7 October 2026 – 13 October 2026
The one big US item was a funding pledge, not a rule.
The big stories
UK MPs question Anthropic, Google, Meta and OpenAI on AI regulation
UK · Matters
On 13 October a UK parliamentary committee took evidence from Anthropic, Google DeepMind, Meta and OpenAI. Wired reported that OpenAI and Anthropic told the lawmakers to regulate them. MLex reported that the four companies differ on what that regulation should look like. Coverage said the MPs discussed whether safety testing, incident reporting and release controls should be mandatory instead of voluntary. A hearing is not a law and nothing changed on paper this week. It matters because the companies that supply your tools are arguing in public about mandatory testing and incident reporting, and they do not agree.
Tech firms pledge $2.4 billion in computing power to the US Genesis Mission
US · Overhyped
On 8 October Politico reported that companies including OpenAI, NVIDIA, Anthropic, Amazon and Google pledged $2.4 billion in computing resources to the Trump administration's Genesis Mission, an AI-for-science initiative that spans more federal agencies. I call it overhyped as governance news. It is a pledge of computing resources for research, not a rule on safety, liability or disclosure, and it puts no new duty on a company in Switzerland or the EU.
What you might have missed
Brussels asks OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta about AI Act compliance
On 9 October MLex reported that the European Commission asked OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta about compliance with the safety and copyright parts of the EU AI Act. The AI Act is Regulation (EU) 2024/1689. The AI Office inside the Commission supervises the makers of the largest general-purpose models. Heise reported that the request followed AI-enabled cyberattacks. On 10 October RNZ reported that requests for information went to more than 30 AI companies, covering safety, security, transparency and copyright, and that investigations and fines are possible. If you only use these models, there is nothing to file. If you build or place AI on the EU market, which can include Swiss firms, expect similar questions. None of the articles I found gave a deadline, and none said which article of the Act the request rests on.
One source, not confirmed: On 13 October The Next Web reported that the UK Information Commissioner's Office, the data protection regulator, secured data-protection changes from 10 AI developers.
Bottom line
UK MPs questioned Anthropic, Google, Meta and OpenAI, Brussels queried OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta on the AI Act, and firms pledged $2.4 billion to the US Genesis Mission. Governments are pressing AI developers on rules while also drawing on their resources.
Hugo's take
I read that four AI labs sat in front of UK MPs and did not agree on what regulation should look like, even though two of them said, more or less, regulate us. Asking for rules is the easy part. The argument starts when someone has to say which rules. 🦛
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