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Stanford HAI Proposes Fiduciary Duty for AI Agent Developers
The first major academic institution to call for a legal duty of loyalty for AI agents, shifting the governance conversation from transparency to accountability.
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The FTC’s Latest AI Crackdown: Why ‘Active Listening’ Was Just a Marketing Mirage
In a landmark settlement, regulators penalized companies for selling AI surveillance capabilities that didn't exist, reinforcing a clear pattern in federal AI oversight.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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