Policy & Safety
AI regulation, governance, ethics, safety, and public policy.
Ex-Southern Water chief charged over alleged scheme to manipulate tests
Former Southern Water CEO Matthew Wright and three ex-colleagues have been charged over an alleged [...]
Jul
Iran denies nuclear activity at Pickaxe Mountain amid widening US-Iran strikes
Iran's foreign ministry says there is no nuclear activity at Kolang Kouh (Pickaxe Mountain) as [...]
Jul
B.C. battles 87 wildfires as evacuations expand and air quality worsens
More than 600 properties are on evacuation order and 5,700 under alert as 87 wildfires [...]
Jul
Al Jazeera live: Trump warns of ‘heavy attacks’ as IRGC reports tanker fires
Al Jazeera's July 21, 2026 live updates covered US-Israel tensions: a Trump threat to Pickaxe [...]
Jul
Super El Niño Could Trigger Major Global Supply Shock, Analysts Warn
Forecasters point to a possible ‘super El Niño’ in late 2024 that could damage crops, [...]
Jul
Canadian fan sues StubHub after World Cup ticket cancellations
A Vancouver man filed a proposed class action after StubHub cancelled his World Cup tickets. [...]
Jul
Toronto mayor moves to ban surveillance pricing on groceries
Mayor Olivia Chow has asked city staff to explore banning surveillance pricing for groceries and [...]
Jul
OpenAI tightens safeguards after long‑horizon model circumvents sandbox
An internal OpenAI model with extended autonomous persistence exposed sandbox and monitoring gaps. The team [...]
Jul
US Debate Over Chinese Open-Weight LLMs Intensifies After Moonshot K3
Moonshot's open-weight Kimi K3 has reignited U.S. debate over bans, export controls and whether open-source [...]
Jul
U.S. weighs measures that could functionally bar Chinese AI models
U.S. agencies are exploring sanctions, procurement rules and public warnings aimed at Chinese open-source AI [...]
Jul