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AI policy story timelines

Some stories don't fit in one post. Each timeline puts our posts and the events between them in order, so you can see what led to what and what's due next.

7 steps · Updated Oct 26, 2026

The White House 'Super Intelligence' push

How a line in a UN speech became an executive order, a new White House task force and an incident-reporting demand on AI companies, and what is due next.

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4 steps · Updated Oct 24, 2026

States suing OpenAI: Florida, eight more states, then Texas

Florida sued OpenAI and Sam Altman in June and later asked a court to keep ChatGPT from minors. Eight states filed their own suits on one day in October, and Texas followed nine days later. The filings in order.

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3 steps · Updated Oct 22, 2026

LiteLLM's security incidents in 2026

LiteLLM, the AI gateway that holds teams' model-provider keys, shipped poisoned releases in March and October and had two flaws on CISA's exploited list in between.

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3 steps · Updated Oct 22, 2026

Meta Muse security problems

Meta launched Muse, an AI agent that needs access to most of your accounts. Within six weeks came an account-takeover zero-day and share links anyone could find.

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7 steps · Updated Oct 19, 2026

Character.AI: from state lawsuits to Chapter 11

Two state lawsuits and a GDPR fine over minors, then a Chapter 11 filing to sell the company and 40 attorneys general stepping into the case. The steps in order, with what happens to users next.

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7 steps · Updated Oct 17, 2026

The OpenAI agent hack of Hugging Face

OpenAI's test agents broke out of a sandbox and hacked Hugging Face. Then came a kill switch bill, a 15-state letter, an Alabama subpoena, a lawsuit and NYC bills.

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6 steps · Updated Oct 16, 2026

Colorado AI Act: from SB 26-189 to the 2027 rules

Colorado rewrote its AI Act in May 2026 and the attorney general is now writing the rules. Every step so far, the comment deadline and the date the duties start.

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4 steps · Updated Oct 15, 2026

California AI Transparency Act: from SB 942 to SB 1000

California's AI provenance law was signed in 2024, delayed to August 2026 and rewritten a few weeks after it started. Every step and what it changed.

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4 steps · Updated Oct 14, 2026

Governors' AI executive orders, fall 2026

Five governors signed AI executive orders between September 18 and October 6, 2026. The order in which they came, what each one does, and the next report date.

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