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Stay informed with expert insights on AI compliance, governance frameworks, and responsible AI practices from the VerifyWise team.
US AI regulations 2026: federal orders, state laws, and what to comply with now
The US has no federal AI law, but that doesn't mean AI is unregulated. Between executive orders, FTC enforcement, and state laws taking effect across Colorado, California, Texas, and Illinois, the compliance picture is getting complicated fast. Here's what's actually happening and what your organization needs to do about it.
What does a governance-ready AI actually look like?
A governed answer and an ungoverned one are usually just a few sentences apart. We look at three patterns where AI models drift into ungoverned behavior, with side-by-side responses from Claude Opus 4.6 and Gemma 3 12B from our first GRS test run.
EU AI Act omnibus: what changed on 7 May 2026 and what to do about it
The Council and Parliament reached provisional political agreement on a Digital Omnibus that delays the EU AI Act's high-risk obligations and reshapes how the Act interacts with sectoral law. Here is the new timeline, the new prohibitions, and where compliance teams should still keep their foot on the gas.
VerifyWise YouTube channel launched
Twenty-five videos and counting. Our YouTube channel covers the full VerifyWise platform, from registering your first AI use case to running an LLM evaluation, plus the workflows that make AI governance audit-ready.
Why LLM evaluations matter for AI governance
LLM evaluations have moved from research curiosity to governance requirement. A practical look at the four risks evaluations surface, three stages of evaluation maturity, and how the EU AI Act and ISO 42001 turn evaluation evidence into audit-ready documentation.
Your AI passed every benchmark. But can you actually deploy it?
Most AI benchmarks measure what a model knows. The harder question is how it behaves when helpfulness and governance pull in opposite directions. A first look at the Governance Readiness Score.
Colorado SB 21-169 compliance playbook for insurers
A step-by-step compliance playbook for Colorado SB 21-169. Model inventory, quantitative bias testing, ECDIS oversight, remediation and annual attestation for life, auto and health insurers, including a worked example.
VerifyWise partners with Cyber Pros Training on the AI GRC Practitioner Program
We're partnering with Cyber Pros Training so students on the AI Governance, Risk & Compliance Practitioner Program get hands-on time inside VerifyWise while they study.
VerifyWise vs OneTrust for AI governance: an honest comparison
If you're evaluating OneTrust and VerifyWise for AI governance, this comparison covers where each one fits: privacy-first GRC vs AI-first governance, cloud vs self-hosted, enterprise procurement vs fast deployment.
VerifyWise partners with AI Career Pro for AI governance training
We've partnered with AI Career Pro to help teams build practical AI governance capability. Practitioner-led courses by James Kavanagh, who ran governance programs at Microsoft and Amazon. 25% off foundational courses for our community.
AI regulation in the Middle East: 14 countries scored and compared (2026)
We scored 14 Middle East jurisdictions across 10 governance dimensions. The region isn't waiting for an AI act. Regulation is already here, spread across privacy laws, sector regulators, and national strategies. Download the full report with all 14 country dossiers, regulatory comparison tables, and enforcement case studies.
List your AI governance company on the VerifyWise directory
The VerifyWise AI governance directory now accepts listing requests. If your company offers AI governance consulting, auditing, training, or legal services, you can request a profile and reach organizations looking for help with compliance.