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Senators Bernie Sanders and Rep. Greg Casar introduced a bill that would permanently ban artificial superintelligence and establish a Department of Artificial Intelligence. The legislation would temporarily halt the development of advanced AI systems until federal safety guidelines are approved, requiring new AI projects to obtain Department approval before deployment. Violations could trigger up to 20 years in prison. The bill has garnered support from employees at leading AI firms, including OpenAI, Anthropic, and xAI, who warn [...]

United Nations General Assembly speaker President Donald Trump announced that the United States will rename artificial intelligence “Super Intelligence,” arguing the term “artificial” understates its reality. He declared the change will apply to all federal documents and introduced the abbreviation “SI.” Trump rejected any international scheme to control the technology, insisting the U.S. will not stifle its growth while the Justice Department will monitor the sector. The proposal is purely linguistic; no new technical standards or development [...]

Nathan Picarsic, co‑founder of Horizon Advisory, told Energy‑Storage.news at the 2026 US Battery Asset Management and Solar & Storage Finance Summits that recent U.S. legislation allowing tax‑credit transferability is reshaping renewable‑energy financing. The change creates a “secondary tranche” that lets non‑traditional investors—such as private equity and pension funds—participate alongside classic tax‑equity banks, broadening capital sources and accelerating project pipelines. At the same time, escalating U.S.–China tensions are forcing developers to weigh domestic‑content tax incentives against the speed and [...]

US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are scheduled to meet in Washington, a summit that will address not only trade and technology disputes but also the growing threat landscape of artificial intelligence. Officials from both sides have begun informal talks about a notification system for AI incidents, a proposal unveiled by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent after discussions with Vice Premier He Lifeng. The suggested mechanism aims to create a shared understanding of common risks [...]

The European Commission has leaked a draft of its post‑2023 hydrogen policy that replaces mandatory national quotas for renewable fuels of non‑biological origin (RFNBOs) with an EU‑wide indicative target and a credit‑based mechanism. The preferred option removes binding state‑level consumption goals while keeping overall financing and enabling measures, allowing demand to be met through tradable credits rather than fixed quotas. The impact assessment also revises projected electrolytic hydrogen use for 2040 to 18 million tonnes, midway between low [...]

The European Commission has launched a new sustainability labeling scheme that obliges data centres with an installed capacity above 500 kW to publish detailed metrics on energy efficiency, water use, local water‑stress impact and waste‑heat recovery. Labels, issued electronically from 21 September, will function like appliance energy stickers, making the environmental performance of large server farms publicly visible. The move follows a low compliance record – only about a third of facilities reported data in the first year, with [...]

After the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) took effect EU-wide in January 2025, financial firms spent a year building risk‑governance structures and vetting third‑party providers. In its second year, regulators are demanding proof that those frameworks actually work, focusing on ICT incident analysis and risk supervision. The key question for security operations centres is whether they have sufficient visibility to detect, investigate and contain an intrusion across critical assets. DORA does not mandate a specific security stack, [...]

X announced on Monday that its “Under the Hood” transparency tool will now disclose when posts are shadow‑banned or down‑ranked because the company is complying with local legal demands. The update expands the existing feature, which already shows account‑level labels, to include post‑level data for users who have posted at least ten times in the past month. Users can download a JSON file that lists any visibility restrictions, the specific posts affected, and the country that issued [...]