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Director of National Intelligence and recently named head of the Super Intelligence Task Force Jay Clayton attends a roundtable discussion hosted by President Donald Trump on cybercrime in the East Room of the White House on October 21, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

October 2026 US Tech Policy Roundup

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Sudisha Mishra

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President Trump, left, speaks with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg as Dario Amodei, CEO and co-founder of Anthropic addresses reporters outside the White House, Sept. 29, 2026, in Washington DC. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

How AI Companies Want to Be Governed, and What That Means for AI Governance

Amos Toh

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The Pentagon Has a Big Tech Problem

Zoë Baird

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A Congressional Commission on AI Risk is Overdue

Vas Panagiotopoulos

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Behind the scenes - European Parliament in Strasbourg

Despite Spyware Attacks on Its Own Officials, EU Response Falls Short

Protesters demonstrate outside of the OpenAI DevDay 2026 conference, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2026, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Multiple Polls Find Most Americans Think AI is Moving Too Fast

Evie Breese

Britain's Prime Minister Andy Burnham gestures as he speaks next to Varun Chandra, his Chief Business, Investment and Trade Adviser during a business and investor roundtable before attending the 81st United Nations General Assembly in New York City, Tuesday Sept. 22, 2026. (Toby Melville/Pool Photo via AP)

UK Wants to Lead the World on AI Safety. It Can’t Decide Where To Start

Senate Homeland Security Subcommittee on Disaster Management, District of Columbia, and Census Chair Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Ranking Member Andy Kim (D-N.J.) confer before a hearing on rogue artificial intelligence (AI) on Capitol Hill on Sept. 30, 2026. (Francis Chung/POLITICO via AP Images)

Senate Hearing on 'Rogue AI: Securing the Homeland Against AI Agent Attacks'

Daniel Stone

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman walks to the White House to attend a state dinner hosted for China's President Xi Jinping, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

When AI Agents Break In, Governments Shouldn't Be Stuck With the Cleanup

Simon Hedlin

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President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping watch a flyover during a military review in the Rose Garden of the White House, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

US Leadership on Open-Weight Models is Key to Global AI Safety 

Howard Fei

US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping attend a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People on May 14, 2026 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Trump and Xi Should Talk About Worms

Grayson Richards

Protesters rally on the steps of State Capitol in Salem, Ore., on September 8, 2026, calling for a moratorium on new data center development in the state for three years. (Photo by Alex Milan Tracy/Sipa via AP Images)

All Smokescreen, No Fire in Data Center Foreign Influence Claims

Citizens and tourists experience and purchase products at an ‘AI intelligent terminal’ consumer center on September 10, 2026 in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province of China. The center features over 200 terminals and related products ranging from smart health and travel to emotional companionship. (Photo by Jiang Wenchao/VCG via AP)

AI Governance Reaches Crisis Point Ahead of Trump-Xi Summit

Jake Laperruque

The memorial is seen on the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)

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