California pushes chatbot regulation beyond user safeguards
September 11, 2026
| Amy Miller
California is going further than other states' chatbot laws by regulating how AI companies design, test, audit and operate chatbots used by minors, not just requiring disclosures or responses to self-harm. Ada... (more story)
UK’s voluntary model for AI safety testing faces global reality check
September 11, 2026
| Patricia Figueiredo
The limitations of the UK’s reliance on voluntary arrangements for testing the safety of frontier AI tools were exposed this week, after reports that Anthropic did not grant the AI Security Institute access to... (more story)
California sets AI audit rules as industry pushes for federal standards
September 10, 2026
| Amy Miller
California is laying the groundwork for more independent AI audits and assessments, even as Governor Gavin Newsom and major AI companies push Congress to establish nationwide standards. But as federal legislat... (more story)
US copyright owners seek fresh take on transformative fair use in AI training wars
September 09, 2026
| Emma Whitford
Copyright owners aren’t denying the myriad novel uses of ChatGPT, summary judgment briefs in closely watched US lawsuits show. Instead, they say that an innovative technology can still be a substitute for the ... (more story)
Laion case could steer EU AI copyright reform
September 09, 2026
| Inbar Preiss
Germany’s top civil court is poised to send a copyright dispute between a photographer and AI dataset provider Laion to the EU's top court, raising questions over text and data mining, machine-readable opt-out... (more story)
Flock faces mounting litigation in US amid backlash over AI-powered surveillance
September 08, 2026
| Xu Yuan
Flock Safety, the operator of a nationwide network of cameras that capture motor vehicle information, is facing increasing lawsuits amid a public outcry over privacy concerns arising from what plaintiffs call ... (more story)
AI tests UK financial regulations' scope along with firms' cyber defenses
September 08, 2026
| Patricia Figueiredo
The growing popularity of using AI to inform financial decisions is raising questions about whether the UK's Financial Conduct Authority should change its regulatory approach to manage the risks of the fast de... (more story)
India's DABUS copyright test may not work for everyday AI users
September 08, 2026
| Freny Patel
India’s Copyright Office identified the human author for artwork generated by Stephen Thaler's DABUS-artificial intelligence system, but doing so for outputs produced through commercial generative-AI tools may... (more story)