The Take It Down Act, which was enacted in May 2025, went into effect. This law makes it a federal crime to publish nonconsensual intimate imagery (NCII), including AI-generated images, and requires platform and social media companies to take down images within 48 hours of a request. More info on this development and how to request the removal of images can be found on CNN and PCMag. In addition, this Microsoft on the Issues blog discusses Microsoft’s NCII policy and how to report an image.
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This Week in Washington
- FedScoop: The House Small Business Committee advanced three pieces of tech legislation to increase the Small Business Administration’s (SBA’s) transparency on AI use, allow for the SBA to issue loans for AI tools and modern software, and ask the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to evaluate cyber risks for small businesses. The bills will now head to the full House for consideration.
- Modern Diplomacy: The U.S. Export-Import Bank (EXIM) launched ExportAI, a new initiative that provides financial support to foreign companies and governments that purchase American AI products. The funding initiative aims to increase American leadership in the global AI race and align with President Trump’s AI executive orders.
- Axios: The Commerce Department announced it is investing $2 billion into quantum technology companies with the goal of developing a domestic quantum chip supply chain. Half of the funds will go to IBM, the second major federal stake taken in IBM, and the remainder will go to seven smaller public and private quantum businesses.
- CBS News: President Trump delayed a planned executive order that, among other provisions, would have introduced a voluntary federal review of new AI models. The President said he delayed the order over concerns that it would “get in the way” of American global AI leadership.
Article Summary
- FedScoop: NASA is making wide use of artificial intelligence, according to the space agency’s CIO Troy LeBlanc. The agency has used billions of AI tokens a day since March, primarily to analyze and catalogue the millions of images, videos, and data points captured by the International Space Station, Artemis 2 mission, and other NASA initiatives.
- StateScoop: Mississippi became the latest state to lay out an AI skilling strategy, announcing the Mississippi Statewide AI Framework. The framework includes 11 core skill domains, including cybersecurity and ethical understanding, as well as a stage-by-stage K-12 progression for educators to follow.
- NBC News: American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten called for a balanced approach to AI integration in schools in a speech. Weingarten specifically asked for teachers to remain a part of the educational system and to “harness the benefits of technology while mitigating the harms.”
- Vatican News: Pope Leo XIV directly addressed the rise of AI in his first encyclical. He emphasized the importance of remaining “profoundly human” and ensuring the benefits of AI are achieved while maintaining ethical processes, peace, and the dignity of work.
Featured Highlight
- Microsoft Threat Intelligence Podcast
AI-powered credential theft is on the rise, driven by the ease of blending AI phishing into normal traffic. Huntress researchers join the Microsoft Threat Intelligence Podcast to discuss the complexity of this new form of cybercrime and how cyberdefense is evolving to combat it. (Eviltokens: A Conversation with Huntress on an AI-Enabled Device Code Phishing Campaign – May 20, 2026) – 41-minute listen
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