
Johnie T Young
Governance & Regulation Desk
Johnie T Young is the byline of the governance and regulation desk at AI Policy Desk. The desk covers new AI laws, regulator orders, court rulings and the decisions a small team has to make because of them: the EU AI Act, US state statutes, FTC and state attorney general actions, privacy rules for AI tools. A post under this name starts from the primary document (the statute text, the agency order, the vendor's terms) and a source log where every number, date and name has a row with a quoted passage. The desk says which clause or paragraph it relied on, says what it could not read, and gives an opinion with the reason behind it. Posts that change after publication show an Updated date, and a Last reviewed date when the facts were rechecked.
- Starts from the statute or order
- Every fact traced to a source row
- Dated checks on each post
325 articles by Johnie T Young
AI Training Data Copyright 2026: DOJ Says Fair Use (Sept 1)
On Sept 1, 2026 the DOJ told a New York federal court that AI training on copyrighted text is generally fair use. What it omits, plus 4 clauses to check.
California 2026 AI Bills: Signed, Vetoed and Still Pending
Newsom signed SB 947, SB 951, SB 574, AB 1979, SB 503, SB 1000, AB 2713 and more by the Sept 30 deadline. What is now law, and what we could not verify.
AI Claims That Trigger Securities Suits: 5-Item Checklist
Copilot suit, Intuit 20% drop: 15 AI class actions drove $385B in H1 2026 losses. Which statements trigger securities suits and the 5-rule fix checklist.
Judge Voids Pentagon Anthropic Blacklist: Vendor Guide
Anthropic Pentagon blacklist ruling 2026: Judge Lin voided Hegseth's Section 3252 designation on Aug 27. What AI vendors and DoW contractors should do now.
California SB 690 signed: which CIPA lawsuits survive
Newsom signed SB 690: website pen register claims under CIPA go to the Attorney General only. Wiretap and chat claims under Section 631 stay open.
OpenAI Wants Stricter AI Rules on Itself: What It Means
OpenAI asked California to strengthen SB 53 after its test agents breached Hugging Face. What training-time incident monitoring means for vendor risk.
OpenAI DOJ PERM Settlement: AI Hiring and HR Vendor Risk
OpenAI paid $3.2M to settle DOJ claims it buried PERM job postings to favor visa workers. What the settlement means for your AI vendor risk.
Anthropic's Project Panama: Book Destruction and FTC Risk
Anthropic's Project Panama planned to scan and destroy up to 2 million books. Groups asked the FTC for a Section 5 probe. A vendor AI risk checklist.
AI Agent Data Controls Register: A Free Template for 2026
Copy this AI agent data controls register: one row per agent with data touched, recipients, retention, logging and kill switch. Built for GDPR Article 30.
How to Update Your AI Acceptable Use Policy in 2026
Update your AI acceptable use policy in 2026 for Texas TRAIGA, the EU AI Act and state laws, with what to change in prohibited uses, human review and data rules.
SEC AI Governance for Investment Advisers: Exam Priorities
What do SEC examiners ask about AI in 2026? See the exact questions, Form ADV disclosures, and a 10-point readiness checklist for RIAs.
OpenAI Astra: Critical Cyber Threshold and Vendor Risk
OpenAI paused Astra on August 7 after it may have hit the critical cybersecurity threshold. Preparedness Framework rewrite. Vendor policy checklist.