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Woman wrongly jailed after police used AI facial recognition sues city

A woman who was wrongfully jailed following a police identification made using AI facial recognition technology has filed a lawsuit against the city. The case adds to a growing record of wrongful arrests tied to facial recognition errors.

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Military Times · Sep 16, 2026 · US Federal

AI military targeting may move faster than humans can authenticate, critics warn

AI military targeting may move faster than humans can authenticate, critics warned during a Wednesday hearing in Washington.

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EFF — Deeplinks · Sep 16, 2026 · International

Victory! Appeals Court Rejects Expansive New Copyright Claim

The Ninth Circuit rejected an attempt to use Section 1202 of the DMCA — which bars the removal of copyright management information like author names — as a new basis for copyright liability against OpenAI and Microsoft over their use of GitHub code to train large language models.

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EPIC · Sep 16, 2026 · US Federal

Cronkite News: Supreme Court ruling clears way for mail ballots, used by 75% of Arizona voters, to proceed as usual

The Supreme Court cleared the way for Arizona's mail ballot system to proceed normally, affecting roughly three-quarters of the state's voters. Separately, advocacy groups including the Electronic Privacy Information Center challenged a proposed federal data-sharing arrangement, arguing it would give DHS broad authority to pull sensitive personal information from Social Security and other agencies and distribute it to states in bulk.

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Nextgov/FCW · Sep 16, 2026 · US Federal

GSA’s web design system head replaced with Treasury AI engineer

The U.S. Web Design System is intended to help the federal government build accessible and mobile-friendly websites.

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Connecticut to implement strict laws on AI and data privacy protections

Connecticut to implement strict laws on AI and data privacy protections WTNH.com

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Think a human reviewer can catch an AI mistake? Facial-recognition study suggests it's complicated

Think a human reviewer can catch an AI mistake? Facial-recognition study suggests it's complicated colorado.edu

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Politico — Tech · Sep 16, 2026 · International

Fears of AI sparked a moment of unity. Now that’s over.

Conversations among lawmakers, tech executives and industry experts at the POLITICO Decoded Summit showed the long road toward reaching a consensus on addressing AI’s potentially existential risks.

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Nextgov/FCW · Sep 16, 2026 · US Federal

AI ‘is changing the game’ in fraud threats and prevention efforts, SSA OIG official says

Chief Strategy Officer for the SSA Office of the Inspector General Chad Bungard said “the government is looking towards AI to fight fraud, and the criminals are looking towards AI to commit fraud.”

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Nextgov/FCW · Sep 16, 2026 · US Federal

Salesforce expands Missionforce with new AI capabilities, OpenAI partnership

The company recently announced it will also bring NVIDIA Nemotron-based models and accelerated computing into Missionforce, an agentic platform for agencies.

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iapp.org · Sep 16, 2026 · International

When 'agentic AI' meets data protection law: A fundamental mismatch?

Agentic AI systems — which act autonomously across tasks and tools — are creating friction with existing data protection frameworks designed around human-directed data processing. The core tension is whether laws built for discrete, controlled data use can govern AI that acts on its own initiative.

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IAPP · Sep 16, 2026 · International

Truyo launches new warranty program for privacy compliance, AI governance platforms

Truyo, a privacy and AI governance software company, has introduced a warranty program tied to its compliance and governance platforms. The program appears designed to give customers some form of guarantee around the performance or reliability of those tools.

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USDA Official Says AI Regulation Lacks Consensus Across Government, Industry

A USDA official has stated that there is no broad agreement on how to regulate AI, either within the federal government or across the private sector. The comment reflects the fragmented state of AI policy in the United States.

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AI Regulation Needs More Than Amodei’s Warning–Here’s The Real Agenda

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has issued public warnings about AI risk, but at least one commentator argues that cautionary statements alone are insufficient and that a more concrete regulatory agenda is needed.

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Nextgov/FCW · Sep 16, 2026 · US Federal

AI agents are getting better at cybersecurity. That cuts both ways.

NIST is testing agentic AI to help enrich the National Vulnerability Database, even as increasingly capable models demonstrate why cyber autonomy needs careful containment.

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EU's von der Leyen backs European Security Council and 'playbook' against sabotage

EU's von der Leyen backs European Security Council and 'playbook' against sabotage Reuters

Rep. Brett Guthrie talks AI regulation, Bernie Sanders and China

Representative Brett Guthrie has spoken publicly about AI regulation, touching on topics that include Senator Bernie Sanders and China. The specific positions or proposals discussed were not detailed in the available information.

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9 Million Facial Recognition Images Exposed in Major Breach

A data breach exposed approximately 9 million facial recognition images, according to a report by Woodlands Online. The scale of the leak points to a significant failure in securing one of the most sensitive categories of biometric data.

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Krebs on Security · Sep 16, 2026 · International

Data Broker Radaris Loses Domains in Privacy Fight

A New Jersey court ordered the transfer of radaris.com and more than a dozen related domains after the data broker repeatedly failed to comply with a lawsuit alleging it violated a state law protecting the personal information of law enforcement officials.

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Politico — Tech · Sep 16, 2026 · International

Trump’s former AI czar says fears of an AI apocalypse are a ‘hoax’

The chair of the president’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology endorsed Lina Khan’s recent assertions that existing liability laws can address key AI safety concerns.

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IAPP · Sep 16, 2026 · International

Frontier AI curbs, children's social media restrictions among priorities in EU State of the Union address

Frontier AI curbs, children's social media restrictions among priorities in EU State of the Union address IAPP

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NPR — Tech · Sep 16, 2026 · International

Congress is under pressure to act on AI — here's what that could look like

Lawmakers are expressing broader willingness to regulate AI development, but the path forward may not be a quick one.

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Nextgov/FCW · Sep 16, 2026 · US Federal

AI for air traffic control won’t be like concerning advanced models, Transportation head says

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy drew a distinction between the advanced AI models that have raised alarms from some tech executives and the new capabilities being deployed to overhaul management of the nation’s airspace.

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Professor Yonathan Arbel: Bridging private law, AI governance, and the future of legal practice

Professor Yonathan Arbel, based at the University of Miami, works at the intersection of private law, AI governance, and how artificial intelligence is reshaping legal practice.

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