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19 August 2026SI 2026/425 in force: ICO now under statutory duty to write an AI/ADM Code of Practice — 1 development 17 August 2026California suspense file: AB 412 copyright bill dies, SB 813 AI safety body advances — 1 development 15 August 2026NDPC opens forensic probe into UNILAG, Lotus Bank over students' data used to open accounts — 2 developments 14 August 2026NIMC's new Root CA role for digital signatures risks colliding with the Digital Economy Bill — 2 developments 12 August 2026Critics say AI Act's high-risk delay leaves migration and border AI unregulated — 2 developments 8 August 2026Consolidated AI Act text reveals AI Office's inspection, sealing and 5%-per-day penalty powers — 1 development 7 August 2026AI Office of Ireland gets its board — Mary Doyle named chair, seven-person board confirmed — 2 developments 6 August 2026White House finalises but withholds its voluntary frontier-AI model review framework — 2 developments 3 August 2026California's AI Transparency Act (SB 942) goes operative, deliberately timed to the EU AI Act — 2 developments 1 August 2026EU AI Office adds 38 staff, launches whistleblower + compliance tools as enforcement starts — 1 development 31 July 2026AI Office of Ireland formally established, Paul Byrne appointed as first CEO — 1 development 30 July 2026Germany's KI-MIG takes effect — BaFin gains AI enforcement power over banks and insurers — 3 developments 24 July 2026President Connolly signs the Regulation of Artificial Intelligence Bill 2026 into law — 2 developments 22 July 2026Commission adopts Article 50 transparency guidelines — 12 days before the rules bite — 2 developments 18 July 2026Hawaii signs chatbot safety and deepfake laws as US state AI patchwork tightens — 1 development 17 July 2026AI Office publishes frontier-AI expert report — 'next one to two years decisive' for EU — 1 development 15 July 2026New York enacts first US statewide AI data-centre moratorium — one-year hyperscale permit pause — 3 developments 11 July 2026Digital Omnibus on AI enters into force — Annex III delay to Dec 2027 now binding law — 3 developments 10 July 2026EDPB adopts anonymisation guidelines — 'strip the names' is no longer enough — 2 developments 7 July 2026Commission presents EU Action Plan on Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence — 1 development

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