AI systems may rely on ‘legitimate interest,’ EU simplification package draft says (update*)
May 22, 2026
| Júlia Tar and Matthew Newman
New language suggesting that the development and deployment of artificial intelligence systems may rely on the General Data Protection Regulation’s “legitimate interest” legal basis is among the main additions... (more story)
China denies plans to restrict US investment in AI startups
May 22, 2026
| MLex Staff
China supports domestic technology companies integrating into global innovation networks and has never barred them from accepting foreign investment, a spokesperson for the country’s top economic planner said ... (more story)
South Korea to apply tiered privacy oversight to prevent serious data risks
May 22, 2026
| Wooyoung Lee
Businesses and public institutions in South Korea will face different levels of privacy oversight depending on the scale and sensitivity of personal data they process, as the country’s privacy regulator shifts... (more story)
US AI, cybersecurity order postponed amid Trump dissatisfaction
May 21, 2026
| Emma Whitford
President Donald Trump said he's displeased with a proposed executive order aimed at hardening cyber defenses and increasing oversight of frontier artificial intelligence models, confirming that he has postpon... (more story)
US deepfake legislation would expand safe harbor, takedown system
May 21, 2026
| Nick Robertson
A revised version of the bipartisan NO FAKES Act, introduced Wednesday, would create a personal property right in an individual’s digital likeness, allowing people to better control and license the use of thei... (more story)
Personalization of AI chatbots becoming focus of UK data watchdog, official says
May 21, 2026
| Sara Brandstätter
The UK's Information Commissioner’s Office is interested in how artificial intelligence chatbots gather and use personal data collected from individual users over time, an official at the watchdog has said. Th... (more story)
China, Russia pledge closer AI, cybersecurity ties during Putin Visit
May 21, 2026
| MLex Staff
China and Russia pledged to deepen cooperation in the digital economy and artificial intelligence technologies, while strengthening efforts to combat cybercrime, according to a joint statement released followi... (more story)
Global AI companies, South Korean tech giants face KFTC AI market study
May 21, 2026
| Wooyoung Lee
Major global and South Korean providers of artificial intelligence services are expected to become targets of a new market study by South Korea’s competition regulator aimed at examining competition and consum... (more story)