Thailand launches national AI platform, opens 33 models free
Thailand's TH-AI Passport lets citizens 15+ use 33 AI models, including GPT-5.6 and Claude Opus 5, for free, targeting 5 million users.
AI policy News and Analysis
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South Korea's Free AI for All Rides on 512 B200 GPUs
South Korea picked SK Telecom, KT, and Kakao consortia to run a free, token-unlimited AI service for all citizens using just 512 Nvidia B200 GPUs.
NDRC Signals Robotics Industry to Cool Down as Shipments Lag
China's economic planner is warning against a rush into robotics, as humanoid shipments trail far behind the hype and the manufacturing capacity already built up.
USCC Names National Data Strategy Its Top AI Policy Recommendation
The USCC's annual report flags China's push to commercialize data as a factor in the AI race, urging a US national data strategy and pointing to factory, fleet and hospital data that can't be scraped.
Green computing enters China carbon-peak plan
Green computing enters China carbon-peak plan is reframed for global technology readers, with the key numbers, product claims and open questions kept intact.
OpenAI proposes giving 5% equity to a US sovereign fund
Public participation in AI upside and Washington pressure on frontier labs.
Colorado Scales Back Its Landmark AI Law
Colorado replaced its first-in-the-nation comprehensive AI law before it took effect, delaying the new version to January 1, 2027.
California offers Claude at half price across state government
California offers Claude at half price across state government
FERC pushes 90-day power reviews for AI data centers
The U.S. energy regulator ordered six major grid operators to justify or rewrite large-load interconnection rules as AI data centers strain power queues.
Norway bans generative AI in elementary schools
Norway is taking a hard line on young pupils, arguing that AI can let children skip essential learning steps.
Turkey lays out a $10B AI plan and 110,000 specialist target
Erdogan's 2026-2030 plan prioritizes data centers, public datasets, literacy and training as Turkey tries to build sovereign AI capacity.
The UK creates an AI Economics Institute
HM Treasury and DSIT are backing a government AI Economics Institute chaired by Nobel laureate Simon Johnson to measure jobs, productivity and firm-level change.
U.S. lawmakers float Great American AI Act
The bipartisan draft would require large frontier AI developers to publish risk frameworks, report severe incidents quickly and face audits, while pausing some state model-development laws for three years.
Canada launches C$2.3B AI for All plan
Canada wants AI adoption to rise from 12% of businesses to 60% by 2034, backed by C$2.3 billion in funding, public compute and a tech growth fund.
US states accelerate targeted AI laws
Vermont, Illinois, New York, Colorado, Louisiana and Rhode Island moved AI bills in one week, targeting therapy bots, AI toys, rent pricing, health approvals and frontier audits.
US officials weigh public stakes in AI giants
White House officials have discussed whether leading AI companies could voluntarily give the federal government equity tied to a public wealth fund or dividends.
US bill targets AI style theft, with Adobe backing
US bill targets AI style theft, with Adobe backing. The story explains the announcement, the strategic context and the practical risks for the people or companies affected.
Trump Order Gives US Cyber Defenders a 30-Day Look at Frontier AI Models
The executive order keeps model review voluntary but asks companies to give government cyber teams early access before wider release.
Trump Halts AI Pre-Release Review Executive Order at Last Minute
President Trump abruptly canceled the signing of an executive order requiring AI companies to submit models for federal review 90 days before release, citing concerns about slowing US competitiveness against China.
EU Gives High-Risk AI Rules a 16-Month Delay
A new Omnibus VII deal slows parts of the AI Act, expands lighter compliance for smaller companies, and adds fast-moving bans on non-consensual sexual deepfakes.
EU AI Act Delay Talks Break Down
EU negotiators failed to agree on delaying key AI Act obligations, leaving high-risk AI providers facing an August compliance deadline.
Britain Pitches a Middle-Power Route Around AI Compute Giants
Liz Kendall says the UK will not outspend the five companies controlling most AI compute, and instead wants leverage through chips, standards and sovereign AI alliances.
US State Department puts DeepSeek and other Chinese AI models on the diplomatic table
The US State Department sent a diplomatic cable on April 24 instructing embassies worldwide to warn host governments that Chinese AI companies are systematically "extracting and distilling" models from US labs, naming DeepSeek, Moonshot, and MiniMax.
Trump science advisor says China is systematically distilling American AI
Michael Kratsios, the White House science advisor, publicly accused China of industrial-scale AI copying through proxy accounts, model distillation, and security guardrail bypassing, marking a shift from corporate complaints to official government policy.
Anthropic spent $1.56M on lobbying in Q1, outpacing OpenAI by 60%
Anthropic's Q1 2026 lobbying spending hit $1.56 million, quadrupling year-over-year and surpassing OpenAI's $1.02 million by 60%, as Big Tech's total lobbying expenditure reached a record high.
Fed Incorporates AI Adoption Rate into Economic Tracking
A new Federal Reserve working paper finds that measuring the same thing—AI adoption in US businesses—with three different methods yields three different numbers: 18%, 41%, or 78%. All are correct but answer different questions, signaling that AI's macroeconomic impact has entered the policy arena.
Music Giants Sue Anthropic for $3.1 Billion
Universal Music Publishing Group, Concord Music Group, and ABKCO Music jointly filed a $3.1 billion lawsuit against Anthropic on January 28, alleging the AI company used pirated lyrics to train its Claude model. BMG Rights Management followed with a separate suit on March 18, naming Bruno Mars and Rolling Stones songs. Combined, these cases may represent the largest copyright action from content holders against the AI industry to date.
US States Propose 1,500 AI Bills as Federal Action Stalls
As of March 2026, 45 US state legislatures have introduced 1,561 AI-related bills this year, covering algorithmic bias, deepfakes, and healthcare claims, while the federal government has yet to pass comprehensive AI legislation.
Federal Appeals Court Rejects Anthropic's Emergency Motion, Pentagon Ban Remains in Place
A three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals denied Anthropic's request for an emergency stay, allowing the Pentagon's supply chain risk determination against the AI company to stand and barring the use of Claude in defense projects.
California Governor Seeks to Take Over Anthropic Military Risk Dispute
California Governor Newsom signed an executive order using state procurement power to set AI safety standards, directly countering the Trump administration's federal AI policy after Anthropic was labeled a supply chain risk for refusing to remove safety guardrails on military contracts.
Trump's 145% Tariffs Are Driving US AI Infrastructure Overseas
The Trump administration's steep tariffs on imported components are raising data center costs by 20-50%, pushing AI companies to expand in Canada, Nordic countries, and Southeast Asia instead of the United States.
OpenAI proposes three plans for the AI economy
OpenAI has released a policy proposal advocating for a public wealth fund, a tax on AI profits, and subsidies for a four-day work week, sparking debate on how to distribute the gains of artificial intelligence.