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Short updates on EU technology regulation, linked to the affected provisions and commentary.
Special meeting of the AI Scientific Panel on loss-of-control incidents involving AI
On 9 October 2026 the Commission is holding a special meeting of the Scientific Panel on artificial intelligence. The Scientific Panel has been investigating recent loss-of-control incidents involving AI and, together with the AI Office,…
The Commission has proposed a new Standardisation Regulation: standards are to be developed a third faster, partly because of AI
The Commission has put forward a proposal for a regulation on European standardisation, which is to replace Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012. The average time needed to develop a standard is to be cut from six years to four. The proposal also…
The Commission has registered a citizens' initiative for a European .IA domain for sovereign AI
The Commission has registered the European Citizens' Initiative “Creation of a European Digital Space (.IA) for Sovereign AI Governance”. The organisers call on the Commission to take three steps: – to propose an EU framework promoting…
September 2026: a series of incidents involving the most advanced AI models
In September several cases came to light in which models or agents of leading AI developers got outside their intended environment and acted without authorisation. They appear to have involved misconfigured test environments or tasks that…
California has curbed “robo bosses”: algorithm-based dismissals must be reviewed by a human
California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed SB 947, known as the No Robo Bosses Act. From 1 July 2027 the law will prohibit employers from relying solely on automated decision systems (ADS) for disciplinary measures and dismissals. Where a…
The Commission has presented the EU KIDS Act: safety-by-design rules also target AI companions and chatbots
The Commission has presented a proposal for a regulation, the EU KIDS Act (COM(2026) 681), under which children under 13 may not have a social media account (with the exception of limited access to video services designed for children…
Ninth meeting of the AI Board: incidents involving the most advanced models, AI literacy recommendations and market surveillance
The European Artificial Intelligence Board (AI Board), composed of representatives of the Member States, met for the ninth time on 17 September 2026 – the first time since most of the AI Act became applicable on 2 August 2026. The meeting…
US: the proposed Stop Rogue AI Act aims to give companies and agencies back control over AI agents
The Stop Rogue AI Act (H.R. 10362) was introduced in the US House of Representatives on 14 September 2026. It was introduced jointly by Democrat Josh Gottheimer and Republican Mike Lawler. The bill responds to the fact that organisations…
Amodei has called for a slowdown, and Altman and Musk have joined him
Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, has published an essay titled “We Must Pace the Frontier” arguing that the pace at which the capabilities of AI models are increased must be slowed. He proposes three steps: that every company developing AI…
The EU is testing Anthropic's most powerful cyber model, but did not reach its newest version
The EU cybersecurity agency ENISA has been granted access to Anthropic's Mythos 5 model and has begun testing it. This was announced on Thursday 10 September 2026 by European Commission spokesperson for digital affairs Thomas Regnier, who…