India looks to force smartphone makers to submit source codes.

This week’s report highlights India’s proposal to significantly expand oversight of smartphones—potentially requiring source-code disclosure, stricter app permissions, malware scanning, deletable bloatware, and advance notice of security updates—amid ongoing debates over surveillance, privacy, and industry impact. It also covers OpenAI’s partnership with Common Sense Media on a California ballot initiative to strengthen youth protections and age verification for AI chatbots, alongside mentions of Grok-related content concerns, a Supreme Court decision to hear Cisco’s ATS appeal tied to alleged assistance in Chinese repression, and Qatar/UAE joining a U.S.-led initiative to secure AI and semiconductor supply chains.