AI Policy and Regulation — Page 6

A Senate chairman gives OpenAI until 1 October to answer 16 questions on the Hugging Face breach

Hawley chairs the Homeland Security subcommittee on disaster management. His letter, plus a separate request from Democrat Chris Van Hollen, makes the scrutiny of the July incident bipartisan.

Newsom signs Adam's Law, putting time limits and independent audits on children's chatbots

Named after Adam Raine, a California teenager who died in 2025, SB 1119 takes effect in July 2027. OpenAI backed it, saying it keeps access to useful AI tools.

GSA and OpenAI swap the $1 ChatGPT deal for free seats and half-price tokens through 2028

The agreement replaces OpenAI's $1-per-agency offer, which expires on 30 September. Agencies will now pay for what they use, and Anthropic and Google have announced no renewal of their own deals.

Massachusetts tells data centres over 25MW to bring their own clean power, or pay ratepayers

An executive order signed on 8 September also stops state permitting for any project that has not first secured an agreement with the town it wants to build in.

California creates the first state registry of AI auditors and a way to certify them

Two bills signed on 9 September set up who may audit an AI system in California and what it means for one to pass. The governor used the occasion to ask Washington to do the same.