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Regulatory Analysis

The AI Foundation Model Transparency Act, Explained

H.R. 8094 would make the FTC the referee for AI model disclosure. It also names system cards as a way to comply, which turns a voluntary industry habit into a regulatory instrument.

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Regulatory Analysis

The Great American AI Act, Explained: What the First Federal AI Law Would Require

The bill does not regulate most AI startups directly. But it changes the companies they depend on. Here is what the first federal AI law would require.

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Platform Analysis

OpenAI Changed Its Privacy Policy 4 Times in One Week. Here Is What Actually Changed.

Ad personalization controls removed. Contact scanning added. Advertiser data partnerships quietly dropped. A timeline of every change.

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Dependency Governance

When AI Agents Start Paying for Things: Who Governs Machine-to-Machine Commerce?

Mastercard, Stripe, and Cloudflare are building payment infrastructure for autonomous AI agents. The governance layer is not keeping pace.

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Dependency Governance

AI Dependency Governance: How API Terms Govern Every App Built on OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google

872 provisions across 8 AI platforms. The terms your AI provider sets become the terms your product operates under.

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Dependency Governance

Visa Just Gave ChatGPT Access to Its Payment Network. What the Terms Actually Say.

AI agents can now shop and pay with your credit card. ConductAtlas tracks the governance terms that determine who is liable when they do.

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Governance

The Quiet Expansion of Mandatory Arbitration Across Digital Platforms

561 arbitration provisions across 197 platforms. ConductAtlas tracks how dispute resolution is being restructured across the internet.

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Dependency Governance

When Infrastructure Providers Govern Platforms

The Kickstarter-Stripe controversy reveals how payment processors, cloud providers, and AI platforms quietly shape downstream policy decisions across the internet.

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Dependency Governance

Zero-Click Governance: What Google's AI Search Transition Means for Traffic-Dependent Businesses

AI Mode, AI Overviews, and embedded advertising are shifting search from referral infrastructure toward platform-contained answers.

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Advertising

Google Ads Is Restructuring Advertising Governance Around AI

Automated enforcement, asset-level review, and AI-mediated campaign governance are replacing manual approval workflows across Google's advertising platform.

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AI Governance

Three AI Governance Restructuring Patterns ConductAtlas Detected in May 2026

How Meta, TikTok, and Supabase restructured governance language across documents, jurisdictions, and consent frameworks through incremental document updates.

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AI Governance

AI Training Data Provisions Across Major Platforms: A Provision-Level Comparison

How 10 AI platforms describe the use of user data for model training, improvement, and development, based on archived governance provisions.

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Privacy

Meta Removed 438 Sentences From Its Privacy Policy. Here Is What Disappeared.

ConductAtlas detected a major restructuring of Meta’s privacy policy that removed detailed consumer rights disclosures and relocated them to separate documents.

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Privacy

TikTok Rewrote Its Privacy Policy After a $600M EU Fine

ConductAtlas tracked the restructuring, new disclosures, and entity changes that followed the largest privacy fine in EU history.

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Consumer Finance

Bank of America Added Mandatory Arbitration in 2026. Here's How to Opt Out.

Bank of America updated its Deposit Agreement to include mandatory arbitration and a class action waiver. Here's what changed, what it means, and the opt-out window.

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Privacy

Chrome Installed 4GB of On-Device AI. What Google's Policies Authorize.

Google deployed Gemini Nano through Chrome updates, enabling on-device AI features for some users — often without clear user awareness or explicit opt-in.

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Privacy

OpenAI Privacy Policy Update May 2026: New Terms Authorize Advertiser Data Sharing

OpenAI expanded its data sharing terms to include third-party marketing partners. The updated policy authorizes the use of personal data for advertising and promotional purposes.

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Privacy

What 38 AI Companies Actually Say About Your Data (2026)

We read the privacy policies and terms of service of 38 AI platforms. Here is what they say about training, retention, arbitration, and liability.

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Privacy

Netflix Updated Terms Authorize Voice Data Collection: April 2026

Netflix updated its Privacy Statement on April 18, 2026, disclosing voice recording collection and expanded household ad profiling for the first time.

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Consumer Rights

Robinhood's Agreement Authorizes Position Liquidation Without Prior Notice

Buried in Robinhood's customer agreement is broad authority to close your positions, suspend your account, and force arbitration. Here is what it actually says.

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Privacy

What TikTok Actually Collects Beyond Your Videos

TikTok's data collection extends to device sensors, clipboard content, geolocation, and cross-site tracking. Here is what their Privacy Policy actually authorizes.

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Consumer Rights

Stripe's Reserve and Hold Authority: What the Terms Authorize

Stripe's terms authorize fund reserves, payout withholding, and account termination. Here is what the agreement states and what business owners should review.

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Privacy

What Google Actually Knows About You

Google's Privacy Policy covers Search, Gmail, YouTube, Maps, and every site running Google Analytics. Here is what it actually authorizes.

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Privacy

23andMe Is Bankrupt. What Happens to Your DNA Now?

Your genetic data may be transferred to a new owner as a business asset. Here is what the Terms of Service actually say and what you can do right now.

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Consumer Rights

Coinbase Requires Mandatory Arbitration. You Have 30 Days to Opt Out.

Coinbase's User Agreement includes a mandatory arbitration clause that most users may not have reviewed. Here is what the clause states and how the opt-out process works.

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Privacy

What Uber's Driver Agreement Authorizes: Data Collection and Monitoring

Geolocation, biometrics, automated deactivation, telematics. The Uber Privacy Notice authorizes broad data collection and monitoring of driver activity.

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Privacy

Deleted Claude Conversations Aren't Gone for 30 Days

Anthropic is more transparent than most AI companies about data retention. Here's exactly what happens when you delete your data, and how to force full removal.

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