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Meta faces May 5 EU hearing over fee for third-party AI chatbots on WhatsApp April 27, 2026 | Nicholas Hirst

Meta Platforms has been scheduled an antitrust hearing in Brussels on May 5 over its decision to charge other companies for putting their AI chatbots on its WhatsApp service, MLex has learned. Meta started cha... (more story)

China orders Meta to unwind Manus deal amid tech transfer concerns April 27, 2026 | MLex Staff

China has blocked Meta Platforms’ acquisition of artificial intelligence startup Manus and ordered the deal to be unwound, the office overseeing foreign investment security review under the National Developmen... (more story)

Malaysia digital minister weighs AI legal personality, stresses human accountability April 27, 2026 | James Konstantin Galvez

Malaysia’s digital minister Gobind Singh Deo said responsibility for artificial intelligence must remain with human actors, even as policymakers debate AI legal personality. Speaking at a legal conference on M... (more story)

India could lead IP legal change for AI innovations, WIPO advisory board of judges says April 27, 2026 | Freny Patel

India could lead a global technology law shift for AI innovations, said Delhi High Court Judge Prathiba M. Singh, the head of the World Intellectual Property Organization Advisory Board of Judges. She suggeste... (more story)

Singapore readies online safety law as minister flags slow platform response times April 27, 2026 | James Konstantin Galvez

Singapore is preparing to start its new Online Safety (Relief and Accountability) framework, introducing a dedicated Online Safety Commission with powers to order rapid content removal and strengthen victim re... (more story)

Stephen Thaler's AI-generated patent application rejected by Indian Patent Office April 27, 2026 | Freny Patel

Stephen Thaler’s patent application for his artificial intelligence-generated system, DABUS, has been rejected by India, in keeping with the global trend. The Indian Patent Office ruled that AI cannot be an in... (more story)

Clear rules key to fighting surveillance pricing, says former US FTC official April 25, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo

States are taking the lead in tackling “surveillance pricing” as federal momentum stalls, with former FTC official Sam Levine urging regulators to impose straightforward rules on the practice.

Maine's governor vetoes pause on new data center construction April 24, 2026 | Amy Miller

Maine's Democratic governor said Friday that she’s vetoed a bill that would have made Maine the first US state to pause construction on large new data centers. The decision highlights the tough choices for pol... (more story)

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UK privacy watchdog faces questions over late disclosure of chief stepping away April 27, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo

The UK's chief privacy regulator said on Saturday that he was stepping back amid an HR investigation, but it emerged almost immediately that John Edwards actually stepped back two months ago. Legal experts say... (more story)

Musk, OpenAI go to trial Monday in US battle over unconventional AI creation story April 24, 2026 | Mike Swift and Amy Miller

Tech companies frequently face legal trouble for alleged violations of antitrust or privacy laws, but rarely has a tech giant faced allegations that it breached its charitable trust to nonprofit donors. As a h... (more story)

US push to create AI, tech supply chains faces big hurdles April 24, 2026 | Bradley Dress

The Trump administration is pushing forward with a major new initiative to create an alternative system for emerging technologies and an export program for artificial intelligence materials, but both efforts w... (more story)

Protectionists, China hawks urge firmer hand on US chip export controls April 23, 2026 | Zack Budryk

The US government’s approach to export controls on AI chips has drawn bipartisan concern from China hawks and protectionists, who argue it is insufficient to address Chinese diversion of such technology.

Japan's draft AI code pits transparency demands against innovation concerns April 23, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

Japan’s draft code on generative AI transparency and intellectual property has exposed a clear divide between rights holders seeking enforceable safeguards and AI developers warning of impractical disclosure o... (more story)

Criminal probe of OpenAI ramps up pressure on chatbot developers in US April 21, 2026 | Emma Whitford

An initial review of an accused school shooter’s conversations with ChatGPT has provided Florida with the basis to launch a criminal investigation into OpenAI and its chatbot — uncharted legal territory that r... (more story)

EU splits on US-led initiative as new export control regime on AI chips looms April 21, 2026 | Luca Bertuzzi

The EU is divided over joining the US-led Pax Silica initiative, weighing access to AI chips against risks to its strategic autonomy. Concerns center on potential US export controls that could fragment the sin... (more story)

Japan data protection overhaul may test PPC's authority to regulate April 21, 2026 | Sachiko Sakamaki

Japan’s proposed amendment to its personal-information protection law finally reached parliament in early April — a pivotal moment that tests the nation’s commitment to safeguarding privacy in the AI era. The ... (more story)