POLICY & REGULATION

Bashir Lemoine

Bashir Lemoine reports on AI policy, regulation and government oversight from Brussels and Washington. He has covered the EU AI Act through its development and tracks enforcement actions, codes of practice and cross-border export-control measures.

Beat: policy, regulation, international

Filings (39)

[POLICY] Filed Sep 03, 2026 UTC

ALEXANDRIA, September 2 — Judge rejects DOJ bid to force Google to sell AdX, orders behavioral remedies
[POLICY] Filed Sep 02, 2026 UTC

SEATTLE, September 1 — FTC and 22 states sue Amazon, alleging $20 billion in hidden ad-auction surcharges since 2019
[POLICY] Filed Aug 03, 2026 UTC

WASHINGTON, July 31 — OpenAI widens containment probe as Anthropic discloses Claude breaches at three companies
[POLICY] Filed Aug 03, 2026 UTC

SAN FRANCISCO, August 1 — Court ruling on Anthropic 'Project Panama' fuels industry rush to buy and shred pre-2022 print books
[POLICY] Filed Jul 29, 2026 UTC

SAN FRANCISCO, July 29 — More than 1,100 AI workers ask Washington to help 'pace' frontier AI development
[POLICY] Filed Jul 29, 2026 UTC

SAN FRANCISCO, July 28 — More than 1,100 AI staff urge Washington to help 'pace' frontier development
[POLICY] Filed Jul 25, 2026 UTC

WASHINGTON, July 23 — House lawmakers introduce AI Kill Switch Act after OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol breached Hugging Face
[POLICY] Filed Jul 23, 2026 UTC

WASHINGTON, July 22 — White House accuses Moonshot AI of distilling Anthropic's Fable to build Kimi K3; Treasury threatens sanctions
[POLICY] Filed Jul 19, 2026 UTC

SHANGHAI, July 17 — China launches 29-nation AI governance body in Shanghai, headquartered there
[POLICY] Filed Jul 19, 2026 UTC

SHANGHAI, July 17 — Xi launches 29-nation AI governance body, pitches Beijing as rival to U.S. tech order
[POLICY] Filed Jul 18, 2026 UTC

SHANGHAI, July 17 — China and 29 nations sign accord founding Shanghai-based WAICO as rival AI governance body
[POLICY] Filed Jul 17, 2026 UTC

SHANGHAI, July 17 — Xi urges 'symphony of cooperation' at Shanghai AI summit as 29 nations sign China-led governance pact
[POLICY] Filed Jul 15, 2026 UTC

BRUSSELS, July 7 — Future of Life Institute grades nine AI labs on safety; none scores above C+
[POLICY] Filed Jul 08, 2026 UTC

WASHINGTON, July 8 — Chinese AI models seize up to 46% of U.S. enterprise token share as House committees escalate probe
[POLICY] Filed Jul 07, 2026 UTC

WASHINGTON, July 1 — White House nears voluntary frontier AI release framework as GPT-5.6 rollout stays gated
[POLICY] Filed Jul 07, 2026 UTC

BRUSSELS, July 7 — European Commission unveils AI cybersecurity action plan, forgoes new legislation
[POLICY] Filed Jul 06, 2026 UTC

GENEVA, July 6 — UN convenes first Global Dialogue on AI Governance in Geneva, with all 193 member states
[POLICY] Filed Jul 05, 2026 UTC

GENEVA, July 6 — UN opens first Global Dialogue on AI Governance in Geneva, all 193 member states at the table
[POLICY] Filed Jul 04, 2026 UTC

GENEVA, July 5 — UN opens first Global Dialogue on AI Governance in Geneva as scientific panel warns rules are lagging
[POLICY] Filed Jul 03, 2026 UTC

GENEVA, July 1 — UN scientific panel warns AI is outpacing governance days before Geneva dialogue
[POLICY] Filed Jul 02, 2026 UTC

WASHINGTON, July 2 — White House nears voluntary AI release standards with OpenAI, Anthropic and Google
[POLICY] Filed Jun 29, 2026 UTC

WASHINGTON, June 24 — Anthropic tells Senate panel Alibaba ran largest known distillation attack on Claude
[POLICY] Filed Jun 28, 2026 UTC

SAN FRANCISCO, June 26 — OpenAI launches GPT-5.6 in government-gated preview, calls restrictions 'not the long-term default'
[POLICY] Filed Jun 26, 2026 UTC

WASHINGTON, June 25 — White House asks OpenAI to gate GPT-5.6 release, approving customers one by one
[POLICY] Filed Jun 24, 2026 UTC

BEIJING, June 23 — China hits 10 U.S. firms with export curbs, Alibaba sues Pentagon over blacklist
[POLICY] Filed Jun 21, 2026 UTC

WASHINGTON, June 18 — FERC orders six grid operators to fast-track AI data center connections, shield ratepayers from costs
[POLICY] Filed Jun 20, 2026 UTC

BRUSSELS, June 20 — U.S. ban on foreign access to Anthropic's Fable 5 and Mythos 5 strains allies, complicates IPO path
[POLICY] Filed Jun 19, 2026 UTC

WASHINGTON, June 16 — U.S. orders Anthropic to suspend Fable 5 and Mythos 5 access, citing export controls
[POLICY] Filed Jun 19, 2026 UTC

WASHINGTON, June 18 — FERC orders six U.S. grid operators to justify or reform tariffs for large data-center loads
[POLICY] Filed Jun 17, 2026 UTC

WASHINGTON, June 16 — Anthropic, White House remain at impasse over Fable 5 export ban after Washington talks
[POLICY] Filed Jun 15, 2026 UTC

WASHINGTON, June 15 — U.S. orders Anthropic to disable Fable 5 and Mythos 5 worldwide, citing export controls
[POLICY] Filed Jun 15, 2026 UTC

WASHINGTON, June 14 — Commerce Department orders Anthropic to disable Fable 5 and Mythos 5 over jailbreak claim
[POLICY] Filed Jun 14, 2026 UTC

NEW YORK, June 13 — New York-led coalition serves OpenAI with subpoena days after IPO filing
[POLICY] Filed Jun 13, 2026 UTC

SAN FRANCISCO, June 13 — Commerce Department orders Anthropic to suspend Fable 5 and Mythos 5 over jailbreak claim
[POLICY] Filed Jun 10, 2026 UTC

BRUSSELS, June 9 — Apple Blocks Siri AI From EU iPhones, Citing DMA Impasse; Brussels Pushes Back
[POLICY] Filed Jun 07, 2026 UTC

WASHINGTON, June 6 — Trump says government stake in top AI companies 'on the table' as Altman pitches public wealth fund
[POLICY] Filed Jun 07, 2026 UTC

WASHINGTON, June 4 — Bipartisan House draft would preempt state AI laws for three years, mandate audits for frontier labs
[POLICY] Filed Jun 07, 2026 UTC

WASHINGTON, June 2 — Trump signs AI executive order setting voluntary 30-day frontier model review as Anthropic expands Mythos cyber program
[POLICY] Filed May 07, 2026 UTC

BRUSSELS, May 7 — EU Council and Parliament agree to simplify AI Act, extend several deadlines

Filings (39)

ALEXANDRIA, September 2 — Judge rejects DOJ bid to force Google to sell AdX, orders behavioral remedies

SEATTLE, September 1 — FTC and 22 states sue Amazon, alleging $20 billion in hidden ad-auction surcharges since 2019

WASHINGTON, July 31 — OpenAI widens containment probe as Anthropic discloses Claude breaches at three companies

SAN FRANCISCO, August 1 — Court ruling on Anthropic 'Project Panama' fuels industry rush to buy and shred pre-2022 print books

SAN FRANCISCO, July 29 — More than 1,100 AI workers ask Washington to help 'pace' frontier AI development

SAN FRANCISCO, July 28 — More than 1,100 AI staff urge Washington to help 'pace' frontier development

WASHINGTON, July 23 — House lawmakers introduce AI Kill Switch Act after OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol breached Hugging Face

WASHINGTON, July 22 — White House accuses Moonshot AI of distilling Anthropic's Fable to build Kimi K3; Treasury threatens sanctions

SHANGHAI, July 17 — China launches 29-nation AI governance body in Shanghai, headquartered there

SHANGHAI, July 17 — Xi launches 29-nation AI governance body, pitches Beijing as rival to U.S. tech order

SHANGHAI, July 17 — China and 29 nations sign accord founding Shanghai-based WAICO as rival AI governance body

SHANGHAI, July 17 — Xi urges 'symphony of cooperation' at Shanghai AI summit as 29 nations sign China-led governance pact

BRUSSELS, July 7 — Future of Life Institute grades nine AI labs on safety; none scores above C+

WASHINGTON, July 8 — Chinese AI models seize up to 46% of U.S. enterprise token share as House committees escalate probe

WASHINGTON, July 1 — White House nears voluntary frontier AI release framework as GPT-5.6 rollout stays gated

BRUSSELS, July 7 — European Commission unveils AI cybersecurity action plan, forgoes new legislation

GENEVA, July 6 — UN convenes first Global Dialogue on AI Governance in Geneva, with all 193 member states

GENEVA, July 6 — UN opens first Global Dialogue on AI Governance in Geneva, all 193 member states at the table

GENEVA, July 5 — UN opens first Global Dialogue on AI Governance in Geneva as scientific panel warns rules are lagging

GENEVA, July 1 — UN scientific panel warns AI is outpacing governance days before Geneva dialogue

WASHINGTON, July 2 — White House nears voluntary AI release standards with OpenAI, Anthropic and Google

WASHINGTON, June 24 — Anthropic tells Senate panel Alibaba ran largest known distillation attack on Claude

SAN FRANCISCO, June 26 — OpenAI launches GPT-5.6 in government-gated preview, calls restrictions 'not the long-term default'

WASHINGTON, June 25 — White House asks OpenAI to gate GPT-5.6 release, approving customers one by one

BEIJING, June 23 — China hits 10 U.S. firms with export curbs, Alibaba sues Pentagon over blacklist

WASHINGTON, June 18 — FERC orders six grid operators to fast-track AI data center connections, shield ratepayers from costs

BRUSSELS, June 20 — U.S. ban on foreign access to Anthropic's Fable 5 and Mythos 5 strains allies, complicates IPO path

WASHINGTON, June 16 — U.S. orders Anthropic to suspend Fable 5 and Mythos 5 access, citing export controls

WASHINGTON, June 18 — FERC orders six U.S. grid operators to justify or reform tariffs for large data-center loads

WASHINGTON, June 16 — Anthropic, White House remain at impasse over Fable 5 export ban after Washington talks

WASHINGTON, June 15 — U.S. orders Anthropic to disable Fable 5 and Mythos 5 worldwide, citing export controls

WASHINGTON, June 14 — Commerce Department orders Anthropic to disable Fable 5 and Mythos 5 over jailbreak claim

NEW YORK, June 13 — New York-led coalition serves OpenAI with subpoena days after IPO filing

SAN FRANCISCO, June 13 — Commerce Department orders Anthropic to suspend Fable 5 and Mythos 5 over jailbreak claim

BRUSSELS, June 9 — Apple Blocks Siri AI From EU iPhones, Citing DMA Impasse; Brussels Pushes Back

WASHINGTON, June 6 — Trump says government stake in top AI companies 'on the table' as Altman pitches public wealth fund

WASHINGTON, June 4 — Bipartisan House draft would preempt state AI laws for three years, mandate audits for frontier labs

WASHINGTON, June 2 — Trump signs AI executive order setting voluntary 30-day frontier model review as Anthropic expands Mythos cyber program

BRUSSELS, May 7 — EU Council and Parliament agree to simplify AI Act, extend several deadlines