Senate Judiciary advances bill that would bar minors from interacting with AI companions
2026-05-03T20:51:56Z•91e5fb8059adeb581c5ef54ce320cab9f7f5d1e6c3d376501030e30c956b777f
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This collection of stories covers US and international cyber policy and incidents: the Senate Judiciary Committee advanced the GUARD Act to bar minors from interacting with AI companions, require disclosure that companions are not human and lack credentials, and criminalize AI solicitation or production of sexual content from children. CISA ordered federal agencies to patch a critical cPanel vulnerability (CVE-2026-41940) that Rapid7 says can give attackers full control of affected hosts. Additional items report two incident responders jailed for carrying out ransomware attacks, the UK cyber‑s
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