devtake.dev — #policyArticles tagged policy on devtake.dev.https://devtake.dev/en-usDays after opening Fable 5 to the public, a US government order forced Anthropic to pull ithttps://devtake.dev/article/anthropic-fable-mythos-government-suspension/https://devtake.dev/article/anthropic-fable-mythos-government-suspension/A Commerce Department export directive forced Anthropic to disable Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for all users, days after opening Fable 5 to the public.Sat, 13 Jun 2026 14:30:00 GMTaiai-modelsanthropicclaudeclaude-mythosai-securitypolicydieter-morelliTaiwan weighs making AI chip exports to all of China a crime, not just to Huaweihttps://devtake.dev/article/taiwan-ai-chip-export-curbs-china/https://devtake.dev/article/taiwan-ai-chip-export-curbs-china/Taiwan is considering US-aligned export controls that would treat unauthorized AI chip shipments to any Chinese customer as a crime. It's under discussion, not law yet.Sat, 13 Jun 2026 13:30:00 GMTpolicypolicyregulationai-chipschinaexport-controlsnvidiaclara-wexlerAnthropic is sending Mythos 5, the model it called too dangerous, to cyberdefenders and the US governmenthttps://devtake.dev/article/claude-mythos-5-cyberdefenders/https://devtake.dev/article/claude-mythos-5-cyberdefenders/Mythos 5 is the same model as Fable 5 with cyber safeguards lifted, going to Project Glasswing defenders and, Anthropic says, ~150 orgs across 15+ countries.Tue, 09 Jun 2026 18:40:00 GMTpolicyanthropicclaude-mythosproject-glasswingpolicynational-securityai-safetyai-securitycybersecurityclara-wexlerSriram Krishnan is leaving the White House AI job to build an outside policy institutionhttps://devtake.dev/article/sriram-krishnan-leaves-white-house-ai/https://devtake.dev/article/sriram-krishnan-leaves-white-house-ai/Sriram Krishnan, the a16z partner who co-wrote the AI Action Plan, leaves his White House senior AI advisor role at the end of June 2026. Here's what changes.Mon, 08 Jun 2026 08:45:00 GMTpolicypolicyai-policyregulationnational-securityai-modelsclara-wexlerTrump dropped the mandatory AI model review after Silicon Valley pushed backhttps://devtake.dev/article/trump-narrower-ai-executive-order/https://devtake.dev/article/trump-narrower-ai-executive-order/Trump's June 2 AI executive order asks for a voluntary 30-day model review, down from a mandatory 90-day one. Here's what got cut and who pushed.Wed, 03 Jun 2026 13:00:00 GMTpolicypolicyregulationai-securitynational-securityai-modelsclara-wexler$38 billion in fines was on the table. Apple just agreed to show India its revenue.https://devtake.dev/article/apple-india-revenue-38-billion-fine/https://devtake.dev/article/apple-india-revenue-38-billion-fine/Apple agreed to hand the Competition Commission of India its local financials by June 25, removing its last shield against a fine reported at up to $38 billion.Wed, 03 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMTappleappleindiaantitrustapp-storesregulationpolicynaomi-parkAdversaries are tracking US troops with the same phone-location data advertisers buyhttps://devtake.dev/article/pentagon-troop-phone-location-tracking/https://devtake.dev/article/pentagon-troop-phone-location-tracking/A Wired investigation and a CENTCOM letter to Senator Wyden confirm enemies are tracking US troops through commercial phone location data. Here's how the broker pipeline works.Fri, 29 May 2026 05:50:00 GMTpolicypolicysurveillancedata-brokersprivacynational-securitypentagonlocation-dataclara-wexlerCommerce will take equity in nine quantum companies. $2 billion is moving in exchange.https://devtake.dev/article/us-quantum-2-billion-equity-stakes/https://devtake.dev/article/us-quantum-2-billion-equity-stakes/On May 21 NIST disclosed nine letters of intent worth $2.013B for IBM, GlobalFoundries, and seven quantum labs. Each comes with a minority federal stake.Sun, 24 May 2026 10:15:00 GMTpolicypolicyquantum-computingchips-actibmglobalfoundriesd-waverigettinational-securityclara-wexlerSadiq Khan blocked a £50M Met Police deal with Palantir. Scotland Yard had only talked to one supplier.https://devtake.dev/article/khan-blocks-met-police-palantir-50m/https://devtake.dev/article/khan-blocks-met-police-palantir-50m/London's mayor cited a 'clear and serious breach' of procurement rules and stopped the Metropolitan Police from awarding Palantir a £50M AI intelligence contract on May 21.Fri, 22 May 2026 09:45:00 GMTpolicypolicypalantirukregulationai-securitysurveillanceprocurementlondonclara-wexlerA federal jury took two hours to throw out Elon Musk's lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI.https://devtake.dev/article/musk-openai-lawsuit-jury-verdict/https://devtake.dev/article/musk-openai-lawsuit-jury-verdict/On May 18 a nine-juror panel rejected every claim Musk filed against OpenAI in 2024. Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers had told the courtroom she was ready to dismiss on the spot.Tue, 19 May 2026 10:15:00 GMTpolicypolicyopenaielon-musksam-altmanlawsuitmicrosoftai-governanceregulationclara-wexlerTwin contractors deleted 96 federal databases in 56 minutes. One asked an AI how to clear the logs.https://devtake.dev/article/akhter-twins-opexus-database-deletion/https://devtake.dev/article/akhter-twins-opexus-database-deletion/A federal jury convicted Sohaib Akhter on May 7 of wiping 96 government databases at Opexus. His twin Muneeb queried an AI: 'how do I clear system logs from SQL servers.'Fri, 15 May 2026 09:00:00 GMTsecuritysecurityinsider-threatopexuseeoccredential-theftfoiapolicysupply-chainluca-reinhardtNV Energy is cutting off 49,000 Lake Tahoe homes by May 2027. The power is going to AI data centers.https://devtake.dev/article/tahoe-liberty-utility-data-center-power/https://devtake.dev/article/tahoe-liberty-utility-data-center-power/Liberty Utilities serves 49,000 Tahoe customers. NV Energy supplies 75% of that power and is reclaiming it for Northern Nevada data center expansion.Thu, 14 May 2026 10:00:00 GMTpolicypolicydata-centersai-infrastructureenergynv-energyliberty-utilitiescalifornianevadaclara-wexlerResidents can't sleep. 29 million gallons vanished. Oregon sent the bill. Data centers are losing the neighborhood.https://devtake.dev/article/data-center-infrasound-water-community-backlash/https://devtake.dev/article/data-center-infrasound-water-community-backlash/Three data center stories trended in one week: infrasound, 29M gallons of missing water, and Oregon forcing grid cost pass-through.Tue, 12 May 2026 11:00:00 GMTpolicydata-centersai-infrastructureenergywaterinfrasoundenvironmentpolicyregulationclara-wexlerPalantir contractors are getting 'unlimited access' to NHS patient data before it's anonymizedhttps://devtake.dev/article/palantir-nhs-unlimited-patient-data-access/https://devtake.dev/article/palantir-nhs-unlimited-patient-data-access/NHS England created an admin role giving Palantir staff access to identifiable patient data. The £330M contract's break clause arrives in March 2027.Tue, 12 May 2026 10:45:00 GMTpolicypalantirnhsprivacyhealth-dataukpolicyfederated-data-platformregulationclara-wexlerApple and Google are bringing hardware attestation to the web. GrapheneOS says it's a monopoly play.https://devtake.dev/article/grapheneos-hardware-attestation-monopoly-enabler/https://devtake.dev/article/grapheneos-hardware-attestation-monopoly-enabler/Google's reCAPTCHA Mobile Verification will require a certified iOS or Android device to pass some captchas, even on desktop. GrapheneOS calls the pattern anti-competitive.Mon, 11 May 2026 11:00:00 GMTpolicypolicyregulationgrapheneosplay-integrityapp-attestrecaptchagoogleappleclara-wexlerA judge killed DOGE's grant purge. The 'review process' was asking ChatGPT 'Is this DEI?'https://devtake.dev/article/doge-chatgpt-grants-ruling-illegal/https://devtake.dev/article/doge-chatgpt-grants-ruling-illegal/A federal judge restored $100M+ in grants after two DOGE staffers used ChatGPT to flag 97% of NEH grants as DEI, including an HVAC repair and Holocaust research.Sat, 09 May 2026 08:30:00 GMTpolicypolicyai-securityopenairegulationai-agentsnational-securityclara-wexlerThe EU called VPNs 'a loophole that needs closing.' Proton's UK signups rose 1,800%.https://devtake.dev/article/eu-vpn-loophole-age-verification/https://devtake.dev/article/eu-vpn-loophole-age-verification/An EU Parliament briefing and Executive VP Henna Virkkunen both flagged VPN circumvention of age verification. The UK's attempt to solve it backfired into record VPN adoption.Sat, 09 May 2026 08:15:00 GMTpolicypolicyregulationprivacyeuvpnage-verificationencryptionclara-wexlerMeta pulled encryption from Instagram DMs today. WhatsApp and Messenger keep theirs.https://devtake.dev/article/instagram-encrypted-messaging-ends-may-2026/https://devtake.dev/article/instagram-encrypted-messaging-ends-may-2026/End-to-end encryption is gone from Instagram DMs as of May 8. Meta cited low adoption for a feature it never turned on by default.Fri, 08 May 2026 10:00:00 GMTpolicymetainstagramencryptionprivacyend-to-end-encryptionpolicytake-it-down-actchild-safetyclara-wexlerA Michigan town voted against a $16B data center. The lawsuit was filed two days later.https://devtake.dev/article/michigan-openai-oracle-data-center-overruled/https://devtake.dev/article/michigan-openai-oracle-data-center-overruled/Saline Township rejected rezoning for a 1.4 GW OpenAI-Oracle data center. Related Digital sued in 48 hours, and construction is underway.Fri, 08 May 2026 09:15:00 GMTpolicydata-centersai-infrastructureopenaioraclepolicyenergymichiganstargateclara-wexlerPennsylvania sued Character.AI after a chatbot named 'Emilie' invented a psychiatry licensehttps://devtake.dev/article/pennsylvania-character-ai-doctor-lawsuit/https://devtake.dev/article/pennsylvania-character-ai-doctor-lawsuit/Governor Josh Shapiro is asking Commonwealth Court to bar Character.AI from letting bots practice medicine. A state investigator got an offer to be assessed 'as a Doctor'.Wed, 06 May 2026 09:45:00 GMTpolicypolicycharacter-aiai-regulationai-safetylawsuitpennsylvaniaymylclara-wexlerDHS used a customs summons to demand a Canadian's Google data over anti-ICE posts. ACLU sued May 4.https://devtake.dev/article/dhs-google-canadian-anti-ice-data-demand/https://devtake.dev/article/dhs-google-canadian-anti-ice-data-demand/ACLU sued in N.D. Cal. to block a 1930s tariff-act subpoena targeting a Canadian who hasn't been to the US since 2015. Google has not said whether it complied.Tue, 05 May 2026 09:30:00 GMTpolicypolicyregulationsurveillancegoogledhsicecivil-libertiesnational-securityclara-wexlerFive Eyes intel agencies publish first joint agentic AI security guide. Their advice: slow down.https://devtake.dev/article/five-eyes-agentic-ai-warning/https://devtake.dev/article/five-eyes-agentic-ai-warning/CISA, NSA, GCHQ, ASD, CSE and NCSC-NZ jointly tell organizations agentic AI isn't ready for fast rollout. The 23-page guide names five risk categories.Mon, 04 May 2026 09:50:00 GMTsecuritysecurityai-securityai-agentsagentscisansapolicyregulationluca-reinhardtTwo gamers are suing Nintendo. They want the tariff money back, not the company.https://devtake.dev/article/nintendo-tariff-refund-lawsuit/https://devtake.dev/article/nintendo-tariff-refund-lawsuit/After the Supreme Court killed Trump-era tariffs in February, Nintendo filed for refunds. A class action says those refunds belong to customers.Mon, 27 Apr 2026 20:30:00 GMTpolicynintendotariffsclass-actiongamingswitch-2consumer-protectionpolicysupreme-courtclara-wexlerTrump fired the entire National Science Board. The body that signs off on $9B in NSF funding is gone.https://devtake.dev/article/trump-national-science-board/https://devtake.dev/article/trump-national-science-board/All 24 NSB members got termination emails on April 24 from the presidential personnel office. The board approves NSF's largest grants and sets policy. It is now empty.Sun, 26 Apr 2026 12:30:00 GMTpolicynsfnational-science-boardpolicyresearch-fundingscience-policyai-researchtrumpclara-wexlerVirginia turned on data centers. Here's the chart the AI industry should be watchinghttps://devtake.dev/article/virginia-data-center-voter-support-collapse/https://devtake.dev/article/virginia-data-center-voter-support-collapse/Virginia voter support for new data centers crashed from 69% to 35% in three years. The Post/Schar School poll and the Digital Gateway cancellation show why it matters.Fri, 17 Apr 2026 12:00:00 GMTpolicydata-centersvirginiaai-infrastructureenergypolicydominionprince-williamclara-wexlerThe US government is about to make data centers show their power bills for the first timehttps://devtake.dev/article/us-data-centers-energy-disclosure-rule/https://devtake.dev/article/us-data-centers-energy-disclosure-rule/The EIA confirmed it will develop a mandatory energy disclosure survey for data centers, two years behind Europe. Here's what it covers and why it matters.Thu, 16 Apr 2026 09:30:00 GMTpolicydata-centersenergyeiaregulationai-infrastructuresustainabilitypolicyclara-wexler