Latest updates · 21 October 2026
In the full issue →US states keep writing frontier-AI safety rules: Pennsylvania's House is considering two bills, HB 2800 and HB 2829, on catastrophic-risk safeguards for the most powerful models.
Research, industry & policy
- Pennsylvania House considers two frontier AI safety bills, Transparency Coalition · 20 Oct 2026: A bill guide to HB 2800, from Rep. Melissa Shusterman, covering catastrophic risk assessments, third-party audits and incident notification, and to the companion bill HB 2829.
Journals & preprints
- Towards More Granular Reasoning: Mapping the DSA Transparency Database Taxonomy to Platform Terms and Conditions Using Large Language Models, arXiv 2610.26226 · 19 Oct 2026: Article 24(5) of the Digital Services Act (DSA) requires providers of online platforms to submit every content moderation decision they make, with a corresponding Statement of Reasons (SoR), to the…
Conferences, workshops & events
- World AI Regulation Summit 2026, 5–6 Nov 2026 · London (The Pelligon): AI regulation and compliance.
- Norm Ai x Vanderbilt Law AI Symposium, 5 Nov 2026 · Vanderbilt Law School: AI and law symposium.
Why it matters
With no federal AI law, state bills are setting the de facto safety baseline for frontier developers.
