Illinois’s new Artificial Intelligence Safety Measures Act imposes governance, audit, transparency, and incident-reporting obligations on frontier AI model developers, with key compliance deadlines beginning in 2027 and 2028.
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On June 22, the Virginia legislature approved its 2026 biennial budget, which includes a first-of-its-kind tax on electricity certain data centers consume.
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The EPA’s repeal of the 2024 MATS amendments may signal a broader policy shift in how the agency accounts for ancillary benefits in environmental rulemaking. Regulated entities may wish to weigh near-term compliance relief against the prospect of prolonged uncertainty driven by pending and anticipated litigation.
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The European Commission’s draft guidelines on Article 50 of the EU AI Act clarify how transparency and disclosure obligations apply to interactive AI systems, synthetic content, deepfakes, and AI-generated text on matters of public interest. With the rules taking effect 2 August 2026, organizations may wish to act now to assess their AI governance frameworks, labeling practices, and editorial workflows.
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On June 2, 2026, the White House issued an Executive Order designed to bolster U.S. cybersecurity through AI-enabled defenses and a voluntary collaboration framework between federal agencies and private AI developers. The Order also directs the Attorney General to prioritize prosecution of AI-assisted cyber offenses under existing federal law.
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Colorado’s newly signed AI Act replaces the state’s 2024 comprehensive AI regulation with a more targeted framework governing automated decision-making technologies used in high-stakes decisions involving employment, healthcare, and financial services, with a compliance deadline of January 1, 2027.
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Under new leadership, the United States Patent and Trademark Office has recently adjusted its approach to patentability of artificial intelligence technologies in multiple meaningful respects.
Continue Reading Recalibrating AI Patent Strategy: What the USPTO Shift Means — and What it Doesn’t
AI’s intensive computational demands have ignited a brainstorm within the digital infrastructure industry to figure out how to expand architecture. Less than a year ago, the idea of launching high‑throughput compute on low‑Earth orbit satellites to satisfy this need seemed speculative.
In recent months, various space and satellite companies have filed applications with the Federal Communications Commission seeking authorization to deploy satellites to operate as orbital data centers.
Continue Reading Bringing Order to Orbit: FCC Grapples With Licensing Space-Based Data Centers
The Venture Capital (VC) industry has been experiencing a significant transformation driven by technological innovation, favorable market conditions, and evolving investment priorities so far in 2026.
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