AI Regulation News: The No-Noise Tracker for Rules That Actually Change Your Work

The Heppner ruling and AI privilege for attorneys

How the Heppner ruling frames privilege when attorneys use AI tools.

Florida Rule 2.515 and AI filing sanctions for attorneys

Florida Rule 2.515, AI in filings, and the sanctions exposure for attorneys.

New AI court rules in New York and Florida: what to do now

Courts are issuing standing orders on AI use in filings; disclosure and verification are becoming table stakes.

The AI competence duty for lawyers: a checklist

Bar guidance now treats AI competence as part of the duty of technological competence.

Your AI prompts are discoverable in litigation

Prompts and AI sessions can be reachable in discovery; treat them like any other work product.

AI in the engagement letter: client terms that hold up

Set client expectations about AI use in the engagement letter, not after a dispute.

Generative AI versus TAR in document review

Generative review tools change the defensibility conversation that TAR settled a decade ago.

Billing AI-assisted legal work: the ethics

Efficiency gains from AI raise real questions about what you can ethically bill.

AI citation hallucinations in legal filings

Fabricated citations have drawn sanctions; verification is non-negotiable before filing.

Eleventh Circuit Hallucinated Citations Disciplinary Referral

The Eleventh Circuit turns hallucinated citations into a discipline problem for lawyers.

Florida Sues OpenAI and Sam Altman Personally

Florida sues OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman personally on product-liability and FDUTPA theories over ChatGPT.

DOL Judges Make Filers Own AI-Assisted Work

DOL administrative judges make filers verify AI-assisted work or face sanctions.

India Supreme Court Draft Rules for AI in Courts

India's Supreme Court floats draft rules limiting AI-only outcomes and adding filing disclosure duties.

Brazil Bar Suspends Two Lawyers Over AI Prompt Injection

Brazil's Paraiba Bar suspends two lawyers for hidden prompt-injection instructions planted to hijack a court's drafting AI.

BC Provincial Court Urges Verifying AI Before Filing

The BC Provincial Court tells lawyers and self-represented litigants to verify AI output before filing.

Third Circuit Rejects 'AI Decided My Case' Fraud Claim

The Third Circuit rejects a litigant's unsupported claim that AI decided his case, in a non-precedential ruling.

Trinidad and Tobago Courts Set Binding AI Filing Rules

The Trinidad and Tobago judiciary issues a practice direction setting binding rules for AI use in court filings.

Ontario Tribunal Orders 31150 AI Hallucination Costs

An Ontario tribunal orders 31,150 dollars in costs after a party filed AI-hallucinated citations in the Mazaheri matter.

Dutch Appeals Court Upholds Order to Open X Moderation Data

A Dutch appeals court upholds an order requiring X to open automated moderation data under Article 15 access rights.

Virginia Bars AI as Sole Decision-Maker in Criminal Justice

Virginia bars AI from acting as the sole decision-maker in criminal justice determinations, requiring a human in the loop.

NSW Law Society Guide Maps Solicitor AI Duties to Conduct Rules

The NSW Law Society guide maps solicitors' responsible AI use to existing professional conduct rules.

Rome Court Annuls OpenAI Italian Fine on Jurisdiction

A Rome court annuls the Garante's OpenAI fine on jurisdictional grounds, reshaping EU enforcement.

Publishers Sue Google Over Gemini AI Training

Publishers and authors file a class action against Google over Gemini AI training on their works.

Munich Injunction: Google AI Output Is Its Own Content

A Munich court injunction treats Google's AI output as its own content, making it a direct infringer.

Philippines NPC Flags Large-Scale Data Scraping as Processing

NPC advisory treats large-scale scraping of public personal data as regulated processing under the Data Privacy Act; public availability is not consent.

Thailand Draft Guidelines Map PDPA Duties Onto AI

Thailand's PDPC draft applies the PDPA to AI, assigns controller and processor roles, and requires DPIAs for high-risk AI systems.

Oregon Court Hits Two Lawyers With 110K Over AI Fake Cites

An Oregon federal court fined two lawyers about 110,000 dollars over 15 fake AI-generated cases and dismissed their claims with prejudice.

Federal Court Suspends Pa Lawyer Six Months Over AI Cites

A Pennsylvania federal judge fined a lawyer 1,500 dollars and suspended him six months over AI-fabricated citations under Rule 11.

German Court Rules OpenAI Lyric Reproduction Infringes

Munich Regional Court I ruled that OpenAI models reproducing memorized song lyrics infringe German copyright, outside the text-and-data-mining exception.

French Top Court Backs CNIL Block On Video AI Analysis

France's Conseil d'Etat upheld the CNIL: automated AI analysis of CCTV footage has no legal basis without specific enabling legislation.

France Weighs Presuming AI Firms Used Copyrighted Works

France's Conseil d'Etat found no constitutional bar to a Senate bill presuming generative AI providers used copyrighted works; advisory only.

Colombia Top Court Sets Rules for AI Use by Judges

Colombia's Constitutional Court set binding criteria for judges using AI: transparency, verification, and no substitution of human judicial reasoning.

Colombia Judiciary Limits Judges to Approved AI Tools

Colombia's judicial council agreement binds judges to human oversight and AI-use disclosure and bars automated evaluation of evidence.

Turkey KVKK Issues Generative AI Data-Protection Guidance

Turkey's KVKK published non-binding guidance applying data-protection law 6698 across the full generative AI lifecycle.

Florida Bar Opinion Advises Lawyers on GenAI Duties

Florida Bar Opinion 24-1 lets lawyers use generative AI but requires confidentiality safeguards, output verification, and honest billing.

Texas Bar Opinion Advises on Lawyer GenAI Ethics

Texas Ethics Opinion 705 tells lawyers using generative AI to understand the tool, protect confidentiality, verify outputs, and not overbill.

CCBE Issues GenAI Guide for EU Lawyers

The CCBE issued non-binding pan-European guidance for lawyers using generative AI on confidentiality, competence, and client transparency.

Proposed Rule 707 Sets a Bar for AI-Generated Evidence

Proposed Federal Rule of Evidence 707 would make AI and machine-generated evidence offered without an expert meet Rule 702 reliability standards.

IRS Circular 230 and the AI tax practitioner checklist

What Circular 230 means for tax practitioners using AI, as a working checklist.

IRS AI audit selection: what it means

The IRS is using AI to select audits; GAO has flagged the transparency questions that follow.

COSO internal control for generative AI

COSO's framework is being read onto generative AI controls inside finance functions.

Big Four AI audit agents and the solo CPA

Agentic audit tooling is arriving; solo and small-firm CPAs need a response.

AICPA AI audit standards are coming

The AICPA Auditing Standards Board is moving toward AI-specific audit standards.

AI ethics CPE and the CPA state boards

State boards are adding AI ethics to CPE expectations for licensed CPAs.

Shadow AI and the first SEC 8-K for the board

Unsanctioned AI use is a material-risk and disclosure question boards now have to own.

ESRB and ESAs Frontier AI Cyber Risk Warning

The ESRB and ESAs warn on frontier-AI cyber risk in the financial sector.

FRC AI Corporate Reporting Research

The FRC says corporate reporting stays human-led even as AI use rises.

CFPB Regulation B and AI Underwriting

CFPB Regulation B reshapes the ECOA disparate-impact reading for AI credit models.

UK Treasury Backs Financial-Services AI Adoption Plan

HM Treasury accepts an industry AI adoption plan for UK financial services, signalling FCA and PRA workstreams.

Taiwan FSC Urges Banks to Prepare for Frontier-AI Attacks

Taiwan's FSC tells banks to inventory critical systems and deploy defensive AI against frontier-AI attack risk.

OSFI Sets Sound Practices for Generative and Agentic AI

Canada's OSFI issues sound practices for generative and agentic AI cyber and operational resilience.

IAIS Flags AI Cyber and Underwriting Risk Themes

The IAIS mid-year GIMAR flags AI cyber exposure and AI-driven underwriting as emerging insurance risk themes.

Colorado Extends Insurer AI Bias Rules to Auto and Health

Colorado extends its insurer AI governance and anti-bias testing rules to auto and health lines.

New York DFS Warns Financial Firms on Frontier AI Cyber Risk

New York DFS guidance warns regulated financial firms to address frontier AI cybersecurity and social-engineering risk.

Hong Kong Expands GenAI Sandbox Across Four Regulators

Hong Kong expands its generative AI sandbox to cover four financial regulators for supervised deployment testing.

Michigan DIFS Sets AI Program Expectations for Finance Firms

Michigan DIFS issues a bulletin setting governance and oversight expectations for AI systems at regulated finance firms.

US Treasury Issues Voluntary AI Risk Framework for Finance

US Treasury's voluntary Financial Services AI Risk Management Framework and AI Lexicon (Feb 2026).

FSB Consults on Responsible AI Adoption in Finance

FSB consultation on sound practices for responsible AI adoption in finance; comments close July 22, 2026.

PCAOB Staff Spotlight: How Auditors Use Generative AI

A PCAOB staff Spotlight describes how audit firms use generative AI and the oversight expectations that follow.

FINMA Outlines AI Governance Expectations for Swiss Finance

FINMA Guidance 08/2024 sets governance, accountability, and risk expectations for AI use across Swiss financial institutions.

IOSCO Issues AI Supervisory Toolkit for Capital Markets

IOSCO published an AI supervisory toolkit to help capital-markets regulators oversee AI use by firms.

ESMA Statement on AI for MiFID Investment Firms

ESMA's statement sets expectations for how MiFID investment firms use AI while keeping governance and client-protection duties intact.

ICAEW Adds Binding AI Ethics Duties for Its Members

The ICAEW Code of Ethics adds binding provisions governing members' use of AI and technology.

Bank Negara RMiT Extends Binding Tech-Risk Rules To AI

Bank Negara's revised RMiT policy brings AI and machine-learning deployments inside binding technology-risk controls, with institution accountability.

US Bank Agencies Revise Model Risk Guidance, Carve Out AI

SR 26-2 revises interagency model-risk guidance for US banks and leaves generative and agentic AI outside formal model-risk scope.

Medicare WISeR, AI prior authorization, and appeals

The Medicare WISeR model, AI prior authorization, and how to win appeals.

AI scribes and patient consent for doctors

Consent class actions over ambient AI scribes are reshaping how clinics deploy them.

AI scribes, upcoding, and doctor billing

Ambient scribes can inflate documentation; the billing exposure lands on the clinician.

AI charting rules from state boards in 2026

State medical boards are issuing AI charting expectations physicians have to meet.

FDA AI oversight and doctor accountability

Shifts in FDA clinical-decision-support oversight push more accountability to the treating physician.

An AI scribe accuracy review protocol

A repeatable review protocol keeps ambient-scribe output safe and defensible.

Arizona Bars AI-Only Medical Necessity Denials

Arizona HB 2175 requires a medical director to review AI-flagged medical necessity denials rather than let the model decide alone.

IMDRF Closes Consultation on Global AI Device Framework

IMDRF closes consultation on a global lifecycle framework for AI-enabled medical devices.

Georgia to Bar AI-Only Health Insurance Denials in 2027

Georgia SB 444 will require human review before AI can drive a health insurance coverage denial starting in 2027.

Utah to Require Human Judgment in AI Prior Authorization

Utah SB 319 requires human clinical judgment and disclosure when AI is used in prior authorization decisions.

EU MDCG Guidance on AI Medical Devices and the AI Act

MDCG 2025-6 guidance explains how AI medical device rules interact with the EU AI Act.

FSMB Recommends AI Guardrails for State Medical Boards

The FSMB recommended that state medical boards hold physicians accountable for AI use, with informed consent and AI-focused continuing education.

WHO Issues Guidance for Multimodal AI in Health

WHO guidance on large multimodal AI in health sets more than 40 recommendations for physicians, governments, and developers.

EMA Sets AI Expectations Across the Medicine Lifecycle

The EMA reflection paper takes a risk-based view of AI across the medicine lifecycle and keeps sponsors and marketing-authorisation holders responsible.

Delaware Bars AI From Holding a Medical License or Title

Delaware HB 191 bars a nonhuman entity or AI agent from holding a physician, PA, or nurse license or using those professional titles.

California SB 1120 Puts Physicians Over AI in Coverage Calls

California SB 1120 requires a licensed clinician, not AI, to make medical-necessity denials in health-plan utilization review.

California AB 3030 Requires AI Disclaimer on Patient Messages

California AB 3030 requires a prominent AI disclaimer and a way to reach a human when generative AI writes clinical patient messages.

Texas SB 1188 Requires Physicians to Disclose Diagnostic AI

Texas SB 1188 lets clinicians use diagnostic AI in scope but requires them to review AI-created records and disclose AI use to patients.

An AI advisor launched: the human advisor moat

A consumer AI advisor raises the bar; the human-judgment moat is where advisors win.

Reg S-P: what advisors can feed AI tools

Amended Reg S-P constrains the client data advisors can put into AI tools.

The AI oversight gap and the advisor trust advantage

Supervisory gaps around AI are a trust advantage for advisors who get oversight right.

Broker supervision liability for agentic AI

Agentic AI tools raise the supervision and liability stakes for broker-dealers.

FPSB Issues AI Guidance for CFP Financial Planners

FPSB issues global AI guidance for CFP professionals on responsible use in financial planning.

HKMA Requires Human Oversight On Customer-Facing GenAI

HKMA circular requires banks using customer-facing generative AI to offer an opt-out, allow human intervention, and keep a human in control of decisions.

SEBI Consults on AI ML Liability Rules for Securities Firms

SEBI consultation proposes securities firms stay responsible for AI and ML outcomes, including vendor-supplied models, with oversight and audit duties.

BaFin Sets AI ICT Risk Expectations for Finance Under DORA

BaFin published non-binding guidance on managing ICT risks when financial firms use AI, tied to binding DORA obligations.

Bank of Israel Puts AI Under Model-Risk Rules

Bank of Israel Directive 369 puts AI inside banks' binding model-risk lifecycle, covering validation, governance, and ongoing monitoring.

MAS Consults on AI Risk Management Guidelines for Firms

MAS proposed AI risk-management guidelines for all financial institutions, with a 12-month transition; non-binding and out for consultation.

Connecticut SB 5 puts AI on the layoff filing

Connecticut SB 5 forces AI onto the layoff filing starting October 1, 2026.

Mobley v. Workday and AI hiring vendor liability

Mobley v. Workday and what AI hiring vendor liability means for HR.

Colorado AI hiring law: what HR owes now

Colorado repealed its 2024 AI Act and replaced it with SB 26-189; disclosure-based ADMT rules take effect January 1, 2027.

The EEOC enforcement plan for AI hiring tools

Federal enforcement is signaling that AI hiring tools sit squarely inside existing anti-discrimination law.

Your AI hiring audit passed and the tool is still unfair

A clean bias audit is a snapshot, not a defense; ongoing monitoring is the real duty.

AI layoffs and employee notice law

Notice duties are expanding when AI or automation drives a workforce reduction.

Texas TRAIGA: the new AI law HR needs to read

Texas TRAIGA sets intent-based rules for high-risk AI systems that touch employment decisions.

The EU AI literacy duty arrives in 2026

Article 4 of the EU AI Act requires staff training on AI systems, with the literacy duty live since February 2026.

New Jersey Extends Disparate-Impact Rules to AI Hiring

New Jersey DCR rules at NJAC 13:16 extend disparate-impact liability to AI-driven hiring and employment tools.

Ontario Requires AI Disclosure in Public Job Postings

Ontario's ESA amendments require employers to disclose when AI is used to screen or assess applicants in publicly advertised job postings.

Illinois to Bar AI-Scored Public-School Teacher Evaluations

Illinois SB 2909 bars AI from scoring public-school teacher evaluations without human judgment.

Court Rules AI Hiring Screens Fall Under Age Bias Law

A California federal court held the ADEA protects job applicants, letting the Mobley v. Workday collective over AI hiring screens proceed.

Repricing consulting after the billable hour

AI compresses delivery time and forces a rethink of hourly consulting pricing.

When PM tools become agent platforms

Project management tools are turning into agent platforms; the PM role shifts with them.

AI agents and small business guardrails

Small businesses adopting AI agents need guardrails before, not after, deployment.

AI botsitting and real productivity

Supervising AI agents is real work; account for it when you measure productivity.

EDPB Web Scraping Guidelines for Generative AI

The EDPB sharpens the anonymisation and web-scraping line for generative AI teams.

EDPB Anonymisation Guidelines 02/2026

The EDPB redraws the anonymisation bar for scraped and training data.

EU Action Plan on Cybersecurity and AI

The EU action plan links cybersecurity and AI into one policy lane.

EU AI Office Publishes Non-Binding Frontier AI Report

The EU AI Office publishes a non-binding expert forum report on frontier AI risk and oversight direction.

California AI Training-Data Transparency Duty Now Live

California AB 2013 now requires developers to publish documentation on the data used to train generative AI systems.

AI, fair housing, and disparate impact in 2026

A federal rollback plus a fair-housing suit reframe disparate-impact risk in AI-driven real estate.

The brokerage AI margin squeeze

AI is compressing brokerage margins and changing what independents can defend.

The RE/MAX deal and independent brokers in the AI era

Consolidation and AI tooling reshape the calculus for independent brokers.

AI search and MLS listing data control

Control of listing data is the new battleground as AI search reshapes discovery.

AI marketing disclosure rules for agents

New synthetic-media disclosure rules touch how agents market with AI.

AI AVMs, valuation, and pricing for agents

AI automated valuation models change how agents price and defend a number.

AI in brokerage recruiting and retention

AI tooling is becoming a recruiting and retention lever for brokerages.

Brokerage AI tech stack consolidation

The brokerage tech stack is consolidating around AI; pick deliberately.

AI transaction coordination in the brokerage

Transaction coordination is an early, safe place to put AI to work in real estate.

AI lead routing and the ISA replacement on teams

AI lead routing is reshaping the inside-sales-agent role on real estate teams.

AI in commercial property management operations

Commercial property operations are a strong fit for AI workflow automation.

RICS AI Standard Now Applies to Its Members Worldwide

The RICS professional standard on AI in surveying and valuation now applies to its members worldwide.

DOJ Proposed Deal Would Curb AI Rent-Pricing Algorithms

A DOJ proposed consent decree would curb algorithmic rent-pricing by Willow Bridge and RealPage.

USPAP Advisory Opinion 41 Guides AI Use by Appraisers

USPAP Advisory Opinion 41 guides appraisers on using AI while keeping valuation judgment human.

Board AI fiduciary duty in 2026

Boards face a fiduciary duty to oversee AI risk, not just approve AI strategy.

The 2026 federal AI executive order

The federal executive order resets the national direction on AI policy for 2026.

Claude inside Microsoft Office

Claude going native in Office changes the review-duty discipline for every knowledge worker.

Claude Fable 5 for professionals

A more capable model plus new export-control rules reshape what professionals can deploy.

Germany Names Bundesnetzagentur as AI Act Enforcer

Germany names Bundesnetzagentur as the AI Act enforcer and single contact point.

FTC AI Accuracy Suppression Policy Statement

The FTC signals that accuracy suppression and AI claims can trigger consumer-protection scrutiny.

UN Opens First Global Dialogue on AI Governance

The first UN global AI governance dialogue sets the comparative signal for policy teams.

Hawaii SB 3001 AI Disclosure and Safety Act

Hawaii SB 3001 puts disclosure and safety duties on chatbot operators.

Italy Garante Fines Character.AI Over Minors

Italy's privacy regulator fines Character.AI over minors and companion-chatbot safeguards.

Buenos Aires Province AI Governance Decree 742

Buenos Aires Province issues a comparative AI governance decree for public-sector operators.

Japan AI Basic Plan Phase 2

Japan's AI Basic Plan phase 2 signals the next comparative governance model.

Malaysia AI Governance Bill Public Consultation

Malaysia opens consultation on an AI governance bill and public-sector framework.

Greece AI Act Implementing Bill and DPA Market Surveillance

Greece moves toward an AI Act implementation bill and market-surveillance setup.

GSA GSAR LLM Data Safeguarding Clause

GSA's GSAR clause hardens how federal contractors safeguard LLM data.

China CAC Publishes On-Device GenAI Filing, Names Apple

China's CAC publishes an on-device generative AI filing batch, with Apple Intelligence named among the services.

China CAC Publishes GenAI Filing Batch for May-June 2026

China's CAC logs 120 new filed GenAI services and 988 cumulative under the Interim Measures.

Italy AGCM Opens Microsoft 365 Copilot AI Bundling Probe

Italy's AGCM opens a probe into Microsoft 365's Copilot AI bundling and a default price increase.

Nigeria Freezes Enforcement of New Digital Platform Rules

Nigeria orders its digital regulators, including NITDA and NDPC, to pause enforcement of recently issued rules.

Connecticut Phases In CTDPA AI Profiling Opt-Out Rights

Connecticut SB 1295 phases in CTDPA opt-out rights over profiling and automated decisions that produce legal or similar effects.

New York Halts Hyperscale AI Data Center Approvals by Order

New York Executive Order 62 pauses approvals of hyperscale AI data centers pending an energy and water impact review.

Australia Launches Office of AI to Drive National Standards

Australia stands up an Office of AI inside PM and Cabinet to coordinate national AI standards and assurance.

Washington AI Deepfake Likeness Law Takes Effect

Washington SSB 5886 gives people personality rights against forged AI digital likenesses used without consent.

New York Requires Ad Disclosure of AI Synthetic Performers

New York S8420A requires advertisers to disclose when a synthetic AI performer stands in for a human in ads.

Dutch Interim Order: X Must Stop Grok Nudify and CSAM Images

A Dutch court issues an interim order requiring X to stop Grok from generating nudify and CSAM imagery.

Washington Enacts 2027 AI Companion Chatbot Safety Law

Washington HB 2225 sets 2027 safety and disclosure duties for AI companion chatbots aimed at consumers and minors.

Maryland to Criminalize AI Deepfake Identity Fraud in 2026

Maryland SB 8 criminalizes the use of AI deepfakes to commit identity fraud, effective in 2026.

UK Drops Broad AI Text-and-Data-Mining Copyright Plan

UK DSIT abandons its broad text-and-data-mining opt-out copyright proposal after industry and rights-holder pushback.

Washington Enacts 2027 AI Content Provenance Disclosure Law

Washington HB 1170 sets 2027 provenance and disclosure duties for AI-generated content.

Texas AG Gains TRAIGA Enforcement Power Over AI

TRAIGA enforcement authority takes effect, giving the Texas Attorney General power to act against unlawful AI uses.

California AI Transparency Act Duties Phase In From August

California AB 853 AI Transparency Act duties begin phasing in from August, adding provenance and labeling obligations.

Japan METI Issues AI Civil Liability Guidance

Japan's METI issues guidance on civil liability allocation when AI systems cause harm.

China Sets 2027 Mandatory Driver-Assistance AI Safety Rule

China's MIIT sets a 2027 mandatory safety standard for AI-driven driver-assistance and autonomous driving systems.

UK Launches Advisory AI Growth Lab for Regulated Sectors

The UK launches an advisory AI Growth Lab to test AI use cases across regulated sectors through a sandbox model.

France Moves to Name CNIL a Lead AI Act Regulator

France's DDADUE bill moves to name CNIL among the lead AI Act market-surveillance authorities.

Spain AEPD Fines Unlawful AI Deepfake Image Processing

Spain's AEPD fines the unlawful processing of personal data behind AI deepfake image generation.

Florida Enacts AI Data Center Utility and Water Law

Florida SB 484 sets utility, siting, and water-use rules for large AI data centers.

China Issues AI Agent Governance Opinions

Non-binding CAC, NDRC, and MIIT Implementation Opinions on AI agents, effective July 15, 2026.

Sweden IMY Reprimands Securitas over AI Driver Cameras

Sweden's IMY reprimands Securitas over AI-driven driver camera surveillance and the data-protection limits on monitoring workers.

BC Privacy Commissioner Orders Richmond AI Camera Removal

British Columbia's privacy commissioner orders Richmond to remove AI-enabled public-safety cameras that breached FIPPA.

OMB Gates Federal LLM Buys on AI Neutrality Rules

OMB memo M-26-04 conditions federal large language model purchases on unbiased-AI and neutrality requirements for vendors.

Louisiana to Require AI-Deepfake Disclosure in Election Ads

Louisiana HB 459 requires disclosure of AI-generated deepfakes in election and campaign advertising.

IMO Starts Voluntary Global Code Phase for Autonomous Ships

The IMO opens the voluntary phase of its MASS Code, a global framework for autonomous and AI-assisted ships.

Saudi Copyright Law Adds Conditional AI Text-Mining Exception

Saudi Arabia's copyright law adds a conditional text-and-data-mining exception for AI training.

NHTSA Presses Robotaxi Makers on First-Responder Safety

NHTSA presses robotaxi and automated-driving-system makers over first-responder interference and safety after incident reports.

EASA Proposes Level 3 AI Certification Guidance for Aviation

EASA's AI concept paper issue 3 proposes Level 3 machine-autonomy certification guidance for aviation.

Minnesota Bans AI Nudify Platforms

Minnesota bans operating or advertising AI nudify platforms and puts the liability on the operator, with penalties up to 500,000 dollars per unlawful use.

Montana Right to Compute AI Law

Montana's Right to Compute Act requires deployers of AI-controlled critical infrastructure to keep a reasonable NIST-based risk management policy.

Arkansas Sets Rights in AI-Generated Output

Arkansas assigns default ownership of generative AI output and trained models to the prompter or data provider, or the employer for directed work.

Massachusetts AG Says Consumer Laws Apply to AI

The Massachusetts AG says existing consumer protection, anti-discrimination, and data security laws already apply to AI developers, suppliers, and users.

Kentucky Government AI Governance Law

Kentucky SB 4 puts state-agency AI under a governance committee, a registry, an approval gate, disclosure, and a right to appeal AI decisions.

Ohio Mandates K-12 AI Policies

Ohio requires every public district, community school, and STEM school to adopt a written AI-use policy for students and staff.

Nevada Requires Election Deepfake Labels

Nevada requires political ads using AI-altered images, audio, or video to carry a manipulated disclosure and lets faked candidates seek an injunction.

California Clears AI Heavy-Duty Truck Testing

California lifts its ban on autonomous heavy trucks, adding phased 500,000-mile testing, a safety case, weigh-station compliance, and maker liability.

USPTO Issues AI Patent-Eligibility Guidance

The USPTO eased Section 101 eligibility for AI and machine-learning claims through an examiner memo and the precedential Ex parte Desjardins decision.

FDA AI Device Lifecycle Guidance

The FDA issued draft guidance on lifecycle management and marketing submissions for AI-enabled medical devices, covering bias, cybersecurity, and change plans.

FCC Rules AI Voice Calls Need Consent

The FCC confirmed that AI voice-cloning and voice-generation calls are artificial or prerecorded voice under the TCPA, so callers need prior express consent.

SEC Flags AI in 2026 Exam Priorities

The SEC Division of Examinations flagged AI across its 2026 priorities, from claims versus practice to supervision, controls, and anti-money laundering.

FERC Orders PJM to Set AI Data-Center Grid Rules

FERC ordered PJM, the largest US grid operator, to rewrite its tariff for how AI data centers and other large loads co-located with power plants connect.

EIOPA AI Governance Opinion for Insurers

EIOPA told national insurance supervisors what to expect on AI governance, fairness, explainability, and human oversight in pricing, underwriting, and claims.

EBA Maps AI Act to Credit Scoring

The EBA told the Commission that credit-scoring AI is high-risk under the AI Act, with no derogation from human-oversight, data, or cybersecurity duties.

EU Issues AI Act Article 50 Guidelines

The European Commission's draft guidelines explain the AI Act Article 50 transparency duties: chatbot disclosure, AI-content marking, and deepfake labelling.

CJEU SCHUFA Ruling Reaches AI Credit Scoring

The CJEU held that building a credit score is a solely automated decision under GDPR Article 22, putting the duty on the scoring agency, not just the lender.

Singapore Updates Health AI Rules

Singapore's MOH and HSA published AIHGle 2.0, assigning accountability, transparency, and risk duties across health AI developers, deployers, and clinicians.

India IRDAI Moves on Insurance AI

India's IRDAI ordered insurers to file a frontier-AI cyber readiness report, then formed a working group to draft the sector's first AI governance framework.

Argentina Court Denies Fees Over AI-Faked Cites

An Argentine appellate court found 26 fake AI citations in two lawyers' briefs, denied their appeal fees, and referred them to the bar ethics tribunal.

Qatar Central Bank Sets AI Duties

The Qatar Central Bank requires licensed financial firms to keep an AI register, get approval before launch, keep human oversight, and disclose AI use yearly.

Egypt Registers AI Risk-Scoring Firms

Egypt's FRA created a mandatory register for firms using AI to score credit and operational risk in non-bank finance, with capital and reporting duties.

ISO 42005 AI Impact Assessment

ISO/IEC 42005 is the first international standard giving a structured method to document AI system impacts across the lifecycle, as the companion to ISO 42001.

ISO Sets AI Explainability Standard

ISO/IEC TS 6254 is the first international technical specification setting objectives and methods for explainable AI across the machine-learning lifecycle.

ISO 42006 AI Certifier Rules

ISO/IEC 42006 sets the accreditation requirements for bodies that audit and certify organizations to ISO/IEC 42001, making a 42001 certificate credible.

OECD Issues Responsible-AI Due Diligence

The OECD published Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible AI, applying its six-step responsible-business-conduct method to the AI value chain.

FATF Flags AI and Deepfakes in AML

FATF published a Horizon Scan on AI and deepfakes, warning that synthetic media can defeat identity checks and signaling stricter AI risk governance.

ABA Opinion 512 on Lawyer AI Use

ABA Formal Opinion 512 reads the Model Rules on competence, confidentiality, fees, candor, and supervision onto a lawyer's use of generative AI.

CFP Board Sets Advisor AI Ethics

The CFP Board's AI Ethics Guide ties advisers' AI use to the enforceable Code of Ethics: confidentiality, verified accuracy, bias checks, and human judgment.

IESBA Adds AI to Accountant Ethics Code

IESBA revised the global accountants' Code of Ethics to make technology and AI an explicit source of ethical risk, tightening competence and independence rules.

NSPE Rules on Engineer AI Use

NSPE ruled that an engineer using AI keeps personal responsibility, must apply independent judgment and competent review, and hold public safety paramount.

NYDFS Curbs AI in Insurance Pricing

NYDFS Circular Letter No. 7 tells New York insurers using AI to prove actuarial validity, avoid unfair discrimination, govern models, and disclose to consumers.

Dutch DNB SAFEST AI Principles for Finance

The Dutch DNB's SAFEST principles set non-binding expectations for responsible AI in finance, reinforced by its 2025 AI at insurers update.

Texas Wins 1.4B Dollar Meta Biometric Deal

Texas secured a 1.4 billion dollar settlement with Meta under the CUBI biometric law for scanning Texans' facial geometry without consent.

Court Rejects AI as Copyright Author

The D.C. Circuit held that a work generated autonomously by AI with no human author cannot be registered for copyright, and the Supreme Court let it stand.

EEOC Settles First AI Hiring Bias Case

The EEOC's first AI hiring case ended in a 365,000 dollar consent decree after iTutorGroup software auto-rejected older applicants in violation of the ADEA.

FTC Bans Rite Aid AI Face Recognition

The FTC banned Rite Aid from using AI facial recognition for five years and ordered it to delete the images and the algorithms built from them.

Texas Wins 1.375B Dollar Google Privacy Deal

Texas finalized a 1.375 billion dollar settlement with Google over biometric voiceprint and face-geometry claims plus incognito and geolocation tracking.

Sixth Circuit Fines AI-Faked Citations

The Sixth Circuit fined two attorneys 15,000 dollars each, ordered opposing fees and double costs, and referred them for discipline over fake AI citations.

Seventh Circuit Warns on AI Citations

The Seventh Circuit admonished a lawyer for two nonexistent AI citations and a false quotation but imposed no other sanction, leaving the duty to verify intact.

Texas AG Settles AI Health-Claims Case

The Texas AG settled with Pieces Technologies over deceptive accuracy claims for a hospital generative AI tool, using the Deceptive Trade Practices Act.

FTC Curbs Evolv AI Weapons Claims

The FTC barred Evolv from unsupported AI weapon-detection claims and let certain K-12 schools cancel multi-year contracts within 60 days.

Italy Fines Replika Maker 5M Euro

Italy's Garante fined Replika maker Luka 5 million euro for running the AI companion with no lawful basis, poor disclosures, and no working age check.

FTC Hits IntelliVision Bias Claims

The FTC barred IntelliVision from claiming its facial recognition AI is accurate, unbiased, or spoof-proof without competent and reliable testing.

India Maps AI Governance Roles Under Existing Laws

India's AI Governance Guidelines route oversight through existing laws and set graded liability across AI developers, deployers, and users.

FTC Makes Cox Media Pay 930K Over Fake AI Ad Tool

FTC consent orders make Cox Media Group and two firms pay 930,000 dollars over deceptive claims for the Active Listening AI ad tool.

7th Circuit Vacates Clearview Face-Data Class Settlement

The Seventh Circuit vacated Clearview AI's biometric privacy class settlement, finding the class and subclasses needed separate representatives.

Korea Regulator Orders AI Model Deleted Over Data Misuse

Korea's PIPC fined Kakao Pay and Apple and ordered Alipay to delete an AI model built on 40 million users' data collected without consent.

Court Permanently Blocks Hawaii Election Deepfake Law

A federal court permanently blocked Hawaii's election-deepfake law as a content-based restriction on protected political speech.

EU Draft Guidelines Sort Which AI Systems Are High Risk

The European Commission's draft guidelines explain how to classify high-risk AI systems under Article 6 of the EU AI Act; non-binding and open for comment.

Irish DPC Opens Grok Inquiry Over Sexualised AI Images

Ireland's Data Protection Commission opened a statutory GDPR inquiry into X over Grok generating non-consensual sexualised images.

Mexico New Data Law Adds AI Automated-Decision Duties

Mexico's new federal data-protection law gives people a right to human review of automated and AI decisions and adds privacy-notice duties.

Colombia CONPES 4144 Sets National AI Governance Policy

Colombia's CONPES 4144 sets a non-binding national AI policy with more than 100 actions to 2030 across governance, ethics, and public-sector use.

Bahrain Makes National AI Policy Binding on Government

Bahrain's iGA General Policy for the Use of AI binds all government entities and requires human control over consequential AI decisions.

IEEE 7003 Sets Standard for Handling Algorithmic Bias

IEEE 7003-2024 is a voluntary standard giving teams a lifecycle process to define, measure, and mitigate algorithmic bias.

First AI Act Harmonised Standard Reaches Public Enquiry

prEN 18286, the AI Act quality-management-system standard, became the first harmonised AI standard to reach public enquiry.

Central Bank of Ireland Names AI a Core Supervisory Risk

The Central Bank of Ireland's 2026 outlook names AI a core supervisory risk and expects boards to evidence model governance and oversight.

New York LOADinG Act Reins In State Agency AI Decisions

New York's LOADinG Act bars state agencies from automated decisions on benefits and rights without human review and impact assessments.

Connecticut SB 5 puts AI on the layoff filing

Colorado AI hiring law: what HR owes now

Texas TRAIGA: the new AI law HR needs to read

The EEOC enforcement plan for AI hiring tools

Your AI hiring audit passed and the tool is still unfair

AI layoffs and employee notice law

Reg S-P: what advisors can feed AI tools

An AI advisor launched: the human advisor moat

The AI oversight gap and the advisor trust advantage

Broker supervision liability for agentic AI

AI, fair housing, and disparate impact in 2026

Florida Rule 2.515 and AI filing sanctions for attorneys

New AI court rules in New York and Florida: what to do now

Mobley v. Workday and AI hiring vendor liability

The AI competence duty for lawyers: a checklist

AI citation hallucinations in legal filings

IRS AI audit selection: what it means

IRS Circular 230 and the AI tax practitioner checklist

AICPA AI audit standards are coming

AI ethics CPE and the CPA state boards

COSO internal control for generative AI

Big Four AI audit agents and the solo CPA

AI scribes and patient consent for doctors

Medicare WISeR, AI prior authorization, and appeals

FDA AI oversight and doctor accountability

AI charting rules from state boards in 2026

AI scribes, upcoding, and doctor billing

An AI scribe accuracy review protocol

AI marketing disclosure rules for agents

The brokerage AI margin squeeze

The RE/MAX deal and independent brokers in the AI era

AI search and MLS listing data control

AI AVMs, valuation, and pricing for agents

AI in brokerage recruiting and retention

Claude inside Microsoft Office

The EU AI literacy duty arrives in 2026

The 2026 federal AI executive order

Board AI fiduciary duty in 2026

Repricing consulting after the billable hour