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Google’s search monopoly rents still flowing, US DOJ, states tell appeals court July 29, 2026 | Chris May

Google continues to reap billions of dollars in supracompetitive profits from an unlawful, data-fueled “flywheel” that keeps spinning because a District of Columbia federal judge failed to end contracts centra... (more story)

German banks and insurers warned to avoid AI shortcomings July 29, 2026 | Maciej Boguslawski and Martin Coyle

Banks and insurers in Germany have been cautioned over their use of artificial intelligence as the country’s financial regulator warned of multimillion-euro fines for shortcomings. An official at BaFin said th... (more story)

Chinese scholar challenges AI industry's fair-use defense in copyright debate July 29, 2026 | MLex Staff

A leading Chinese intellectual-property scholar has recently argued that most AI training practices in the country fail to meet the legal standard for fair use, directly challenging a position increasingly ado... (more story)

Japan government panel maps AI voice, likeness disputes under existing civil law July 29, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

Japan's Justice Ministry has published a draft report concluding that publicity rights, portrait rights and unfair competition law can address many disputes over AI-generated voices and likenesses without new legislation.

Minnesota officials defend state ban on nude deepfakes after xAI challenge July 29, 2026 | Amy Miller

Minnesota officials said they will defend a state law barring nude deepfake images after xAI filed a federal lawsuit challenging the statute on free-speech grounds. 

xAI liable for enabling Grok's deepfake sexualized images, UK lawsuit argues July 28, 2026 | Imogen Howse

xAI should be held liable for its chatbot Grok creating deepfake sexualized images because the underlying model's design enabled it to generate such content, according to new filings in a UK legal challenge. L... (more story)

Meta, Amazon breach EU transparency rules via AI ‘doctors’ on Instagram, report says July 28, 2026 | Anna Lauwereys

AI-generated Instagram accounts posing as health experts are wrongfully verified with blue check marks, according to a Spanish advocacy group. Fundación Maldita accuses both Meta and Amazon of breaching Europe... (more story)

Japan patent office sets AI rules for patent, trademark examinations July 28, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

Japan’s patent office has adopted a framework for using artificial intelligence in patent, trademark, design and other examinations, requiring officials to verify AI generated material and remain responsible f... (more story)

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Amid US community pushback on data centers, developers fight back in court July 29, 2026 | Amy Miller

As communities across the country move to slow the rapid expansion of data centers, developers are increasingly fighting back in court. A growing wave of lawsuits argues that local governments can't reverse co... (more story)

One year in, US security response tests AI Action Plan July 29, 2026 | Emma Whitford and Bradley Dress

One year after President Donald Trump introduced his AI Action Plan, its emphasis on national security seems prescient, thanks to major leaps in cyber and autonomous capabilities. But the approach the White Ho... (more story)

xAI challenge to California AI training transparency law has national significance July 29, 2026 | Mike Swift

A federal appeals court is poised to consider xAI's novel challenge to California's Generative AI Training Data Transparency Act, which requires high-level disclosures about model-training datasets. xAI argues... (more story)

US lawsuit against Anthropic highlights hidden value in aging AI patents July 27, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

A new complaint by the licensing arm of the University of Tennessee accuses Anthropic of infringing two widely cited, yet never previously asserted, neural-network patents. The case could nudge other technolog... (more story)

What will the UK tech ministry's abolition mean for policy and regulation? July 27, 2026 | Imogen Howse and Patricia Figueiredo

Shutting down the UK government's technology department is expected to slow policymaking and fragment coordination across AI, cybersecurity and online safety, even as AI policy moves closer to the center of go... (more story)

OpenAI ruling shifts India's AI copyright fight from training to outputs July 27, 2026 | Freny Patel

India's first major AI copyright ruling could reshape generative AI litigation by treating model training as potentially lawful while making AI outputs — not training data — the central battleground for copyright disputes.

Chinese AI spotlights White House policy rift with domestic US implications July 24, 2026 | Emma Whitford

A Chinese startup’s launch of a highly capable artificial intelligence model is amplifying two potentially conflicting strains of conservative thought — both present in the Trump administration — about how to ... (more story)

AI infrastructure emerges as next frontier for patent licensing July 24, 2026 | Steve Scherer

Patent owners and licensing executives are looking at the hardware needed for the rapid build-out of AI data centers and devices as the next major licensing market for standard-essential patents.