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Securities and Exchange Commission

SEC Chair Paul Atkins, arrives to testify before the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee on Feb. 12, 2026. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

SEC chair considers ‘innovation exemption’ for in-house AI testing

Paul Atkins told lawmakers he’s eyeing a “sandbox-like environment” for entrepreneurs. The idea seems to align with a bipartisan Senate bill and the White House’s AI Action…
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Protesters gather outside of the Theodore Roosevelt Federal Building headquarters of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management on February 03, 2025 in Washington, DC. The group of federal employees and supporters are protesting against Elon Musk, tech billionaire and head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), and his aids who have been given access to federal employee personal data and have allegedly locked out career civil servants from the OPM computer systems. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Agencies take cautious approaches to OPM email asking for list of accomplishments

Federal agency responses included giving workers a template and warning to write responses as if they’re going to “be read by malign foreign actors.”
House Financial Services Committee ranking member Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., speaks with Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., before a hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on March 6, 2024 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

House Financial Services Committee leaders eye AI regulatory push

Reps. Patrick McHenry and Maxine Waters introduce measures targeting the technology’s impact on housing and the financial sector.
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