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US Restores UK Access to Frontier AI Models After 17-Day Pause — October 12, 2026

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Episode US Restores UK Access to Frontier AI Models After 17-Day Pause — October 12, 2026

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Britain's AI Security Institute is testing pre-release OpenAI, Anthropic and Google DeepMind models again after Washington reversed a 17-day block. CoreWeave is also planning a 240MW campus in India, a16z is leading TypeSafe's $870M round, and California and New York are tightening their AI rules.

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• US reverses course, restores UK access to frontier AI models for testing — Crypto Briefing “The US government has walked back a directive that kept Britain from testing new AI models before their release. As of October 11, 2026, the UK’s AI Security Institute (AISI) once again has access to pre-release systems from Anthropic, Google DeepMind, and OpenAI.” • Why is CoreWeave Investing in India With a 240MW Campus? | Data Centre Magazine — Data Centre Magazine “CoreWeave has entered India through a partnership with AdaniConneX, with plans to build 240MW of data centre capacity in Navi Mumbai as part of its global AI Cloud expansion. The deal marks CoreWeave's first move into the Indian market and follows closely on from its recent…” • TypeSafe AI Raises $870M Series A for Machine-Native AI | DevCuration — DevCuration “Changing a coefficient in code is part of TypeSafe AI's product argument. The San Francisco model lab wants developers to combine machine judgments inside software they can inspect and revise, a design ambition now backed by an $870M Series A at a $7.5B valuation.” • Five Things California Employers Need to Know About the "No Robo Bosses Act" (SB 947) | California Employment Law Report — California Employment Law Report “The name sounds like a ban, but it is not one. Employers can keep using scoring and analytics tools. What the law regulates is the point at which a system’s score becomes an employment decision. The law is not operative until July 1, 2027, so there is time to prepare.” • New York RAISE Act: Frameworks, 72-Hour Reports and DIGIT — NY Presswire “New York’s RAISE Act takes effect on January 1, 2027, and the version that will apply is not the one Governor Kathy Hochul signed in December 2025. A chapter amendment signed on March 27, 2026 repealed the original text and replaced it with a transparency and incident-reporting…”

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