Senate Judiciary advances bill that would bar minors from interacting with AI companions
2026-05-02T02:51:52Z•bb731a1a2f0f401c10405efb5dcd313309cc18daad9f952049ae14749caacb10
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What happened
Multiple cybersecurity and policy developments: CISA ordered federal agencies to urgently patch a severe cPanel vulnerability (CVE-2026-41940) after Rapid7 warned successful exploitation grants attacker control over the host, configs, databases and managed sites. The Senate Judiciary advanced the GUARD Act to bar minors from interacting with AI companions, require clear non-human disclosures and criminalize AI-initiated sexual content involving children. Britain’s cyber agency warned of a looming “patch wave” as AI accelerates discovery of flaws, increasing exploitation risk. Separately, a spy
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