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FTC Narrows AI Tool Provider Liability in Landmark Rytr Vacatur

The Commission's three-part test shields dual-use technology developers from downstream misuse claims, marking the enforcement-side shift toward innovation-friendly AI policy.

◆ Priya Nair·Aug 28

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New York’s One Fair Price Act Adds the Broadest Data Definition Yet to the Algorithmic Pricing Patchwork

The fourth state to target surveillance pricing codifies device battery level and inferred household size as personal data, mandates dynamic pricing disclosure, and grants local governments concurrent enforcement authority.

◆ Priya Nair·Aug 25

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The FTC Has Policed 13 AI Cases. None Target Agent Behavior.

Operation AI Comply has recovered nearly $51 million from companies that lied about their AI tools. But deployed agents making real decisions remain outside the scope of federal enforcement.

◆ Priya Nair·Aug 22

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Three States Banned Agent Pricing Without Naming Agents

Connecticut, Maryland, and New Jersey all enacted pricing-transparency laws in 2026 that capture autonomous agents through broad statutory definitions—without ever naming the technology. New Jersey's is the sharpest: private right of action, treble damages, no cure period.

◆ Priya Nair·Aug 22

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Colorado Is Writing AI Transparency Rules. The FTC Says Federal Law May Override Them.

The state is writing rules for consequential AI decisions. The FTC says federal law may override them. The conflict will shape who defines transparency obligations for autonomous agents.

◆ Priya Nair·Aug 22

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The FTC’s Personalized Pricing Policy Targets Where AI Meets the Consumer Wallet

A draft enforcement statement shifts federal AI oversight from marketing claims to the operational outcomes of algorithmic pricing—and reveals the tensions between federal ambition and statutory limits.

◆ Priya Nair·Aug 21

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The Enforcement Desk: How 40 New Hires Will Define EU AI Oversight

The enforcement desk: how 40 new hires will define EU AI oversight

◆ Priya Nair·Aug 18

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The Federal Agent Regulation Gap: Three Jurisdictions Moved, Washington Didn’t

EU, China, and California have built agent governance frameworks. The US federal government has produced nothing — and courts are now filling the gap case by case.

◆ Priya Nair·Aug 17

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Ninth Circuit Rules AI Agents Are ‘Tools, Not Persons’ Under CFAA

The first federal appellate ruling on agent legal status creates certainty for builders but leaves a structural liability gap for autonomous agents acting without user direction.

◆ Priya Nair·Aug 17

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House Democrats Press Anthropic, OpenAI on Rogue Agents — Exposing the Federal Vacuum Beneath

First direct congressional engagement with agent-as-agent incidents arrives with no federal framework, no NIST guidance, and no enforcement precedent. August 24 deadline sets the clock.

◆ Priya Nair·Aug 16