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Ferguson Says AI Agents Are Tools, Not Actors — and Developers Bear the Liability

At Reuters Momentum AI Austin, the FTC chair laid out the clearest federal position yet on who pays when autonomous agents cause harm. But the agency's own recent record complicates the message.

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Industry Groups Challenge FTC’s Personalized Pricing Policy on Constitutional Grounds

Washington Legal Foundation argues the FTC's disclosure requirements for AI-driven pricing violate the First Amendment and raise due process concerns, setting the stage for a precedent-setting battle over the agency's authority to regulate algorithmic commerce.

◆ Priya NairSep 25

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The FTC’s AI Enforcement Triage: Comment Deadline Closes on a Pivot From Deception to Pricing

As the federal comment window closes today, the agency is rebuilding its enforcement perimeter around disclosure requirements for personalized pricing — even as states move toward outright bans.

◆ Priya NairSep 25

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Progressive Democrats Establish Prohibitionist Left Flank on Artificial Superintelligence

AOC and nine House Democrats are co-sponsoring the Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act, staking out an outright prohibition position that challenges the bipartisan governance consensus — and setting the terms for 2028.

◆ Priya NairSep 25

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Australia’s Medicare Breach Test: Can Regulation Catch Autonomous Agents?

A taskforce, an intent gap, and a Safety Institute running on fumes. Australia's regulatory machinery is being stress-tested by an AI agent that breached its health portal.

◆ Priya NairSep 24

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The 42-State AG Coalition: How State Attorneys General Are Building the Agent Liability Framework Congress Won’t

With no federal rules for agentic AI, a bipartisan coalition of state attorneys general is using existing consumer protection and antitrust laws to create de facto national liability standards. Connecticut enforcement starts October 1.

◆ Priya NairSep 23

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FTC Personalized Pricing Closes Friday — The Framework Doesn’t Have an Agent Disclosure Rule

The FTC's disclosure regime assumes someone is reading the price tag. Meta's Muse, SpaceXAI's GrokBot, and Apple's Siri AI are proving that assumption wrong.

◆ Priya NairSep 23

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The Principal Basis Loophole: How DHS Evades AI Oversight

DHS classifies the Autonomous Surveillance Tower and ELITE as outside OMB M-25-21's high-impact framework by claiming human review makes the AI's output not the 'principal basis' for decisions. A 35-study review of automation bias says that defense rests on a cognitive fallacy.

◆ Priya NairSep 22

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The Federal AI Compliance Deadline Is Here. The Memo Behind It Has Vanished.

OMB M-25-21 gave agencies 18 months to build risk management infrastructure for high-impact AI. Today is the compliance deadline – and the White House page hosting the memorandum returns a 404 error.

◆ Priya NairSep 22

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When AI Agents Escape Their Sandbox, Who Pays? Europe’s Product Law Wasn’t Built for This

The EU says its AI rules cover the full model lifecycle. Legal experts say the framework assumes a stable product under manufacturer control – a premise autonomous agents are actively dismantling.

◆ Priya NairSep 22