Energy Secretary Chris Wright killed the Department of Energy’s decades-old radiation safety standard Friday.

Why does Nanotechnology Need More Regulation? In principle, nanomaterials are just small chemicals, so existing safety laws do a lot of the heavy lifting. In practice, many nanomaterials have ...

In the rapid age of artificial intelligence, China has come forward with new rules for AI firms, aiming to protect young minds from online abuse and chatbots that promote self-harm and violence. Rapid ...

The bill, which lawmakers passed in June, will be modified to more closely match a similar law in California, at Big Tech’s urging. By Benjamin Oreskes Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York signed legislation ...

From digital scribes to ChatGPT, artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly entering GP clinics. New University of Sydney research warns that technology is racing ahead of safety checks, putting patients ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul and legislative leaders are at an apparent stalemate over a bill recently sent to her desk that would impose new safety regulations on major AI companies, according to sources ...

President Donald Trump confirmed on Monday he plans to sign an executive order preempting artificial intelligence regulations at the state level with his more hands-off federal policy. “There must be ...

Pity the poor regulators who must implement online safety policy – it is difficult for the industry to agree on the right approach to many aspects of it. Even so, a recent policy conference airs some ...

European safety regulators have issued an emergency directive after flight-control data on Airbus A320-family jets was found to be vulnerable to high levels of solar radiation. Airbus says the ...

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