Inside AI Policy

The National Artificial Intelligence Association urges the Federal Trade Commission to recalibrate the deceptive practices language in its proposed policy statement on artificial intelligence to avoid capturing important safety, security and reliability efforts related to AI systems, while also offering advice on advancing a uniform federal approach to AI governance. “[T]he Commission should carefully distinguish deceptive conduct from legitimate AI governance practices.

The Internet Security Alliance is exploring options to address cybersecurity challenges posed by the adoption of artificial intelligence technologies in critical infrastructure sectors, in a new cross-sector assessment series focused on AI deployment.

The National Science Foundation is looking to leverage artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies by committing $1.5 billion to Notice of Funding Opportunities, to be implemented under a science and technology strategy that seeks to remove regulations and provide more support to the private sector in both the long and short term.

Presidential AI advisor David Sacks equated proposals recommending the establishment of a federal agency to govern artificial intelligence to relying on bodies like the private-sector Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, in rejecting an approach favored by multiple frontier developers.

The Defense Department has awarded defense technology vendor NODA AI $100 million to scale adoption of its artificial intelligence-enabled mission command and coordination technology, Inside Defense/AI reported. What NODA's technology provides is called a "pocket strike cell," Philong Duong, the company's chief executive officer, told Inside Defense in an interview last week, ahead of the company’s Aug. 17 announcement.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has published a concept paper to inform upcoming guidance on how human elements play a role in cybersecurity decisions, as part of work launched in 2024 on human-centered cybersecurity Inside Cybersecurity reported.

EPA has announced new members for its Local Government Advisory Committee of state and local officials and indicates that an early priority will be discussion of the challenges posed by data centers and other artificial intelligence infrastructure, Inside EPA reported.

The American Bankers Association details extensive risk management and cybersecurity practices employed in the sector, in response to House Financial Services Committee Democrats’ request for information on policy needs spurred by artificial intelligence, while touting sector-based supervision and calling for a federal AI framework that preempts state regulation.

The Trump administration is treating the drone supply chain as a strategic technology problem, using tariffs and domestic-production incentives to reduce foreign dependence as unmanned systems -- backed by artificial intelligence -- become increasingly important to military operations, Inside Defense/AI reported. On Aug.

The conflict in Iran is serving as an acceleration point for hybrid warfare and geopolitically motivated cyber attacks against commercial entities, logistics providers and critical infrastructure, according to a report from Flashpoint identifying AI and other trends in the threat landscape in the first half of 2026, Inside Cybersecurity reported.