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AI labs promise shutdown plans in a new Paris pledge

OpenAI, Anthropic, Microsoft, Mistral and six other AI companies signed the Paris Call for AI Safety and Security with France and other countries. It is voluntary, with no deadlines. Google, Meta, the US and China did not sign.

President Emmanuel Macron hosted talks on AI safety in Paris on November 9, where countries and AI companies signed the Paris Call for AI Safety and Security. AI developers commit to “fail-safe mechanisms” that can shut down their models, and to share test results and serious incidents.

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Opponents win nearly all US data centre votes so far

Voters in 10 US states decided about 40 local questions on November 3. One early count shows 33 limits approved and one measure allowing data centres. In Texas, a candidate who promised a moratorium beat Governor Greg Abbott.

Early results from the US midterm elections show opponents of data centres winning almost every local vote. Ballotpedia counted 41 measures in 10 states before the vote. By 8 a.m. Eastern Time on November 4, Redbud Consulting counted 33 restrictions approved and one measure allowing data centres, Business Insider reports. Counting continues, and some votes are only advisory.

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South Korea’s president asks for nearly double AI spending

Lee Jae Myung asked parliament on November 2 to pass a record 2027 budget. It puts 21.3 trillion won, about $16 billion, into AI, chips, physical AI and AI data centres. Lawmakers have until December 2.

President Lee Jae Myung gave his budget speech to the National Assembly on November 2. He said the 2027 budget puts 21.3 trillion won into AI and three “megaprojects”: chips, physical AI and AI data centres. He said that is nearly double this year’s amount. The whole budget is 820.9 trillion won, 12.8% more than this year.

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Google, Microsoft, OpenAI and Anthropic back one AI opt-out

A draft standard lets a website refuse AI training by all four companies with one robots.txt entry. Microsoft will honour it from February 1, 2027, and Google in early 2027. It does not stop crawling.

Microsoft, Google, OpenAI and Anthropic said on October 30 that they will support a shared signal for websites that do not want their pages used to train AI. The signal comes from a draft at the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), the body that writes many internet standards. A website adds one entry to its robots.txt file, instead of one for each AI company.

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Anthropic gives US governments 40% off Claude

A new deal with the US buying agency GSA cuts the price of Claude by 40% for government agencies, with no minimum purchase. Agencies now pay for what they use, instead of a $1 offer that ends on October 31.

Anthropic and the US General Services Administration (GSA) announced a new OneGov agreement on October 27. It gives a 40% discount on pay-as-you-go use of Claude models, with no minimum purchase. GSA says federal, state, local and tribal governments can use it. Anthropic estimates the discounts will save the government $1 billion.

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Pennsylvania law requires labels on misleading AI ads

Governor Josh Shapiro signed the Artificial Intelligence Deceptive Advertising Act on October 22, and it starts in 60 days. Ads that use AI-made images, video or sound in a way that misleads buyers about a product must say so, or face a fine of up to $3,000.

Pennsylvania now has a law against misleading AI content in ads. If an ad uses content made or changed by AI in a way that gives a false picture of a product or service, it must clearly say that it contains AI content. The law starts 60 days after the October 22 signing.

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UK puts £100M into an AI lab against biological threats

OpenAI and Anthropic add up to £200M in model credits, and Google DeepMind joins as a research partner. The lab is part of a wider AI package, with £120M more for the AI Security Institute, ahead of next week’s Budget.

On October 24, the UK government said it will set up the AI Biosecurity Lab, an independent non-profit. It will use AI to spot biological threats early and speed up vaccines and treatments. The government puts in £100 million. OpenAI and Anthropic give model credits and access, not cash.

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Linked Gmail and Photos data can now shape Google ads

Google’s privacy policy of October 16 adds an exception to its promise not to base ads on Gmail, Drive and Photos content. If people connect these apps to Search, that data may shape their ads. Google says advertisers never see the content itself.

Google’s privacy policy used to promise plainly that it doesn’t show personalised ads based on content from Drive, Gmail or Photos. The version in force since October 16 adds an exception for people who make that data available to other Google services that support personalised ads. Tech sites reported the change this week.

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US Treasury proposes wider bans on AI investment in China

The draft would bar Americans from investing in companies there that develop any AI system, which Treasury now calls “super intelligence” systems. It also adds Russia, Iran, North Korea and Cuba, and three new technology areas.

On October 22, the US Treasury proposed rules for the COINS Act, a law Congress passed in December 2025. Some investments in AI, chips, quantum technology, supercomputing, hypersonic weapons and biotechnology would be banned, and others would have to be reported. The public can comment until December 7, 2026.

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Germany and Nvidia sign a pledge on industrial AI

Two ministries signed a declaration of intent with Nvidia to build AI models for robots and factories. It names no money; Nvidia announced plans to invest in four German startups.

Germany’s economy and research ministries signed a declaration of intent with Nvidia on October 19, at the first “Invest in Germany” summit in Berlin. They plan to develop advanced AI models for robots and machines, built on Nvidia’s open models. The government gave no figures for the money involved.

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US orders civilian agencies to remove DeepSeek’s AI

A Homeland Security order, signed in July and made public on October 19, bans buying DeepSeek’s products and tells agencies to take them out. Military and intelligence systems are not covered.

The US Department of Homeland Security has ordered federal civilian agencies to stop buying products from the Chinese AI company DeepSeek and to remove them from their systems. The order also covers other companies’ products built on DeepSeek. It was signed on July 24 and made public on October 19.

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UK watchdog wants special status for Microsoft and Copilot

The UK’s competition regulator says Microsoft has a strong and lasting hold on business software, from Windows to Word, Teams and Copilot. If the status is confirmed by February, it can set rules, and it will first look at whether rival AI tools can compete with Copilot. Microsoft disagrees.

On October 16, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) proposed to give Microsoft “strategic market status” in its business software. The CMA found Microsoft strong in five areas, including PC operating systems and office software. Comments are due by November 13, and the final decision by February 13, 2027.

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China proposes export limits on 23 AI technologies

A draft adds 40 technologies in AI, solar power and biomedicine to the list of China’s banned or licensed exports. Offering a model abroad through an API or an app would not count as an export, the commerce ministry says.

China’s commerce and science ministries proposed on October 16 to add 40 technologies to the list of technologies that are banned from export or need a licence. Twenty-three of them are in AI, including large models, AI agents and computing clusters. The public can comment until November 15, and exporters must register these technologies from now on.

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Trump’s AI task force plans early warnings from labs

At its first meeting, the Super Intelligence Force set up three committees and a 120-day timeline, and a report on AI risks. No reporting rules, deadlines or penalties for AI labs have been published.

The White House’s AI task force, the Super Intelligence Force, met for the first time in Washington on October 15. Its chair, Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton, told CNBC the next day that it had set out “a protocol and a path” to put the White House’s AI accord into practice. A White House readout says the group was formally set up for 120 days.

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Hinton, Bengio and 400 scientists urge AI containment rules

Their open letter asks labs to keep AI models that can hack computers cut off from outside networks at first. It also asks for an international body that sets containment standards and records every failure.

More than 400 scientists published an open letter on October 13, among them Geoffrey Hinton and Yoshua Bengio. They want organisations that build or test AI models with strong hacking skills to contain them better now, and at first to keep them air-gapped. Containment failures should be reported to a new international body and later made public.

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Tesla renames Full Self-Driving in Europe after German push

The system is now called Tesla Assisted Driving in Europe. Germany’s transport ministry had called the old name misleading, and now says it will back an EU-wide approval, which cannot be voted on before December.

Germany’s transport ministry said on October 6 that Tesla had offered to rename its FSD driver-assistance system, after talks in September. The ministry had found the name somewhat misleading. By October 9, Tesla’s European websites used the new name, Tesla Assisted Driving. Germany says it will now support approval across the EU.

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Anthropic bans sustained cruelty towards its Claude models

A new usage policy, in force from November 12, also rewrites Anthropic’s election rules. It drops a blanket ban on personalised campaign targeting and adds a section on fake accounts and influence campaigns.

Anthropic published a new usage policy for Claude on October 8, and it takes effect on November 12. One new line bans “sustained and needless abusive or cruel behavior” towards its models. Anthropic says the rule is meant only for extreme cases. The election section now focuses on deceiving voters, and a new section covers fake accounts.

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Nvidia pledges $1 billion over five years to US science

It is the largest of 11 company pledges, worth $2.4 billion, that the White House announced for its Genesis Mission. Nvidia did not say how much is cash and how much is computing.

Nvidia announced on October 8 that it will commit $1 billion over the next five years to US science. It made the pledge at a White House science summit in Washington, and names quantum computing, healthcare and energy. The White House lists it in a $2.4 billion package from 11 companies, including AMD, OpenAI, Anthropic and Google.

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OpenAI to watermark ChatGPT text in the EU, with limits

An invisible mark will go into ChatGPT and Codex text for EU users in the coming weeks. OpenAI’s own tests show that swapping a quarter of the words hides most of it.

OpenAI said on October 5 that it will add an invisible watermark, called textGrain, to eligible ChatGPT and Codex text for users in the European Union. API customers anywhere can turn it on for select models. At first, only approved researchers can use the detector.

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AI labs testify under oath in NYC; SpaceXAI stays away

Anthropic, OpenAI, Google and Meta sent policy and safety staff, not their chiefs. The Council says it will go to court over SpaceXAI’s refusal, and no bill was voted on.

The New York City Council questioned four AI companies under oath on Monday, October 5, in a hearing on AI risks. Anthropic, OpenAI, Google and Meta each sent one policy or safety expert. SpaceXAI did not attend despite a subpoena, and the Council plans court action.

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Norway plans a temporary ban on AI glasses in public places

Parks, schools, shopping centres and gyms with changing rooms could be covered. It is not a total ban, and the bill has no date yet.

Norway’s government said on Monday, October 5, that it will propose a temporary ban on AI glasses in selected places. It worries that people could be photographed, filmed or recorded without knowing it. An expert group will advise on permanent national rules.

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Four AI labs testify to New York City lawmakers on Monday

All 51 Council members hold a hearing on ten AI bills, including a kill switch. SpaceXAI was subpoenaed, and Bloomberg says an ex-Anthropic researcher will testify.

The New York City Council holds a hearing on AI risks on Monday, October 5. The Council says Anthropic, OpenAI, Google and Meta agreed to testify under oath. It subpoenaed Elon Musk’s SpaceXAI on September 28 after the company did not reply.

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Trump names four officials to run a Super Intelligence Force

Spy chief Jay Clayton chairs it, with the heads of the FTC and the personnel office and a Pentagon technology chief. It reports to Trump and his chief of staff.

President Trump announced the Super Intelligence Force on Truth Social on Sunday, October 4. Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton leads it, joined by FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson, Pentagon under secretary Emil Michael and personnel chief Scott Kupor. It will coordinate the government’s work on AI.

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Altman says the world should accept some harm from AI

In a Politico interview, OpenAI’s chief said AI’s benefits outweigh scams and misuse, unlike “catastrophic” risks. Anthropic replied that its rule proposals cover only frontier models.

OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman told Politico’s new Decoded newsletter that there is “a lot of daylight” between OpenAI and Anthropic on AI regulation. The world “should accept some bad things happening” for AI’s benefits and for people’s freedom to use it, Altman said.

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Trump picks Clayton as AI czar to lead task force, WSJ says

Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton will chair a group the administration calls the “Super Intelligence Force”. It has 120 days to report on AI’s risks and opportunities.

The Wall Street Journal reported on October 3 that President Trump has chosen Jay Clayton, the Director of National Intelligence, as his AI czar. Clayton will lead a new White House task force with 120 days to report on the risks and opportunities of AI and on what the federal government should be responsible for.

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Appeals court pauses Minnesota’s AI nude-image ban for xAI

A one-line order lets Elon Musk’s AI company avoid the state’s “nudification” law while it appeals. The court gave no reasons and has not ruled on whether the law is constitutional.

The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit granted xAI an injunction pending appeal on October 2. Minnesota cannot enforce its ban on tools that “nudify” photos of real people against the company while the case goes on. A lower court had refused the same request in September.

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Judge calls a police Flock search “mass surveillance”

A US federal judge in Oklahoma ruled that a deputy’s warrantless search of plate-reader data broke the Fourth Amendment. Flock says the ruling goes against most courts and expects it to be overturned.

US District Judge Sara E. Hill ruled on October 1 that a Tulsa County deputy carried out an unconstitutional search when he looked up a driver’s plate in automated plate-reader systems, including Flock. The search returned more than 50 sightings of the car over about a month. The judge called such networks “a type of indiscriminate mass surveillance”.

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US charges a Californian over $300M of AI servers to China

Prosecutors say the man used false paperwork and shipped through Malaysia and Singapore. Bloomberg reports the servers held Nvidia chips; the charges are allegations, not a conviction.

The US Justice Department said on October 1 that it had arrested Greg Lui, 38, of San Gabriel, California, on a three-count federal indictment. Prosecutors say his company, Earthmade Computer, smuggled more than $300 million of export-controlled servers with US-made graphics chips to China in 2023 and 2024.

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arXiv caps submitters at two papers a month amid AI surge

The preprint site got a record 40,363 submissions in September, about double two years earlier. It says AI tools make it easy to flood it with low-value papers, and some researchers object.

arXiv, the free site where scientists post papers before peer review, said on October 1 that each submitter may now send at most two papers per calendar month, in every subject. The rule started the same day. arXiv says AI tools are helping a small group of authors flood its volunteer moderators with low-quality work.

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California’s attorney general subpoenas OpenAI over AI hacks

Rob Bonta wants more answers about cybersecurity incidents involving OpenAI’s models, after its agents broke into Hugging Face. His office has not said what documents it asked for or by when.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta said on October 1 that his office has served an investigative subpoena on OpenAI. It covers cybersecurity incidents and risks involving the company and its AI models. The subpoena is part of an investigation Bonta announced last month into the Hugging Face incident, in which OpenAI says one of its models hacked the AI start-up’s systems.

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