After the Clarity bill, a comprehensive U.S. crypto regulatory proposal, stalled in the Senate, federal regulators accelerated efforts to update rules using existing authority, CNBC reported. The SEC issued an order outlining a temporary path to allow some tokenised stock trading, while the CFTC sent a crypto rule proposal for White House review. Industry figures and lawmakers urged clearer rules, as state-federal tensions over regulatory authority intensify.

U.S. and Chinese security experts proposed joint principles to prevent artificial intelligence from independently deciding on attacks on nuclear command systems or the use of nuclear weapons. A Brookings Institution and Fudan University report urged expanding the human-control principle used for nuclear weapons to broader military AI. It called for humans alone to decide on cyberattacks targeting NC3 or critical infrastructure and warned that fast, unpredictable AI could escalate crises. The proposal also includes a military AI hotline and a shared definition of human control.