Lori Schott, center, is embraced as she holds up a photo of her daughter Annalee Schott, after the verdict in a landmark trial over whether social media platforms deliberately addict and harm children at Los Angeles Superior Court, Wednesday, March 25, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/William Liang)

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Oversight Board Flags Human Rights Risks in Meta's Global Community Notes Rollout

France's Minister of the Economy, Finance, and Industrial, Energy, and Digital Sovereignty, Roland Lescure, and Trade Minister Serge Papin leave a cabinet meeting at the Elysee Presidential Palace in Paris on March 25. (Sipa via AP Images)

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Lori Schott, in pink, holds up a photo of her daughter Annalee Schott, beside others after the verdict in a landmark trial over whether social media platforms deliberately addict and harm children at Los Angeles Superior Court, Wednesday, March 25, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/William Liang)

Landmark Verdicts Could Unleash New Legal Playbook Over Social Media Harms

The homepage for Anthropic's Claude chatbot.

In Claude We Trust? Stress Testing the AI Model’s Constitution

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Does YouTube’s Algorithm Reward Risky Prank Content?

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How AI Hype Masks the Exploitation of African Workers

President Donald Trump and members of Congress at the State of the Union address on February 24, 2026, on the House floor of the US Capitol in Washington, D.C. (Official White House Photo by Andrea Hanks)

America’s AI Governance Crisis Is a Democracy Crisis

President Donald Trump attends the dignified transfer of six US servicemembers killed in the Middle East, Wednesday, March 18, 2026, at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. (Official White House photo by Abe McNatt)

President Donald Trump attends the dignified transfer of six US servicemembers killed in the Middle East, Wednesday, March 18, 2026, at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. (Official White House 

Trump’s Anthropic Ban Is Lawless. Congress Must Respond with a Law.

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India’s AI Middle Path Offers Lessons for Australia and New Zealand

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei at TechCrunch Disrupt in 2023. (TechCrunch)

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei at TechCrunch Disrupt in 2023. (

Breaking Down Amicus Briefs in Anthropic’s Fight with the Pentagon

Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, left, speaks to Apple CEO Tim Cook, right, before their meeting in Hanoi, Vietnam, in April 2024. (Duong Van Giang/VNA via AP)


Vietnam’s New AI Law Balances Innovation Push With Tight State Control

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AI and the End of Territorial Time

The United States Capitol, May 2024. Justin Hendrix/Tech Policy Press

Considering How AI Destroys Democratic Institutions

Trump and GOP Lawmakers Push for New National AI Legislation

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva speaks at the Korea-Brazil Summit
in Seoul on Feb. 23. (Republic of Korea)

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva speaks at the Korea-Brazil Summit
in Seoul on Feb. 23. (

Brazil Is Preparing for Its First Real AI Election, But Is It Ready?

When Conversations with AI Become Evidence

A photo of NY Governor Kathy Hochul at her desk signing papers from February 2024.

How States Are Taking on Algorithmic Pricing

Lawmakers gathered at the National Assembly in Quito, Ecuador, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

Ecuador Makes a National Security Case for Teen Social Media Restrictions

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth follows President Donald Trump to board Air Force One, Wednesday, March 18, 2026, at Joint Base Andrews, Md. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Anthropic-Pentagon Dispute Reverberates in European Capitals

3D image photo collage template sketch of an anonymous spyware business.

Policymakers Ignore Spyware Middlemen Driving Global Proliferation

Students walk past the Harriet and Charles Luckman Fine Arts Complex at the California State University, Los Angeles on April 25, 2019. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

How Cal State Became Ground Zero for the Fight over AI in Higher Education

Waldemar Gonçalves Ortunho Júnior, Director-President of the Agência Nacional de Proteção de Dados (ANDP), Brazil’s data protection agency, at a July 8 meeting in Brasília. (Jefferson Rudy/Agência Senado)

Waldemar Gonçalves Ortunho Júnior, Director-President of the Agência Nacional de Proteção de Dados (ANDP), Brazil’s data protection agency, at a July 8 meeting in Brasília. (

Brazil Wants to Reshape The Internet for Kids. The Hard Part Just Began.

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