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Policy & Law: the topic pulse
This week · Oct 14–Oct 20
In the seven days to Oct 20, we published 6 stories, 3 more than the week before. Policy & Law was the busiest topic, with 6 stories. US Government appeared in more stories than any other tag: 2 this week. China rose fastest, from 0 to 2 stories.
- Stories this week
- 63more than the week before
- Busiest topic
- Policy & Law6 stories
- Top tag
- US Government2 stories
- Sources linked
- 3238% primary sources
Each square is one day. The brighter the square, the more stories we published on that topic that day. The last column compares this week with the week before.
| Topic | Oct 14 | Oct 15 | Oct 16 | Oct 17 | Oct 18 | Oct 19 | Oct 20 | This week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Policy & Law | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 63more than the week before |
Tags with the biggest growth in stories between this week and the week before. The bars show the last 4 weeks, with this week on the right.
Tags with the biggest drop in stories between this week and the week before.
Cooling
No tag lost stories this week.
Most covered since October 14, 2026
The companies, products and ideas that appear in the most stories. Open a tag to read every story about it.
- 01AI Safety2 stories
- 02China2 stories
- 03Incident Reporting2 stories
- 04US Government2 stories
- 05Antitrust1 story
- 06DeepSeek1 story
- 07Export Controls1 story
- 08Geoffrey Hinton1 story
- 09Germany1 story
- 10Microsoft1 story
The biggest hubs in our knowledge graph
These topics link the most stories together. Open one in the graph to see what connects to it, and why.
- US Government16 connections · 16 storiesPolicy & Law
- AI Regulation15 connections · 15 storiesPolicy & Law
- China15 connections · 15 storiesPolicy & Law
- AI Governance10 connections · 10 storiesPolicy & Law
- AI Policy10 connections · 10 storiesPolicy & Law
- Sovereign AI10 connections · 6 storiesPolicy & Law
- Donald Trump9 connections · 9 storiesPolicy & Law
- US AI Policy9 connections · 6 storiesPolicy & Law
The mood of our news
5.5/10
Mixed
Last 30 days · Sep 21 – Oct 20 · moves forward with every edition
How positive or negative our news was, on a scale from 1.0 (extremely negative) to 10.0 (extremely positive). AI scores every story with a scoring guide for tech and AI news. There is no neutral middle: every story leans positive (6.0 and above) or negative (4.9 and below). It describes our stories, not all AI news. How we rate the mood
The evidence behind the coverage
Every story links its sources. Primary sources are the original documents, such as company announcements, filings, court papers and official statements. The rest is independent reporting and research.
| Topic | Stories | Sources per story | Primary sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Policy & Law | 6 | 5.3 | 38% |
| All topics | 6 | 5.3 | 38% |