Policy·29 stories·Updated May 30, 2026
Laws, court rulings, regulatory action, and the EU AI Act in practice. How institutions are catching up to autonomous systems.
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Oregon Court Sanctions Lawyer $10K for AI-Fabricated Citations
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Ohio man convicted in first Take It Down Act case involving AI-generat
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FTC Enforces Take It Down Act for AI Deepfakes May 19
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FBI documents AI voice-clone fraud surge targeting elders
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