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Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Rep. Marlin Stutzman, R-Ind., attends a House Financial Services Committee hearing on May 7, 2025. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

House passes bill to give financial agencies a technology boost

The FUTURES Act aims to close “talent gaps, procurement barriers, or technological blind spots” at the federal financial regulators, the bill’s Republican co-sponsor says.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent testifies during a House Financial Services Committee hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on Sept.15, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Treasury’s Scott Bessent says no liability exemptions for AI labs

The secretary told House Financial Services Committee lawmakers that the “best way to guarantee safety” is for AI creators to be held “liable for what they build…
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents walk outside the Ventura County Government Center in Ventura, California, on July 27, 2026. The Ventura County Government Center has been the site of tense standoffs and confrontations in recent weeks between ICE agents, local community observers, and protesters. (Photo by Blake Fagan / AFP via Getty Images)

ICE plans AI assistant to have role in use case development, document shows

While the system’s deployment timeline is unclear, the Department of Homeland Security unit described the platform as providing a secure access point to large language models.
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Teresa Carlson spoke at the Billington Cybersecurity Summit on Sept. 9, 2026. She was joined by Richard Horne, the CEO of the U.K. National Cyber Security Centre. (Madison Alder/FedScoop)

Anthropic adds Fable 5.1 to Claude for Government

Teresa Carlson, the AI developer’s new head of global public sector, said Fable 5.1 is currently available on its government platform and encouraged an open dialogue.
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