Control, p. 6
Control
51 stories · page 6 of 6EU AI Act - the big framework goes fully into force on 2 August
On 2 August 2026 the EU AI Act comes fully into force. Four risk levels, banned practices, fines up to 7% of a company's global turnover.
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Newsom signed a deal - every state agency, every city and county gets Claude at half price, plus free training. The contrast with the federal stance is telling.
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Palantir and NVIDIA are shipping AI for US agencies that runs isolated from the internet, with weights under the agency's own control. If the data can't go out - the model comes to it.
Read →When an order can shut down a model for hours
A US government order halted access to Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5, citing national security. Whoever's position you take, the fact carries weight: frontier models are now being shut down through government processes.
Read →Regulation is no longer a separate topic
Anthropic published a framework for how institutions should prepare for AI's progress - transparency, independent evaluation, development security and the authority to block dangerous deployments.
Read →The first state AI law in the US - 'reasonable care' against discrimination
The Colorado AI Act (SB24-205) was the first state AI law in the US. In May 2026 SB26-189 repealed and re-enacted those rules - the new automated decision-making regime takes effect on 1 January 2027.
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