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Policy
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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Policy
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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Policy
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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Policy
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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Policy
The enforcement desk: how 40 new hires will define EU AI oversight
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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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Policy
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.
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Policy
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.
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Policy
While the Senate fixates on a cloture vote with 15% odds, Treasury, the SEC, and the CFTC will spend the next year rewriting the rules that determine which stablecoin business models survive.
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Policy
The EU's Art. 50 FAQ page has been live since July 24 with specific criteria for when AI agents must identify themselves. The Code of Practice that ~190 companies signed deliberately excludes it.
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