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<div>The latest edition of the Seriously Risky Business cybersecurity newsletter, now on Lawfare.</div>

A live-blog of a preliminary hearing before a magistrate judge relating to the charging of two FBI agents.

Introduction This week, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed S 9051B into law, establishing sweeping new restrictions on AI companion chatbot features deemed unsafe for minors. The move comes just over a month after California Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 1119, a comprehensive new chatbot law. California and New York, the first two states to […]

It is unclear whether AI model weights are speech. But any regime that licenses them should be built with First Amendment protections regardless.

On AI agents that act for us, a national AI council that advises for us, and who gets a say in either. Plus: two weeks to SAIER Volume 8. Source

The following is a guest post on the FPF blog authored by Wenlong Li, Research Professor, Zhejiang University Guanghua Law School and 2026 PPPM Awardee. The guest post reflects the opinion of the author only and does not necessarily reflect the position or views of FPF and our stakeholder communities. FPF provides this platform to […]

✍️By Syona Kadidal Syona is an undergraduate student in Psychological Sciences and Artificial Intelligence, as well as a Research Assistant at the Governance and Responsible AI Lab (GRAIL), Purdue University. 📌 Editor’s Note: This article is part of our AI Policy Corner series, a collaboration between the Montreal AI Ethics Institute (MAIEI) and the Governance and Responsible […] Source

✍️By Syona Kadidal Syona is an undergraduate student in Psychological Sciences and Artificial Intelligence, as well as a Research Assistant at the Governance and Responsible AI Lab (GRAIL), Purdue University. 📌 Editor’s Note: This article is part of our AI Policy Corner series, a collaboration between the Montreal AI Ethics Institute (MAIEI) and the Governance and Responsible […] Source

Does existing federal criminal law apply to AI-generated child sexual abuse material?

<p dir="ltr">Lawmakers want AI kill switches, but who pulls the trigger, what it shuts off, and when it’s justified remain dangerously unclear. </p><div><br /></div>

<img class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual" src="https://lawfare-assets-new.azureedge.net/assets/images/default-source/article-images/scaling-laws-logo.jpg?sfvrsn=7a7b38eb_3" /><p>Live from Grand Forks, North Dakota!<br /></p><p>Should the public be upset that courts aren’t using more AI? Justice Jerod Tufte of the North Dakota Supreme Court joins Kevin Frazier, director of the AI Innovation and Law Program at the University of Texas School of Law and a senior editor at Lawfare, to take up that question

On MAIEI’s founding question, the fragility that can accompany AI adoption, and the people institutions need to govern it. Source

<img class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual" src="https://lawfare-assets-new.azureedge.net/assets/images/default-source/article-images/scaling-laws-logo.jpg?sfvrsn=7a7b38eb_3" /><p>What happens to society, law and privacy when artificial intelligence makes it possible for police to detect nearly every observable crime? Matthew Tokson, Director of the Criminal Law Program and Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, joins Kevin Frazier, dir

✍️By Ogadinma Enwereazu Ogadinma is a PhD student in Political Science, as well as a Graduate Affiliate at the Governance and Responsible AI Lab (GRAIL) at Purdue University. 📌 Editor’s Note: This article is part of our AI Policy Corner series, a collaboration between the Montreal AI Ethics Institute (MAIEI) and the Governance and Responsible AI Lab […] Source

Brussels, Belgium — The Future of Privacy Forum, a global non-profit focused on data protection, AI, and emerging technologies, today announced the recipients of its 2026 Awards honoring outstanding contributions to data protection and privacy in Europe. The awards were presented during the Awards night held on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the […]

When U.S. labs train models on the world’s writing, Washington calls it fair use. When Chinese labs train on U.S. outputs, it’s a “malicious attack.” It can’t have it both ways.

China will not agree to an AI pacing deal that puts them permanently in second place. The U.S. must therefore be prepared to use the threat of throttling to encourage a mutual deal.

Flock promised to read license plates. It built surveillance that can track dissenters—and the law hasn’t caught up.

<img class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual" src="https://lawfare-assets-new.azureedge.net/assets/images/default-source/article-images/scaling-laws-logo.jpg?sfvrsn=7a7b38eb_3" /><p><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><a href="https://politicalscience.yale.edu/people/h-l-ne-landemore" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Hélène Landemore</a></span>, Professor of Political Science at Yale University and a fellow at Oxford’s Institute for Ethics in AI, joins Kevin Frazier, director of the AI Innov

As frontier AI systems grow more capable and autonomous, questions about how they handle personal data are no longer theoretical. Standardized benchmarks have long served as one of the primary methods of measuring and comparing frontier AI performance, capabilities, and limitations. However, there is currently a lack of standardized ways to evaluate privacy risks and […]

<div>The latest edition of the Seriously Risky Business cybersecurity newsletter, now on <em>Lawfare</em>.</div><div><br /></div>

<img class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual" src="https://lawfare-assets-new.azureedge.net/assets/images/default-source/article-images/lawfare-daily-feed-logo.png?sfvrsn=24ef8529_3" /><p>Martin Chorzempa is the Dennis Weatherstone Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics and a leading U.S. expert on China's economy and tech sector. In this week's episode, Peter and Martin unpack President Trump's September 24 summit with Chinese Leader Xi Jinping, talk about the balance of leve

On MAIEI’s founding question, the fragility that can accompany AI adoption, and the people institutions need to govern it. Source

<img class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual" src="https://lawfare-assets-new.azureedge.net/assets/images/default-source/article-images/scaling-laws-logo.jpg?sfvrsn=7a7b38eb_3" /><p>Dave Willner, co-founder of Zentropi, and Vaishnavi J., founder and principal of Vys, join Kevin Frazier, director of the AI Innovation and Law Program at the University of Texas School of Law and a senior fellow at the Abundance Institute, to examine how AI is affecting younger users and why existing child-safety responses of

✍️By Delainie Nichols Delainie is an Undergraduate Student in Cybersecurity and is a Research Assistant at the Governance and Responsible AI Lab (GRAIL), Purdue University. 📌 Editor’s Note: This article is part of our AI Policy Corner series, a collaboration between the Montreal AI Ethics Institute (MAIEI) and the Governance and Responsible AI Lab (GRAIL) at Purdue […] Source

The authors would like to thank Alex Rosenberger and Justine Gluck for their feedback and contributions. Join us on October 21st in California for a Workshop on Advanced Issues in Agentic Deployment. This summer, lawmakers in the United States released two of the first legislative proposals for regulating “AI agents”: the federal AI AGENT Act […]

As lawmakers look to regulate how AI systems interact with minors, new report breaks down key state and federal chatbot policy developments WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Future of Privacy Forum (FPF), a global non-profit focused on data protection, AI, and emerging technologies, today released a new report analyzing one of the most active areas of […]

The oncoming AI-driven flood of vulnerabilities demands changes to the U.S. process for retaining them for offensive cyber operations.

The answer to one of the world’s most dangerous security problems was drafted in Mexico City nearly sixty years ago.

As AI labs draw professors and students away from universities, society risks losing the expertise to govern what those labs build.

On open weights for everyone else, credit for a disputed mathematics proof, and control over autonomous weapons. Source

✍️By Ahmet Ergurum Ahmet is a PhD candidate in Political Science at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, as well as a Graduate Affiliate at the Governance and Responsible AI Lab (GRAIL) at Purdue University. 📌 Editor’s Note: This article is part of our AI Policy Corner series, a collaboration between the Montreal AI Ethics Institute (MAIEI) and the […] Source

<p>What AI can learn from Selective Availability, the governance technology once used to pace GPS.</p>

On open-weight models, the responsibilities that move with them, and who owns the layers beneath the model. Source

<img class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual" src="https://lawfare-assets-new.azureedge.net/assets/images/default-source/article-images/scaling-laws-logo.jpg?sfvrsn=7a7b38eb_3" /><p>Bri Treece, Executive Director of <a href="https://pactai.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">PACT AI,</a> and Dr. Rob Slone, Chief Scientist & Innovation Officer at UL Solutions, join Kevin Frazier, Director of the AI Innovation and Law Program at Texas Law and a Senior Editor at Lawfare, to discuss a neglected la

✍️By Tasneem Ahmed. Tasneem is an Undergraduate Student in Political Science and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies as well as a Research Assistant at the Governance and Responsible AI Lab (GRAIL), Purdue University. 📌 Editor’s Note: This article is part of our AI Policy Corner series, a collaboration between the Montreal AI Ethics Institute (MAIEI) and […] Source

Discussing the risk of catastrophic AI-enabled terrorism.

The latest edition of the Seriously Risky Business cybersecurity newsletter, now on <em>Lawfare</em>.

Co-authors: Lauren Koek and Valentina Curatella, FPF APAC Interns From July 20 to 24, 2026, the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) participated in the inaugural Singapore Data Festival (SDF), hosted by Singapore’s Personal Data Protection Commission (PDPC) and Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA). Succeeding the PDPC’s annual Personal Data Protection Week, the SDF convened around […]

Enterprises are discovering their AI provider is also a competitor. Chinese users discovered their companions were never theirs. Source