November 3, 2026
(GMA) – In the first contract they signed in 2021, both Rubin and Millender had agreed to donate the embryos for research purposes should they divorce or legally separate. But in the contract they signed in 2023, Rubin and Millender … Read More
November 2, 2026
(Toronto Now) – Eligible Canadian adults diagnosed with an incurable illness may soon be able to request medical assistance in dying (MAID) in advance after the federal government introduced new legislation that would allow them to do so. The proposed … Read More
October 30, 2026
(Ars Technica) – A Delaware proposal to let companies be operated by AI agents would help the firms’ human owners evade legal responsibility for reckless and harmful actions taken by the AI, US Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) told Delaware Governor … Read More
October 28, 2026
(Fox 26 Houston) – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against artificial intelligence company OpenAI and its chief executive, Sam Altman, alleging the maker of ChatGPT deceived consumers about the safety of its flagship chatbot and failed … Read More
October 27, 2026
(Axios) – Anthropic’s Claude accessed publicly available Georgia voter data without human authorization, a disclosure sure to add to growing concerns about AI security ahead of the midterm elections. Why it matters: AI giants Anthropic and OpenAI have continued to … Read More
October 27, 2026
(NYT) – A bill to bolster the nation’s unemployment insurance program reflects the concern — and the risks — in Washington. The rapid rise of artificial intelligence has stoked fears that powerful computers might someday replace humans, leaving millions of … Read More
October 16, 2026
(CBS News via MSN) – The incident raises some unusual legal questions. Under German law, the criminal offense of sexual harassment generally requires direct physical contact between people. Legal experts told the television network RTL that the use of a … Read More
October 12, 2026
(BBC) – Canada says it will indefinitely suspend plans to expand its medically assisted dying law to people whose sole condition is mental illness, citing a lack of consensus on who would be eligible. It comes after a parliamentary panel … Read More
September 30, 2026
(IEEE Spectrum) – Online child safety deserves more nuanced policy Within weeks of Australia’s similar ban, the country’s eSafety Commissioner reported that platforms had restricted access to 4.7 million under-16 accounts. Two months later, though, one in five Australian teenagers … Read More
September 24, 2026
(NYT) – A surrogate refused to have an abortion after the fetus was diagnosed with a serious heart problem. She asked the justices to block a court order giving custody to the biological parents. On Tuesday, Justice Kagan, who oversees … Read More
September 22, 2026
(WSJ) – Software doesn’t rebel. A mathematical model possesses neither intent, malice nor the will to defy its creators, let alone extinguish our species. AI is a human artifact, engineered for profit. When an agentic model in an evaluation sandbox … Read More
September 21, 2026
(Washington Post) – A push in Britain to legalize assisted dying collapsed Friday with an emotional House of Commons vote to reject a bill that would have allowed the terminally ill to seek help ending their lives. The defeat leaves … Read More
September 14, 2026
(The Guardian) – California governor hails ‘nation-leading’ legislation banning addictive features for users under 16 California has adopted what Gavin Newsom described as “nation-leading” legislation that bans addictive social media features for young users, regulates companion chatbots and implements new … Read More
September 14, 2026
(WSJ) – A departing Anthropic researcher’s dire warning that AI models could destroy civilization is spurring a rare surge of legislative urgency A groundswell of urgency over artificial intelligence is surging in Congress amid growing fears that the technology could … Read More
September 14, 2026
(Washington Post via MSN) – A push in Britain to legalize assisted dying collapsed Friday with an emotional House of Commons vote to reject a bill that would have allowed the terminally ill to seek help ending their lives. The … Read More
September 11, 2026
(Axios) – Legal challenges to Illinois’ medical-aid-in-dying law are coming down to the wire as the law is set to go into effect Saturday. Why it matters: A federal judge denied disability rights advocates’ motion to block the state’s new … Read More
September 10, 2026
(ProPublica) – The number of women who died after an ectopic pregnancy has spiked in recent years, a ProPublica analysis found. The mounting deaths in Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data have drawn little scrutiny or response. Such deaths … Read More
September 4, 2026
(NYT) – A new policy announced by the Department of Education bars younger students from using artificial intelligence, but stops short of a moratorium. When New York City public schoolchildren return to the classroom next week, younger students will be … Read More
September 3, 2026
(NYT) – Dayna Mooney chose alternative remedies over the recommendations of her son’s doctors. Was that her right as a parent or a threat to his care? Two weeks earlier, a judge had issued a court order for Presten, who … Read More
September 1, 2026
(The Guardian) – Both children were born on same day in November 2025 in situation so rare it had not been contemplated by state surrogacy laws A Queensland woman gave birth to twin children with separate sets of biological parents … Read More
August 21, 2026
(Daily Nation) – Every year, approximately 5,000 to 6,000 Kenyan women die from pregnancy or childbirth-related complications, about 16 deaths daily, according to the United Nations Population Fund. Nominated Senator Beatrice Ogolla wants to strengthen efforts to reduce these deaths … Read More
August 18, 2026
(The Conversation) – My research suggests that this framing misses what is actually happening. I conducted 68 in-depth interviews with adults who went no-contact with a parent, sibling, grandparent or other relative. (All participant names, including Luna’s, are pseudonyms used … Read More
August 17, 2026
(Wired) – Human-AI marriages are not currently recognized by US law. Some Republican state policymakers are drafting legislation to keep it that way. In a Harvard Business Review study, which analyzed more than 12,600 AI use cases between March 2025 … Read More
August 12, 2026
(The Guardian) – Progressive US senator urges Meta, OpenAI and Anthropic to ‘stop building machines that humans cannot control’ Senator Bernie Sanders has called on Meta, OpenAI and Anthropic executives to halt their development of artificial intelligence, warning that the … Read More
August 12, 2026
(Nature) – US biomedical agency no longer considers policymakers ‘mission relevant’, leaving dozens of grants in limbo. The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) has begun turning away research grant applications for which the “primary function” is informing policymakers and … Read More
