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OWASP Publishes 2026 LLM Risk List and Adds a Standard for Controlling AI Agents

The new materials draw a practical line between identifying AI risks and enforcing limits on systems that can act, while linking both jobs to security and compliance programs teams already use.

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Sep 1, 2026Policy

US Presses G20 to Avoid New AI Regulators as Hassabis Backs Pre-Release Testing

The Carolina Principles would rule out one institutional response to AI risk while leaving ministers to decide whether to align with Washington’s light-touch approach.

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Aug 29, 2026Policy

Israeli Government-Backed Hanover Site Published 560,000 Words to Influence AI Answers

The site’s foreign-agent filings and machine-readable design make its purpose unusually visible. Its effect on chatbot behavior, or on future model-training data, remains unproven.

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Aug 29, 2026Policy

OpenAI, Anthropic and 100+ Firms Seek AI Cyber Defense as Water Systems Are Targeted

The coalition wants governments to put defensive AI in the hands of public-service operators, but its warning offers neither funding nor a delivery timetable as attackers already use AI-assisted scripts against water-system controls.

Aug 24, 2026Policy

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Microsoft Turns AI Governance Into Runtime Controls Across Nine Domains

The design connects policy to enforcement, telemetry and audit records, but its operational path runs through Foundry and a set of Microsoft security, identity and API services.

August 2026

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Aug 22, 2026Policy

OpenAI Moves Astra’s Cybersecurity Gate Into Training

A possible Critical cyber-risk classification is now constraining work in progress, not just the final launch decision. OpenAI has not said when the resulting process will allow Astra to ship.

Aug 22, 2026Policy

Army Wants AI Cyber Agents to Act at Machine Speed—With an Undo Button

Project Griffin is still a pilot, not a fielded autonomous defense system. Its procurement shows the Army wants faster network action while treating auditability, operator control, agent security and operating costs as core constraints.

Aug 22, 2026Policy

FDA Opens Door to Clinician-Style Tests for Medical AI

The agency is exploring a shift from attempting to test every possible AI interaction toward proving that a finished device can safely perform a defined clinical role—and continue doing so after changes.

Aug 16, 2026Policy