The lead
A divided appeals court rejected Anthropic's challenge under a federal supply-chain law. A separate ruling involved a different statute.
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Microsoft announced Home, Code and Autopilot for Copilot on September 25. Microsoft says Autopilot can keep working between prompts, using its own identity and workspace.
Microsoft is selling these products, so customers still need evidence that they perform as claimed. A private preview cannot show whether Autopilot works reliably without supervision. Home, Code, Autopilot and Work IQ also arrive on different dates.
Read article →Canada announced up to C$162 million for Mitacs over five years on September 25, starting in 2026-2027. The government says the money would support 10,000 co-funded work placements.
The government announced funding and a placement target. It has not shown that all those placements exist or lead to lasting employment.
Read article →A bipartisan coalition of 26 attorneys general urged Congress to regulate AI on September 25. Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield called for federal oversight of safety testing and public investigations of incidents.
The attorneys general are asking Congress to act. Their letter does not turn the proposals into law. The coalition cites earlier incidents, but the release offers no new independent findings about them.
Read article →The Department of Energy released the Genesis Mission advisory report on September 25. The committee describes how researchers could use AI in biology, fusion and domestic magnet production.
DOE is proposing a research program. The report does not show that AI has produced commercial fusion or the biological advances the committee describes.
Read article →Analysis
Anthropic limits how customers can use Claude. The ruling asks whether those limits give the Pentagon grounds to exclude Claude from its suppliers.
Read which uses the supplier permits before judging whether the software fits a public contract.
Separate the laws governing each designation. Similar outcomes can turn on different statutory tests.
A company considering an appeal has not yet obtained a new court order.
The watchlist
Courts, governments and software buyers are deciding who may control an agent.
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