LASST sued OpenAI over AI agent access to Hugging Face as California bars the autonomy defense. September also brought British Columbia failure-to-warn claims and a Florida AG injunction motion, while CGL carriers carve generative AI out of standard coverage.
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The AI HOAX Distraction: Safety, Money, and Why You Can’t Tell Which Is Driving
Six positions in nine days, and every one of them fits the speaker’s balance sheet.
In September 2026 four frontier labs called for a slowdown, the President called the whole thing a hoax, and two of the largest companies in AI said the market already handles it. This piece argues the slowdown is not evidence that governance is working. It is evidence that economic incentives are still in charge, with the sign flipped. Readers get the dated exposure curve behind the calls, the reason liability cannot currently steer, and a narrower proposal than pacing the frontier.
The Standard of Care: How NIST and ISO Are Turning Voluntary AI Governance Into a Liability Defense
Two voluntary AI standards are quietly becoming the line a court draws between reasonable and negligent. The NIST framework and ISO 42001 now carry legal and commercial weight, and the records that defend a claim are the same ones that compound an advantage. Here is where the exposure lands, and how to build the record before you need it.