EU AI Office Enforcement Begins August 2
On August 2, Commission enforcement powers over GPAI providers begin, and Article 50 transparency obligations start to apply.
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Chinese Models Take More Than 30% of US Companies' OpenRouter Tokens
DeepSeek V4 Flash lists at $0.14 per million input tokens, versus $5 for GPT-5.5, while Chinese models' share of US-company traffic on OpenRouter has remained above 30% since February.
Five New York AI Bills Await Hochul's Action
The package includes a one-year pause on state permits for data centers above 20MW and a ban on surveillance pricing based on personal data.
Gravitee: 14.4% of Surveyed Organizations Fully Approved Their Agent Fleets
A 919-person survey found full fleet approval was rare, while 59% reported confirmed incidents and 29% reported suspected incidents.
Meta Opens a Metered Muse API
Muse Spark 1.1 lists at $1.25 per million input tokens and $4.25 per million output tokens through Meta's proprietary model API.
FTC Frames AI Output Steering as a Deception Risk
The July 1 policy statement targets undisclosed model steering and sets up a fight with state AI-bias rules.
Washington Put GPT-5.6 Through a Pre-Release Hold
OpenAI's July 9 GPT-5.6 release followed a roughly 12-day federal review. The formal model-scope rule is due August 1.
An AI agent ran a ransomware attack with no human at the keyboard
Sysdig's JADEPUFFER writeup documents an autonomous agent that broke in, harvested credentials, moved laterally, and extorted a database start to finish.
Beijing May Restrict Chinese Model Exports
Reuters says China's commerce ministry has discussed limits on overseas access to advanced models from Alibaba, ByteDance, and Z.ai.
The Signal — March 30, 2026 (Evening): Copilot Cowork, RSAC Recap, and AI SOC Measurement
SB-2026-03-28-E | The Exit Queue
Anthropic eyes October IPO. SoftBank's $40B bridge loan. The triple public market wave approaching $1.4T combined valuation.