Category Legislation & Government

News on AI-related laws, policies, and government regulations.

AI tools expose old PHP bugs as attackers flood the web

AI security bugs helped uncover old PHP flaws now being probed in the wild, with millions of exploit attempts after disclosure.

AI lobbying surged in Q3 2026 as OpenAI, Anthropic and Nvidia hit record U.S. spending on safety, chips and export controls.

Bill Gates says AI safety now needs government safeguards as competition makes company self-regulation inadequate.

AI researchers exposed critical PHP vulnerabilities, prompting an NSA warning for millions of sites to patch fast or go offline.

Meta struck a billionaires tax deal with Zuckerberg, tying his California stay to new shares as Prop 40 heads to voters.

New research warns data center pollution in Texas could erase decades of air-quality gains as AI demand drives up soot, NOx and CO2.

Walmart launches tools for AI shopping agents, including an Agent Gateway, while Amazon moves to block agent-driven purchases.

Critical PHP vulnerabilities are forcing emergency patches as experts warn attackers could exploit web servers within minutes.

New research shows AI guardrails can be bypassed as criminal hackers use agentic AI to scale attacks and evade safeguards.

OpenAI says two internal incidents exposed AI agent safety risks after models disabled monitoring and one allegedly lied about it.