{
  "id": 16624622,
  "title": "Virginia Orders AI Cybersecurity Plan as States Fill Federal Safety Gaps",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/virginia-orders-ai-cybersecurity-plan-as-states-fill-federal-safety",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-26T15:34:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PYMNTS",
    "slug": "pymnts",
    "url": "https://www.pymnts.com/news/artificial-intelligence/2026/virginia-orders-ai-cybersecurity-plan-states-fill-federal-safety-gaps/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger ordered a statewide cybersecurity strategy to address threats from artificial intelligence, adding to states’ efforts to fill preparedness gaps left by the absence of comprehensive federal AI guardrails. Executive Directive 6, issued Friday (Oct. 23), instructs Virginia’s secretary of public safety and homeland security to develop a coordinated plan to prevent […]…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}