Policy & safety
Regulation, incidents and safety research.
2026 Usage Policy update
Each year, Anthropic updates its Usage Policy in response to the evolving capabilities of our models, and the feedback we’ve received from our customers.
Quoting Victoria Kim
Since the Medicare breach, OpenAI has put in place additional monitoring to allow “immediate intervention” by staff to stop training if the company’s models access the internet in ways they’re not supposed to, Mr. Kwon [chief strategy officer at OpenAI] said.
COSMIC shuts the door on AI code as GNOME debates letting bug reports in
System76 is banning AI-generated content from contributions to the COSMIC desktop.
DistroKid has been quietly taking down songs in response to UMG lawsuit
Artists are taking to social media to complain that DistroKid has unceremoniously removed their work without notice.
🔮 The transition is hiding in plain sight #604
We are continuing to push hard on untangling this data and more over at our AI Investment Brief by Exponential View.
AI glasses face their first major government crackdown
Norway has become the first major country to propose a temporary ban on the use of AI glasses in selected public places amid growing privacy concerns over wearable technology.
A big-tent or small-tent AI safety movement?
In recent weeks, two narratives about AI safety have emerged: either AI existential risk is real and imminent, or AI leaders’ and whistleblowers’ claims to that effect are insincere — a “psyop” or hype or a twisted form of regulatory capture.
Even ‘Law & Order’ Is Terrified of AI
In its 26th season premiere, the procedural legal drama paints a damning picture of power-mad AI CEOs.
Building for good: How civil society organizations are automating on Cloudflare
The goal of Cloudflare Impact is to help ensure that non-profit organizations are among the first to benefit.
Regunow
Turn regulatory research into actionable compliance audits
📈 Monday data: More AI, more justice?
Latest in our AI Investment Brief: An update on AI revenues + what’s happening with AI spending.
Fraudster jailed for using 10K bots and AI songs to outstream Taylor Swift
After pleading guilty, a 54-year-old North Carolina man, Michael Smith, was sentenced to 18 months in prison for using artificial intelligence to generate songs for a scheme that stole millions from music streaming platforms.