Progress

Current status
under deliberation
05 Aug 2026 under deliberation

Scope

Implementers
United States of America
Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Cybersecurity regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
ML and AI development
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament
Implementation Level
national

Timeline of events

05 Aug 2026
under deliberation

Blocking Large-scale Adversarial Distillation Efforts Act of 2026 (BLADE Act/SB 5252) was introduced to Senate

On 5 August 2026, the Blocking Large-scale Adversarial Distillation Efforts Act of 2026 (BLADE Act/SB 5252) was introduced to the Senate. The Bill would prevent foreign adversaries from threatening US national security by extracting key technical fe…

Event type law
Action type introduction
Government branch legislature
Government body parliament