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37 articles tagged Policy. For the wider topic, see Privacy & Compliance.
A UK consultation open until 30 September 2026 treats email monitoring the same as algorithmic scheduling. What the proposed scope means for disclosing new tools.
Read article →First drafts are the least filtered thing you write, which makes them the riskiest to paste into a public AI tool. Why the rough version leaks the most.
Read article →Anthropic and Google now watermark AI text by default. What the watermark detects, and what research shows happens to it once you edit or rewrite.
Read article →SB 947 would bar California employers from firing workers on an algorithm's word alone. What it covers, what it does not, and the deadline that matters now.
Read article →California, New York, and the EU each added AI disclosure duties in 2026. Here is a three-question test to tell which ones actually apply to your work.
Read article →AI writing detectors are landing in workplaces, and they get things wrong. What a false positive means, why disclosure beats screening, and how to respond.
Read article →Newsom's September 18 executive order does not create a kill switch law. It orders a working group to recommend one. Here is the real scope.
Read article →California is building an AI auditor registry and the EU AI Act is now enforceable. Here is a practical checklist to get audit-ready without over-engineering.
Read article →The EU AI Office can now fine general-purpose AI providers. Whether a provider signed the Code of Practice is a due-diligence signal you can actually check.
Read article →Article 50 requires labeling AI-generated text in some cases, not all. Here is exactly which published text needs it, and which everyday drafting does not.
Read article →California just started regulating who is allowed to call themselves an AI auditor. Here is what SB 813 and AB 1405 actually change, and when.
Read article →An Australian tribunal ordered two employees to stop using AI in their correspondence. What the ruling actually objected to, and how to avoid the same failure.
Read article →The tools you already use are shipping agent features that act on your behalf. A short checklist to run before you turn one on, for yourself or a team.
Read article →An honest, non-alarmist look at when your employer can see your AI prompts, when they usually cannot, and the safe habit that keeps you out of trouble.
Read article →The real tradeoff behind letting an AI agent read and send your email, plus a decision checklist and safer draft-only alternatives.
Read article →Accountability does not transfer to a tool when an agent acts on your behalf. How to frame ownership for teams, and why human review is an accountability control.
Read article →Detection scores are being used to make decisions about people. What the tools actually measure, why they misfire on specific groups, and how to respond to an accusation.
Read article →Not every AI-assisted sentence needs a footnote. Where disclosure is genuinely required, where it is courtesy, and how to say it without undermining the work.
Read article →Using AI to write is not a violation. Scaled content abuse is. Where Google draws the line, in its own words, and what that means for your drafts.
Read article →Cloudflare set a September 2026 deadline for mixed-use crawlers. What blocking actually costs you, who should do it, and how to decide per crawler.
Read article →A blanket AI notice on every post says nothing useful. How to decide when disclosure is required, when it helps, and what wording actually informs a reader.
Read article →Programmatic pages are not automatically spam, and hand-written ones are not automatically safe. The test Google applies, and how to stay on the right side.
Read article →The C2PA standard now covers text, and Article 50 requires machine-readable marking of synthetic content. What that actually means for the email you just rewrote.
Read article →From 2 August 2026 the Commission can investigate general-purpose AI providers, demand model access, and fine them. What that means for the companies you buy AI from.
Read article →Colorado delayed, California finalized, Illinois took effect. A patchwork of state AI employment rules is now the practical constraint for US employers.
Read article →Most teams accumulated a dozen overlapping AI subscriptions in two years. A consolidation method that keeps what works and cuts what was bought during a demo.
Read article →Article 50 transparency rules took effect on 2 August 2026. What legally requires disclosure, what does not, and how to write a policy you can actually apply.
Read article →A large majority of workplace AI users bring unapproved tools. A policy that acknowledges that, gives followable rules, and closes the gap that caused it.
Read article →Transparency obligations, general-purpose AI enforcement, and the full penalty regime take effect. High-risk duties were deferred. What applies to an ordinary business using AI writing tools.
Read article →High-risk obligations moved to December 2027 and August 2028. Why the deferral happened, what it changes, and why treating it as breathing room is the wrong reading.
Read article →Roughly a third of employees have put confidential data into public AI tools, and most workplace AI use is unsanctioned. The data, and why prohibition has failed as a strategy.
Read article →AI detection tools are being pointed at work emails, reports, and applications. Here is what their scores mean, where they fail, and what to do if you are accused.
Read article →Nine things to establish before your team uses an AI writing tool on anything containing personal data, from lawful basis to transfers to the record of processing.
Read article →Find out which AI tools your team is really using, what data has gone into them, and what to do next. A one-week audit that does not turn into a witch hunt.
Read article →A one-page AI policy that people will actually follow, covering approved tools, what never gets pasted, disclosure rules, and who decides. With a template.
Read article →A practical line between assistance and authorship, plus what to say when disclosure is warranted and why blanket AI disclaimers usually backfire.
Read article →Announce a workplace policy change with the effective date, affected people, required actions, support, and source of truth.
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