States including Maine, Georgia, and Maryland are advancing legislation or statewide moratoriums to restrict AI data center construction amid energy and land concerns.

The UK is actively recruiting Anthropic to expand its presence in Britain, capitalizing on the AI firm's ongoing dispute with the U.S. Pentagon.

Washington state enacted new laws mandating AI labels on altered media and restricting chatbot interactions with minors, setting a precedent for state-level AI regulation.

The Trump administration's push to block state-level AI regulation through federal preemption legislation has hit a wall on Capitol Hill amid partisan divisions.

California is escalating its push to regulate AI across multiple fronts, cementing its role as the de facto U.S. proving ground for AI policy ahead of federal action.

A new pro-AI political operation backed by former Trump aides is preparing to spend over $100 million in the 2026 midterms to elect candidates supportive of the administration's AI agenda.

Governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order requiring AI safety and privacy guardrails for state contractors, positioning California as a counterweight to Trump's federal AI deregulation agenda.

U.S. District Judge Rita Lin issued a preliminary injunction halting the Pentagon's designation of Anthropic as a national security supply-chain risk, ruling the move was likely unlawful retaliation for the company's refusal to remove AI safety guardrails for military use.

Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have introduced legislation that would halt new AI data center construction in the United States, citing concerns over energy consumption, environmental impact, and unchecked corporate power over critical infrastructure.

The US Treasury Department and the Financial Stability Oversight Council launched a joint AI Innovation Series to identify and reduce regulatory friction blocking financial institutions from scaling AI.

The Trump administration published its National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence, urging Congress to establish a single federal standard that would override the growing patchwork of state-level AI regulations, handing Big Tech the federal preemption it has long lobbied for.

Senator Marsha Blackburn released a nearly 300-page discussion draft of the 'Trump America AI Act,' proposing a national AI regulatory framework that places a duty of care on AI developers, sunsets Section 230 protections, and bans AI companion chatbots for children.

The White House and House Republicans are jointly developing a legislative package to preempt state-level AI regulations, combining AI law preemption with children's online safety provisions as the 90-day deadline from Trump's December AI executive order arrives.

The Council of the European Union has reached a formal position on amendments to the EU AI Act, proposing to simplify compliance obligations for general-purpose AI models while adding an explicit prohibition on AI tools that generate non-consensual intimate imagery.

Anthropic's legal and public dispute with the U.S. Department of Defense has intensified after the Pentagon's AI chief called the company's stance 'bananas.' The conflict centers on a supply-chain risk designation that Anthropic argues threatens its ability to operate independently.

A UK House of Lords committee has urged the government not to weaken copyright protections for AI training, warning that a text-and-data-mining exception could devastate the nation's £124 billion creative sector for speculative AI gains.

Canada's AI minister warned OpenAI to voluntarily strengthen safety measures or face mandatory government regulation, following reports that an AI chatbot played a role in a mass shooting incident.

Canadian officials have urgently summoned OpenAI's safety representatives to Ottawa for emergency talks following a shooting incident in British Columbia reportedly linked to AI-generated content, marking a rare government intervention.

Lawmakers from both parties in state capitols across the U.S. are finding common ground on regulating artificial intelligence and data centers, marking a rare moment of bipartisan consensus on tech policy.

The Trump administration is preparing to sue states including Colorado and California over AI laws it deems burdensome, while also threatening to withhold federal broadband grants, drawing pushback from lawmakers across party lines.