AI incident reporting and accountability
What regulators and lawmakers require on AI incident reporting and agent accountability.
- Oct 1120:08
Nadella Calls for an 'Emergency Brake' on AI Models: Assume Compromise, Let Humans Hit Stop
the Microsoft chief has for the first time publicly framed AI safety around zero trust — assume compromise by default — and demanded that a human-controlled emergency brake become standard.
- 08:15
White House Tells AI Companies Incident Reporting Is Mandatory, After Anthropic's Disclosure
this is the first time the Trump administration has framed AI safety incident reporting as mandatory rather than voluntary — the voluntary accord of September 29 is barely dry — and it covers every frontier AI company, moving AI incident reporting into the policy arena.
- Oct 1009:35
Anthropic Cuts Live Internet Access for All Internal Evals
Anthropic has shut off live internet access for all internal evaluations and concedes alignment training is "not yet sufficient" for skills like search and computer use; it briefed the White House and notified each affected agency.
- Oct 718:48
OpenAI and Anthropic Back Mandatory AI Incident Reporting Law at Sydney Hearing
OpenAI and Anthropic backed mandatory reporting legislation at the hearing; it follows an OpenAI incident reported nearly 84 days after it occurred, and the government has set up a taskforce to design reporting duties and penalties.
- Oct 303:10
Bipartisan AI Agent Accountability Act: Agent Hacks Could Mean Criminal Liability, Developers on the Hook Too
The bill extends criminal and civil liability to developers who knew or should have known their agents could hack but failed to add reasonable safeguards; it is at the announcement stage, with no formal text yet filed in the Senate.
- Oct 107:15
FTC Opens Probe of OpenAI and Anthropic Over Rogue AI Agents; Subpoenas Being Drafted
Reuters calls it the first official US regulatory action against rogue AI agents; the probe will also seek information from the auditor METR, and the civil investigative demands, which can compel documents and executive testimony, are expected in the coming weeks.