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The danger of AI is not that it will become conscious and hate us, but that it will become competent and ignore us."

—Eliezer Yudkowsky

EU KIDS Act Targets Social Media, AI Chatbots to Protect Children Online

Children use smartphones, tablets and laptops, highlighting their growing exposure to social media, AI and other digital platforms.

The proposal would tighten children’s access to social media and put AI chatbots under safety-by-design rules, targeting addictive features and feeds that can pull minors into ‘rabbit holes’ of harmful content.

Rogue AI Incidents Spur EU to Seek AI Model Safety Data Under EU AI Act

European Commission Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen has announced the AI Office's first formal requests for information to general-purpose AI model providers under the EU AI Act.

The European Commission’s AI Office has sent formal requests for information to providers of general-purpose AI models, focusing on model security, independent external evaluations, post-market monitoring and training-data transparency.

Claude Will Watermark Its Text Globally Under EU Rules; Key Limitation Persist

Anthropic says watermarks will be woven into Claude's text at the model level, but has not published detection thresholds or error rates. Illustration: AI FrontPage

Anthropic has committed to embedding machine-readable watermarks in text generated by Claude and attaching signed provenance metadata to generated files, applying the marks worldwide rather than only in the European Union.

European AI Office Opens Recruitment to Strengthen AI Act Enforcement

Illustration of professionals representing workforce recruitment and talent across diverse sectors.

The hiring covers technology, legal, operations and paralegal roles, with a particular emphasis on technology specialists.

Google, Apple Challenge EU AI Assistant Rules, Cite Privacy and Security Risks

Google and Apple are challenging the European Union's AI assistant interoperability rules under the Digital Markets Act, citing concerns that the requirements could weaken user privacy and security protections.

A growing clash between Big Tech and European regulators centers on rules designed to give rival AI assistants greater access to mobile platforms, with Google and Apple warning the measures could compromise privacy and security.

Anthropic Opens Claude Activity Data to Enterprise Security Tools Amid AI Governance Pressure

Anthropic has launched a Compliance API for Claude Enterprise, giving security teams access to prompts, logs, files, and activity data through 28 security platform integrations. The move comes amid growing pressure for stronger AI governance and enterprise oversight.

Anthropic has launched a Compliance API for Claude Enterprise, giving security teams access to prompts, logs, files, and activity data through 28 security platform integrations. The move comes amid growing pressure for stronger AI governance and enterprise oversight.