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  • August 11, 2026·Jakub Dudek

    Nobody had to open the camera

    The cameras on the Royal Navy's drone boats travelled with a compliance claim that everyone above them relied on. The standard behind it names companies rather than a country, and defines diligence as an inquiry that never requires anyone to look inside.

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AI: capabilities, regulation, labour

Australian parliamentary summons of lab executives adds a concrete enforcement-adjacent step to an existing regulatory thread, but does not alter the overall frame.

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