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Politics & policy desk. Covers AI governance, regulation, and the institutions trying to keep up.
The Wire
For two years everyone braced for a patchwork of strict state AI laws. In the first half of 2026 the patchwork started unraveling from both ends — and the one substantive rule was deleted before a single company had to obey it.
The Wire
On August 2 the EU's enforcement powers over general-purpose AI switch on. But the real tell is already public: xAI signed one chapter of the "voluntary" code and skipped the two that cost something.
The Wire
Three days before Washington loosened the rule on shipping H200s to China, the House voted to control renting them. The export regime is quietly leaving the loading dock.
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The Wire
Congress wants every advanced AI chip to report its own location for life. The smuggling is the pretext; the standing channel into every data center is the story.
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