Policy & Regulations

Government initiatives, international collaborations, and regulatory frameworks that shape the development and governance of AI technologies across global markets.

SAS and AWS to Discuss AI Trust at AI Enterprise Conference

SAS and Amazon Web Services will take part in an onsite panel at the AI Enterprise Conference in New York on September 1. The companies will discuss AI trust and governance, alongside new findings from SAS' Data and AI Impact Report.

August 21, 2026

Fieldguide Gets FedRAMP Moderate Authorization for Federal Audit Work

Fieldguide has achieved FedRAMP Moderate Authorization for its federal environment through a partnership with Knox Systems. The environment supports CMMC and NIST 800-171 work for audit and advisory firms serving U.S. Department of War contractors.

August 21, 2026

Apollo Atomics Raises $31 Million for Factory Made Nuclear Reactors

Apollo Atomics raised $31 million in seed financing led by FCVC to commercialize factory made pressurized water reactors for data centers, industrial sites, utilities, and other large energy users.

August 21, 2026

Causum Releases AI Agency Protocol for Agent Permissions

Causum has released AI Agency Protocol, an open protocol for governing AI agent authority through expiring grants, scoped credentials, and broker controlled access.

August 20, 2026

Music IP Holdings Opens Patent Licensing for AI Music Creation

Music IP Holdings has opened a patent licensing framework for generative AI music creation, with Udio and GRAI as the first licensees.

August 20, 2026

ISASecure and NSA Develop OT Component Certification Scheme

ISASecure and the National Security Agency are developing a certification scheme for commercial operational technology components used in US National Security Systems.

August 20, 2026

Statecraft Launches Workforce for Federal Agency Back Offices

Statecraft launched Workforce, an agentic platform for automating routine administrative work in federal agencies, including acquisition support, finance, grants, case management, and reporting.

August 19, 2026

Keyfactor Receives ISO 42001 Certification for AI Governance

Keyfactor has received ISO 42001 certification for its Artificial Intelligence Management System after an independent audit by A-LIGN.

August 18, 2026

Rain Launches Agentic Payments Alliance With Visa and Mastercard

Rain has launched the Agentic Payments Alliance with more than 25 founding members, including Visa, Mastercard, Fiserv, Circle, Solana, and Remitly.

August 18, 2026

Enlil Unveils Governed AI Architecture for Medical Device Submissions

Enlil introduced a four layer governed AI architecture for its development traceability platform, aimed at medical device and life sciences organizations preparing evidence for AI assisted regulatory review.

August 18, 2026

Ontario Unveils Data Center Playbook for AI Infrastructure

Ontario has proposed a Data Center Playbook that would guide approvals for new data centers, require large facilities to cover electricity costs, and support data sovereignty.

August 17, 2026

US to Warn AI Partners Against Joining China Framework

The US is preparing a warning to countries aligned with its AI partnerships that they could be excluded if they join China's rival framework. The draft focuses on Pax Silica, AI models, semiconductors, and critical minerals.

August 17, 2026

Anthropic Uses Invisible Text Watermarks in Claude for EU Rules

Anthropic is adding invisible text watermarks to Claude outputs from models released since Aug. 2 to comply with EU AI Act transparency rules.

August 15, 2026

Studiosity Adds AI Assessment Scale to Higher Education Platform

Studiosity has integrated the Artificial Intelligence Assessment Scale into its assessment platform for higher education. The framework lets educators define how AI may be used in assessment tasks.

August 15, 2026

360factors Adds Fair Lending Compliance Testing Agent to Ask Kaia

360factors has launched a Fair Lending Compliance Testing agent for Ask Kaia Enterprise customers, aimed at helping U.S. banks and credit unions review lending data and prepare regulatory workpapers.

August 15, 2026

Israel Adopts National AI Action Plan

Israel has adopted a national AI action plan that includes a National AI Institute, regional labs, 100,000 AI accelerators, a domestic quantum computer, and AI security labs.

August 13, 2026

OmniLegislation Launches AI Legislative Intelligence Platform

OmniLegislation has launched an AI powered platform for tracking legislation, regulations, and court decisions across all 50 states and federal sources.

August 13, 2026

Twitch Lets Streamers Opt Out of Amazon AI Training

Twitch has added a setting that lets streamers opt out of having channel content used to train Amazon generative AI models. Creators are included by default unless they turn the setting off.

August 13, 2026

Agentic AI Foundation Adds 57 Members Including Alibaba, Visa, and Wells Fargo

The Agentic AI Foundation added 57 members over the past quarter, bringing total membership to 247 organizations worldwide. New Gold members include Alibaba Group, Visa, and Wells Fargo.

August 13, 2026

Mercyhealth Selects Vitea for AI Governance Across Care Sites

Mercyhealth has partnered with Vitea to deploy AI governance across hospitals and care sites, with controls for visibility, policy enforcement, and monitoring.

August 11, 2026

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