Ashley Gold

Europe's landmark AI law has moved from an idea to enforcement. Why it matters: Brussels will soon learn whether it can turn its sweeping AI rulebook into regulation that companies can actually fol...

The Justice Department and TikTok, along with parent company ByteDance, have reached a $400 million settlement to resolve allegations of violating children's online privacy laws, per an announcemen...

The U.S. Department of Commerce has given OpenAI the green light for a broad launch of its advanced GPT 5.6 model, a source familiar with the situation confirmed to Axios Tuesday.Why it matters: Th...

A new UN-backed commission will bring top tech executives and heads of state to the same table to forge global rules for AI, per an announcement shared exclusively with Axios.Why it matters: As glo...

The Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for President Trump to freely fire officials from the Federal Trade Commission and most — though not all — agencies that have long been politically indep...

Washington is racing to sell the world on American AI just as China's cheap and capable models are becoming harder to ignore.Why it matters: Chinese models don't have to beat OpenAI or Anthropic to...

The Trump administration has asked OpenAI to limit the release of its next model, GPT-5.6, to only a small set of government-approved partners before any wider release, citing security concerns, ac...

The Trump administration entered office promising to get government out of the AI industry's way. It hasn't worked out that way.Why it matters: The White House says AI shouldn't be regulated, but i...

President Trump and top administration officials discussed a U.S.-led effort to coordinate global AI standards Wednesday at a meeting with the CEOs of leading AI companies at the G7 summit in Franc...

The Trump administration has made exporting American AI a key part of its plans for global AI dominance, but ad hoc policy decisions around the most advanced AI are threatening that effort.Why it m...

The government should legally be able to block or deter dangerous AI deployments, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei wrote in an essay Wednesday.Why it matters: Anthropic's ideas for tech regulation and ec...

The White House is negotiating a federal preemption of some state AI laws in exchange for its support of key tech policy priorities from the Hill, Axios has learned. Why it matters: States are incr...