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)
India eyes AI shield against manipulation in government tenders
May 21, 2026
| Freny Patel
India must deploy artificial intelligence and advanced data analytics to detect bid rigging in government procurement while strengthening coordination between auditors and the competition watchdog, the country... (more story)
Texas AG launches probe of Meta Glasses citing privacy concerns
May 20, 2026
| Madeline Hughes
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is investigating Meta Platforms’ Meta AI Glasses, which can record audio and video that wearers can capture, his office announced Wednesday.
US banks using AI to varying degrees to help vulnerable customers, Fed's Barr says
May 20, 2026
| Neil Roland
US banks are using artificial intelligence to varying degrees to help measure the financial health of their vulnerable customers, though these firms still have to surmount a number of challenges to support inn... (more story)
EU digital sovereignty rules may raise costs, worsen services, tech lobby warns
May 20, 2026
| Matthew Newman
The EU's push for digital sovereignty could have unintended consequences including higher costs for European companies and the need to use inferior cloud services, the head of a leading tech association said W... (more story)
Global banking watchdog wants broad AI sector engagement to help cut cyber risks
May 20, 2026
| Patricia Figueiredo and Sofia Gerace
The banking sector's global risk watchdog has said it welcomes AI developers to engage with it in a bid to help financial firms understand and handle the cyber risks associated with the kinds of frontier model... (more story)