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Treasury comment period heats up as substantive filings flow into grid disclosure docket

The Treasury Department's grid-impact disclosure rulemaking docket received forty-seven substantive comment filings during its first five business days, with state regulators and environmental groups joining the hyperscaler filings.

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Commerce Department extends advanced-wafer export review as allied capitals press for harmonization

The Commerce Department extended its review of advanced-wafer export controls Monday, citing requests from allied capitals to align licensing thresholds with parallel arrangements in The Hague, Tokyo, and Seoul.

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Frontier Model Assurance Council names deputy director for pre-deployment review oversight

The Frontier Model Assurance Council named its first deputy director Sunday afternoon, formalizing senior oversight of the body's pre-deployment review function for the May Eighth framework.

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California Durazo bill heads to floor vote as industry concedes 200-megawatt threshold

California's Durazo data-center moratorium bill heads to the Senate floor this week with the data-center industry having quietly conceded the bill's 200-megawatt threshold provision.

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OpenAI files pre-deployment notice for updated reasoning model under May Eighth framework

OpenAI filed its first pre-deployment notice under the May Eighth voluntary disclosure framework Saturday, the second such filing under the framework and the first from a non-Anthropic signatory.

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Hyperscalers file first wave of Treasury comments as grid disclosure rule heads into review

The four largest U.S. hyperscalers filed initial comments on Treasury's proposed grid-impact disclosure rule Friday afternoon, with positions tracking the broad outlines of the May fourteenth NPRM.

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Treasury proposes grid-impact disclosure rules for hyperscaler AI training clusters

The Treasury Department on Thursday proposed federal rulemaking that would require hyperscaler operators of AI training clusters above defined size thresholds to file grid-impact disclosures and quarterly reporting through an interagency channel anchored at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

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California data-center moratorium clears Senate energy committee as Durazo bill narrows scope

California's data-center moratorium bill cleared the state Senate energy committee on a 9-4 vote Wednesday after author Sen. Maria Elena Durazo amended the measure to narrow its scope to facilities above 200 megawatts and to grandfather projects with interconnection agreements signed before April 1.

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Anthropic launches Claude Helios under new pre-deployment notice window in first test of frontier pact

Anthropic on Tuesday released Claude Helios, the first frontier model to ship through the 60-day pre-deployment notification window that five hyperscalers committed to last week, in what executives and regulators alike called an early stress test of the industry's self-policing pact.

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Frontier AI labs unveil joint safety pact to blunt state moratorium momentum

Five leading AI developers committed Friday to shared pre-deployment evaluations and a joint incident registry, a coordinated bid to slow state-level moratorium bills now advancing in California, New York and Washington.

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Bipartisan Senate group unveils AI disclosure compromise as moratorium fight fades

A bipartisan group of six senators introduced the AI Transparency and Grid Impact Act on Wednesday, pitching mandatory disclosure of frontier training runs and data center load as the legislative successor to last month's failed moratorium.

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California data center moratorium clears key Senate panel, reviving fight tech sector thought it had won

A California Senate committee advanced SB 1142 on a 9-4 vote Friday, imposing an 18-month pause on new hyperscale AI data centers and reopening a regulatory fight the industry believed had ended with the federal bill's collapse last month.

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California Advances State AI Moratorium Bill After Federal Defeat

A California Senate committee voted Thursday to advance a narrowed version of the AI training moratorium that died in Congress last week, shifting the regulatory fight from Washington to Sacramento and Albany.

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States Pick Up AI Moratorium Fight After House Defeat

Two days after the Sanders-Ocasio-Cortez AI training moratorium died in the House Ways and Means Committee, lawmakers in New York and California advanced their own versions, drawing fresh industry pushback and reopening a fight many in Washington had hoped was over.

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AI Industry Claims Vindication as House Panel Kills Moratorium

Hours after the House Ways and Means Committee voted 24-21 to bury the Sanders-Ocasio-Cortez AI moratorium, the largest U.S. tech companies took rare public victory laps, even as executives conceded the energy fight was only beginning.

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AI Moratorium Bill Dies in House Committee as Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez Vow to Fight On

The House Ways and Means Committee voted 24-21 Wednesday to reject a sweeping moratorium on new large-scale AI model deployments, killing for now a bill that had passed the Senate two weeks earlier.

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Hyperscaler CEOs Begin Capitol Hill Blitz as AI Moratorium Approaches House Markup

Top executives from Microsoft, Google, Meta and a half-dozen smaller AI firms moved their lobbying push into the House this week, pressing wavering Democrats to block the Sanders-Ocasio-Cortez moratorium ahead of a Ways and Means vote expected next week.

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House Ways and Means Opens Hearings on AI Moratorium as Senate Bill Lands

House Ways and Means began hearings Wednesday on the Sanders-Ocasio-Cortez AI moratorium, one day after the Senate's narrow 52-48 passage thrust the bill onto an uncertain path through a deeply divided lower chamber.

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AI Industry Reels as Senate Moratorium Vote Triggers Trading Halts and Emergency Board Calls

Hyperscalers and frontier-model labs scrambled Tuesday after the Senate's 52-48 passage of the AI moratorium, with NVIDIA briefly halted for volatility and at least four major AI firms convening emergency board calls before the closing bell.

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Senate Passes Sanders-AOC AI Moratorium 52-48 in Razor-Thin Floor Vote

The Senate on Tuesday narrowly approved a sweeping two-year moratorium on new frontier AI model training, sending the Sanders-Ocasio-Cortez measure to a deeply uncertain reception in the House.

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