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Bills, hearings, enforcement actions and the rules being written for software and silicon, covered by The Silicon Ledger.
Executives from Google, Anthropic, Meta, OpenAI, SpaceXAI, and Nvidia committed to internal safety controls in a non-binding agreement signed during discussions with President Trump and congressional leaders.
A security researcher known as Faav discovered a critical validation bypass in Microsoft's internal analytics platform, gaining unauthorized access to massive datasets through a missing JWT token check.
A state senator has introduced legislation requiring video game publishers to maintain player access to titles even after online support ends, responding to concerns about digital-only games becoming unplayable.
A new attack from UC San Diego and Inria Nancy significantly lowers the barrier to cracking RSA-encrypted data, though practical exploitation remains challenging for now.
H.R. 10364, the American Copyright Protection Act of 2026, would mandate that internet service providers, DNS services, and VPNs block access to foreign websites hosting pirated content, raising questions about enforcement when encryption and location masking are involved.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has filed a court brief arguing that the Trump administration's use of Truth Social's premium early-access service, which charges up to $100,000 monthly, violates the public's constitutional right to equal access to official government statements.
State regulators have penalized DataOne's Vineland facility with a record fine for running 62 unpermitted portable generators, with a 45-day shutdown order in place.
At Proofpoint Protect, security leaders outlined a shift from blocking AI deployments to enabling them safely, with intent-based models and knowledge graphs emerging as the foundation for controlling both human and machine actors in the enterprise.
