The Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI) announced on May 5 that it signed national security testing agreements with Google DeepMind, Microsoft, and xAI, expanding pre-deployment frontier AI evaluations focused on cybersecurity, biosecurity, and chemical weapons risks.
The Trump administration is considering an executive order requiring government review of powerful AI models before release, with NSA and intelligence agencies as oversight bodies. The move marks a sharp reversal after revoking Biden's AI safety order in January 2025.
The U.S. SEC formally proposed on May 5, 2026 allowing public companies to substitute semiannual 10-S filings for traditional quarterly 10-Q reports. The Trump-backed rule change is optional — companies could still file quarterly — but opens a public comment period before a possible vote in 2026–2027.
The DoD cleared OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, AWS, Oracle, Nvidia, and SpaceX to deploy AI on classified Impact Level 6 and IL7 military networks. Anthropic was labeled a 'supply chain risk' after insisting on safety guardrails for wartime AI use.
EU member states and European Parliament negotiators failed to reach a deal on the AI Act Omnibus after 12 hours of talks on April 29. The core dispute: whether high-risk AI embedded in regulated products should be exempt from additional AI Act requirements.
The U.S. Department of Defense struck agreements with seven tech companies to deploy AI on its highest-security networks on May 1. Anthropic, which insisted on safety guardrails against autonomous weapons, is conspicuously absent.
California is set to issue traffic citations directly to autonomous vehicles that break the law, closing a legal gap that gave driverless cars de facto immunity from traffic enforcement.
The U.S. Department of Defense finalized AI deployment agreements with OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, AWS, NVIDIA, SpaceX, Reflection AI, and Oracle for its most classified networks. Anthropic was excluded after refusing to allow Claude to be used for purposes including autonomous weapons and mass surveillance.
Elon Musk took the stand in Oakland on April 28 in a lawsuit to block OpenAI's nonprofit-to-for-profit conversion, testifying for over seven hours across three days. He claimed to have originated the idea, recruited key staff, and provided all initial funding.
Google has signed a classified AI agreement with the Pentagon allowing use of Gemini for any lawful military purpose. The deal came after Anthropic refused similar terms. Over 600 Google employees sent a letter opposing the contract.
The financial sector is moving faster on AI than the people meant to supervise it. A Reuters report on a Cambridge Centre survey says only 24% of regulators collect data on industry AI adoption, while 69% of respondents rely on OpenAI.
The episode matters because governments are trying to govern AI while using the same tools inside the drafting process. South Africa pulled its first national AI draft after fictitious references surfaced, scrapping a plan that would have created three new institutions and new incentive programs.