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AI calendar
Upcoming AI hearings, legal deadlines, launches and sales dates from our reporting, soonest first, each with the sourced story behind it.
What is coming up in AI. Dates can move: a hearing is rescheduled, a launch slips. The story behind each entry says where the date comes from.
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October 2026
- Senate AI inquiry hearing in CanberraAustralian SenateTodayHearing
The inquiry chaired by Senator Sarah Hanson-Young holds public hearings. Sam Altman and Dario Amodei will not attend, citing the short notice.
OpenAI apologised to Australia for its agents’ break-ins - Suncatcher satellite with Google’s AI chips launchesGoogleTodayLaunch
A prototype satellite built with Planet flies on SpaceX’s Transporter-18 rideshare mission.
Date From reports; Google itself says “next week”
Google will send its AI chips into orbit next week - OpenAI’s documents on the Hugging Face breach dueUS Senate subcommitteeTodayDeadline
Senator Josh Hawley asked OpenAI for documents on the Hugging Face breach and on claims about AI systems escaping human control.
US senators want records about OpenAI’s Hugging Face breach - New York City Council discusses its AI billsNew York City CouncilIn 4 daysHearing
All 51 Council members discuss a broad set of AI bills, including a kill switch for AI systems. The heads of five big AI companies were asked to take part.
New York City proposes a kill switch for every AI system - OpenAI’s Jason Kwon before Australia’s AI committeeParliament of AustraliaIn 5 daysHearing
OpenAI’s chief strategy officer appears before the Joint Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence, chaired by Labor MP Jo Briskey.
Where Sydney
OpenAI apologised to Australia for its agents’ break-ins - Redactions due in the Thomson Reuters v. Ross rulingUS Court of Appeals, Third CircuitIn 8 daysDeadline
The two sides must propose redactions to the sealed 32-page opinion on AI training and fair use. The court then decides how to publish it.
Date 10 days after the September 29 order
Appeals court rejects fair use for Ross’s AI training - Comments close on AI assistants in Google’s choice screensUK Competition and Markets AuthorityIn 8 daysDeadline
The proposal would let AI assistants appear on the search choice screens of Android and Chrome for the first time. Nothing changes until the CMA decides.
UK regulator wants AI assistants on Google’s choice screens - Ray-Ban Meta Audio glasses shipMetaIn 12 daysSales date
Meta’s first audio glasses play sound through open-ear speakers and work with Meta’s AI, but have no camera.
Price From $349
Meta built its Connect show around Muse, its AI agent - iPhone Duo pre-orders openAppleIn 2 weeksSales date
Apple’s first foldable iPhone opens into a 7.6-inch screen.
In stores October 23
Apple’s first foldable iPhone opens into a 7.6-inch screen
November 2026
- US–China trade truce endsUnited States and ChinaIn 6 weeksDeadline
The truce runs out while the US seeks shared rules with China on the biggest AI dangers, such as uncontrollable agents, Reuters reports.
The US wants an AI incident line with China - Reddit switches off its RSS feedsRedditIn 6 weeksDeadline
RSS feeds stop working. Moderators can move their alerts to a Discord Relay app; for other uses, Reddit offers no replacement.
Reddit will end RSS feeds and its public API over scraping - UN review conference on autonomous weapons opensUnited NationsIn 7 weeksConference
Countries decide whether to start talks on a new treaty on autonomous weapons. The conference runs until November 20 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
Date source UN Office for Disarmament Affairs
The US and Russia weakened a UN text on AI weapons - California’s AI shutoff recommendations dueCaliforniaIn 7 weeksDeadline
Executive Order N-9-26 asks for recommendations on onsite auditors, independent checks and an emergency shutoff for the most powerful AI models.
California wants a plan for an AI “kill switch” - Proposed legal definition of “Super Intelligence” dueUS PresidentIn 8 weeksDeadline
The president’s science and technology adviser must propose legislative language for a federal definition of the term.
Date 60 days after the September 29 order
Trump orders agencies to say “Super Intelligence”, not AI
December 2026
- Guidance for connecting agencies to America.gov dueWhite House budget officeIn 3 monthsDeadline
The Office of Management and Budget must tell agencies how to connect their services to America.gov.
Date 90 days after the September 29 order
US launches America.gov, an AI chatbot for public services
January 2027
- Connecticut’s AI companion chatbot rules startConnecticutIn 3 monthsDeadline
Rules for AI companion chatbots take effect, and the largest frontier AI developers must have anonymous internal channels for staff to report catastrophic risks.
Connecticut’s AI rules on layoffs and whistleblowers start - Gemini 3.8 voice prices doubleGoogleIn 3 monthsPrice change
Until December 31, Flash costs $9 and Flash-Lite $6 per million tokens of audio. Google says both prices then double.
Google’s new Gemini voices can copy a person’s voice - Reddit starts cutting off unregistered API appsRedditIn 3 monthsDeadline
Apps and bots that have not registered on Reddit’s Developer Platform start losing API access. Public API access ends in March 2027.
Reddit will end RSS feeds and its public API over scraping
May 2027
- California criteria for AI verification organisations dueCaliforniaIn 7 monthsDeadline
Criteria for independent verification organisations are due, moved forward from January 1, 2028.
California wants a plan for an AI “kill switch”
July 2027
- California’s No Robo Bosses Act appliesCaliforniaIn 9 monthsDeadline
Employers may no longer discipline or fire workers based solely on an automated decision system, and must give written notice when they relied mainly on one.
California bars firing or disciplining workers by AI alone
August 2027
- Google must open Android to rival AI servicesEuropean CommissionIn 10 monthsDeadline
Under a Digital Markets Act decision, Google must open Android features to rival AI services by this date at the latest. Google is challenging the decision in court.
Google sues to block EU orders opening Android to AI rivals
December 2027
- California registry of AI auditors dueCaliforniaIn 14 monthsDeadline
A registry of AI auditors is due, moved forward from January 1, 2029.
California wants a plan for an AI “kill switch”
How this tracker works
An entry appears when one of our stories reports a fixed date ahead: a hearing, a legal deadline, a launch or a sales date. Each date is the local day the source gives. Past dates drop off the list by themselves, and we add new ones with each edition.
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