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AI laws and rules tracker 2026
AI laws, bills, executive orders, court rulings, regulator proposals and international agreements from our reporting, with their status and next deadlines, and the sourced story behind each one.
A proposal is not a law, an investigation is not a finding, and a fact sheet is not a working agreement. The status pill says how far each item has come.
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October 2026
- US appeals court pauses Minnesota’s AI nudification ban for xAIUS Court of Appeals, 8th CircuitPaused during the appealCourt rulingCopy the link to this entry
A one-line order grants xAI an injunction pending appeal, so Minnesota cannot enforce its ban on AI tools that create fake nude images of real people against the company while the case goes on.
Reach Interim order with no reasons; the law’s constitutionality is not yet decided
Appeals court pauses Minnesota’s AI nude-image ban for xAI - US judge rules a warrantless Flock plate search unconstitutionalUS District Court, N.D. OklahomaEvidence suppressed; appeal possibleCourt rulingCopy the link to this entry
In United States v. Kyle, Judge Sara E. Hill found a deputy’s search of Flock and VehicleManager plate-reader data was a Fourth Amendment search without a warrant, and called such networks indiscriminate mass surveillance.
Reach One district court, one criminal case; other courts have ruled the other way
Judge calls a police Flock search “mass surveillance” - US charges a California man over $300M of AI servers sent to ChinaUS Department of JusticeArrested; indictedCriminal caseCopy the link to this entry
Prosecutors allege Greg Lui’s company used false paperwork to ship export-controlled GPU servers to China through Malaysia and Singapore in 2023 and 2024. Three counts; no conviction.
Maximum sentence 20 years each for the two conspiracy counts
US charges a Californian over $300M of AI servers to China
September 2026
- Judge dismisses Chegg and Penske antitrust suits over Google’s AI OverviewsUS District Court for the District of ColumbiaDismissedCourt rulingCopy the link to this entry
Judge Amit Mehta found the publishers had shown no agreement that obliged Google to send them traffic, only an expectation. He said he was not unsympathetic to their situation.
Earlier ruling He dismissed similar claims by two smaller publishers in March
Judge dismisses publishers’ suits over Google’s AI Overviews - LASST sues OpenAI over its agents’ Hugging Face hackSuperior Court of California, San FranciscoFiledLawsuitCopy the link to this entry
A nonprofit legal group asks for an order that bars OpenAI and its AI agents from accessing computer systems without permission. It seeks no damages.
Laws cited Unfair competition law; computer fraud law; the rule that “the AI did it” is no defence
Nonprofit sues OpenAI over its agents’ Hugging Face hack - Appeals court upholds Thomson Reuters’ AI training win over RossUS Court of Appeals, Third CircuitAffirmed; opinion sealedCourt rulingCopy the link to this entry
The first US appeals ruling on fair use in an AI training case rejects Ross Intelligence’s defence. The case involves a legal search tool, not generative AI.
Next step Redactions due within 10 days, then the opinion is published
Appeals court rejects fair use for Ross’s AI training - Google challenges the EU’s AI and search-data orders in courtGoogle v European CommissionFiledCourt challengeCopy the link to this entry
Google asks the EU General Court to overturn two July 16 Digital Markets Act decisions: equal Android access for rival AI assistants, and sharing search data with rival search engines and AI chatbots.
Deadline Android measures due by August 1, 2027
Google sues to block EU orders opening Android to AI rivals - Florida seeks a temporary injunction against OpenAIFlorida Attorney GeneralPendingCourt filingCopy the link to this entry
Asks a Highlands County court to bar new OpenAI models without independent safety approval and to stop ChatGPT for Florida minors, while the state’s June lawsuit goes on.
Next step No hearing date set yet
Florida wants no new OpenAI models without outside approval - Pentagon may keep its “supply chain risk” label on AnthropicUS Court of Appeals, D.C. CircuitRuled 2–1Court rulingCopy the link to this entry
The label lets the Defense Department remove Claude from its systems and bar contractors from using it in Pentagon work. Anthropic is considering further review.
A US appeals court let the Pentagon keep its Anthropic ban - Two newspapers sue OpenAI and Microsoft over copyrightThe Seattle Times and NewsdayFiledLawsuitCopy the link to this entry
The papers say the companies copied paid articles without permission. A court must decide whether copyright law was broken.
Two newspapers are suing OpenAI and Microsoft
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