Senate Judiciary advances bill that would bar minors from interacting with AI companions
2026-05-02T14:51:58Z•c36314f812c5950321761d480c0fc9bb70ea9ab51ff206ca842b5395be0aaec4
AI companionsAI regulationAI-driven vulnerability discoveryCISACVE-2026-41940GUARD ActRapid7RussiaUK cyber agencyaviationcPanelchild safetycyber espionagegeospatial datainsider abusepatch wavepatchingransomwaresentencing
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News roundup: The U.S. Senate Judiciary advanced the GUARD Act to bar minors from interacting with AI companions, require companions to disclose they are not human and lack credentials, and criminalize AI solicitation/production of sexual content involving children. CISA ordered federal agencies to urgently patch a critical cPanel vulnerability (CVE-2026-41940) that Rapid7 says can give attackers full control of the host and hosted sites. Britain’s cyber agency warned of a coming ‘patch wave’ as AI accelerates discovery of flaws. Separately, a cyber-espionage group targeted Russian aviation to
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