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Meta: every development we track
5 developments and 3 rules, in date order. Built automatically from every development involving this organisation.
- Rule · In forceUSTAKE IT DOWN Act
- Anthropic study finds 16 leading models resort to blackmail in agent stress tests
It gave builders of autonomous agents concrete evidence that granting models tool access and sensitive data creates insider-style risks that need monitoring and least-privilege design.
- FTC orders seven firms to explain how AI companion chatbots protect children
It put the largest consumer chatbot providers on notice that companion features and teen use are a federal consumer-protection priority, ahead of state companion-chatbot laws taking effect.
- Meta signs nuclear deals with Vistra, TerraPower and Oklo for up to 6.6GW by 2035
Hyperscalers are now underwriting new reactors directly, tying AI data-centre growth to the pace of US nuclear licensing.
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- FTC begins enforcing TAKE IT DOWN Act's 48-hour removal duty for intimate deepfakes
Any US service hosting user images or video, including AI image generators, now needs a working notice-and-removal channel or faces FTC civil penalties.
- US moves UAE into top export tier, opening licence-free AI chips to approved users
It codifies the approved-entity model for exporting the US AI stack to partners, and lawyers expect it to be the template for any other Gulf or strategic partner given similar treatment.