. What is alleged, what is proven, and why the hiring freeze may matter more than the verdict.
Washington's AI 'Apollo Program': Inside the DOE's 278-Project Genesis Mission
The US Department of Energy launched the first wave of its Genesis Mission - 278 AI-for-science projects across all 50 states, backed by a $5B White House commitment - aimed at nuclear energy, fusion, critical minerals and chip design. Why it's industrial strategy, not just grants.
Anthropic's $1.5 Billion Copyright Settlement, Explained: What It Actually Settles
A judge approved Anthropic's $1.5B settlement over pirated books used to train Claude - the largest copyright recovery in US history. But the real story is the legal line it draws: training was ruled fair use, piracy wasn't. What it means for AI.
The AI Watchdogs Are Multiplying — and None of Them Are Talking to Each Other
A frontier lab, a national government, a central banker and a US state each moved to rein in AI within a single July week — and none was coordinating with the others. Oversight is finally arriving, but in disconnected pieces. That fragmentation is itself the story.
Anthropic Redeploys Claude Fable 5 After US Export Controls Lifted
Claude Fable 5 returns July 1 after a three-week suspension over US export controls — and comes back with a tightened cyber-safety classifier prompted by a vulnerability-finding jailbreak.
Germany Would Rather Accept Weaker Cloud Services Than Depend on US Providers
A Bitkom 2026 survey shows a growing share of German firms would accept a weaker cloud service to avoid US dependency, pricing sovereignty as a feature over raw capability.
How to Track AI Regulation as a Founder or Product Manager
AI regulation changes faster than teams can track. Here's a lightweight, repeatable system for founders and PMs to monitor EU, US, UK and platform policy — scope, sources, cadence, and an owner — without a policy team.
The EU AI Act and Global AI Regulation: What Tech Companies Should Watch in 2026
The EU AI Act is moving from debate to enforcement, and its reach extends well beyond Europe. Here's how its risk tiers work, why it affects global companies, and what to do now to prepare.