Regulation is moving from principles to obligations, and boards are being asked to evidence oversight.
AI Governance: Parallax Index score. Score: W1 50, W2 52, W3 54, W4 55, W5 57, W6 58, W7 60, W8 61, W9 62, W10 64, W11 65, W12 66.
OpenAI announced on 26 October 2026 that its internal models produced a disproof of the Exponential Time Hypothesis, a proof of the local smoothing conjecture in every dimension, and an existence proof for quantum chromodynamics. It is handing verification to unpaid external groups rather than to journals.
Italy's second decree implementing its national AI law took effect on 23 October 2026. It requires a natural person with effective and independent authority to make final employment decisions, and folds AI systems that reshape how work is organised into the risk assessment every Italian employer already has to carry out.
Chinese state media reported on 22 October 2026 that DeepSeek and MiniMax had completed export registration under the interim regime that took effect with Announcement No. 48, six days after the Ministry of Commerce proposed bringing large models, AI agents and computing clusters into China's export control catalogue.
Treasury has proposed regulations implementing the Comprehensive Outbound Investment National Security Act, expanding the outbound investment screening regime from China to Russia, Iran, North Korea and Cuba. Public comments run through 7 December 2026.
A Federal Register notice on 20 October 2026 published a Homeland Security order excluding DeepSeek from federal civilian procurement and requiring agencies to remove DeepSeek products, and third-party software built on DeepSeek implementations, from their systems.
The Simons Foundation announced on 15 October 2026 that it, Anthropic and OpenAI will commit $15 million in combined funding and resources to help mathematicians evaluate AI-assisted results and set standards for using the tools. The foundation will award the money through an open call for proposals.
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