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US publishers stuck in past, Google says in motion to dismiss antitrust case January 13, 2026 | Clayton Vickers

US publishers bringing antitrust claims against Google are stuck in the past, where search engine users would visit their websites to get information rather than use new AI tools to get quick summaries, and bl... (more story)

European Patent Office judge says AI could force change in obviousness threshold January 13, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams

Artificial intelligence is forcing a reassessment of what constitutes a “skilled person” when it comes to assessing patents, a judge at the European Patent Office has said.

AI developers set to see how to escape AI Act’s tighter regime January 13, 2026 | Luca Bertuzzi

The European Commission will clarify in upcoming guidelines what documentation AI developers must produce to show their systems fall outside the AI Act’s high-risk regime. The guidance will explain how to appl... (more story)

Europe’s planned pioneering AI lab attracts backing of 30 researchers January 13, 2026 | Luca Bertuzzi

An initiative announced in November to create a leading Europe-based center for developing the frontiers of artificial intelligence has attracted backing from 30 top researchers, according to an internal docum... (more story)

China weighs blocking Nvidia H200 chip purchases on geopolitical tensions January 13, 2026 | MLex Staff

Chinese authorities are leaning toward blocking domestic internet and technology companies from purchasing Nvidia’s H200 chips amid mounting geopolitical tensions following recent US actions involving Venezuel... (more story)

Kentucky suit against Character.AI is first state-level case over chatbots in US January 13, 2026 | Mike Swift

Character.AI has been sued by Kentucky's Republican attorney general, Russell Coleman, in what the state says is the first US regulatory suit against a chatbot company. The suit filed in a Kentucky state court... (more story)

Ex-Google engineer accused of stealing AI secrets was 'brazen' liar, US says January 12, 2026 | Amy Miller

A former Google engineer accused of stealing artificial intelligence trade secrets is a “brazen” liar who mislead others to enrich himself and the Chinese government, the US government said during opening stat... (more story)

Meta ordered by Brazil to suspend WhatsApp AI ban January 12, 2026 | Maria Júlia Baumert

Brazil’s competition authority has ordered WhatsApp owner Meta to suspend new contractual terms that prohibit third-party AI providers from using the WhatsApp Business API. The decision follows a complaint fil... (more story)

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Probe of X's Grok tests UK online safety enforcement pace, reliance on risk assessments January 13, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo and Frank Hersey

The pressure is on for a quick turnaround from UK regulator Ofcom in its investigation into non-consensual images on X. But the Online Safety Act’s emphasis on risk assessments — paired with its own lack of tr... (more story)

WhatsApp’s AI changes in Italy give EU injunction headache January 13, 2026 | Lewis Crofts and Nicholas Hirst

Meta Platforms' move to allow only Italian users to continue using rival AI chatbots on its WhatsApp platform — such as Poke.com and Perplexity — poses a headache for EU enforcers over pursuing their own inter... (more story)

Yongin dispute exposes fault lines in South Korea's race for AI leadership January 13, 2026 | Choonsik Yoo

Political infighting over South Korea’s flagship Yongin Semiconductor Cluster has eased after the presidential office ruled out any review of its location. But the episode has underscored lingering political r... (more story)

The UK has everything it needs to regulate AI. So will it? January 12, 2026 | Frank Hersey

The UK government has constantly pushed the prospect of AI regulation further down its agenda. It is no longer clear when an AI bill might be published, if at all. Its stance on keeping abreast of AI by mainta... (more story)

Can X be captured by European online safety rules for intimate deepfake scandal? January 09, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter and Patricia Figueiredo

Elon Musk’s platform X has moved to restrict Grok's image generation and editing tools to paying users following weeks of regulatory and political backlash over the creation of intimate deepfakes. The change h... (more story)

Character AI, Google avoid risks by settling US case over chatbot safety January 09, 2026 | Amy Miller

Character.AI and Google chose a different path than social media companies when facing a wave of lawsuits alleging their chatbots contribute to suicides and mental health issues for children and teenagers — th... (more story)

ECJ’s Szpunar on EU law’s AI challenge and ‘banalizing’ fundamental rights January 08, 2026 | Lewis Crofts

The boom in AI and the platform economy is posing challenges to Europe’s legal order and will raise questions over the approach to copyright, contracts and transparency, according to Maciej Szpunar, one of the... (more story)

AI companies face trans-Atlantic regulatory ‘sandwich’ January 08, 2026 | Luca Bertuzzi and Amy Miller

The European Union and several US states, most notably California, have passed laws regulating AI technologies, creating a complex international landscape for global AI companies to navigate. California’s legi... (more story)