US Supreme Court ruling may have energy market, AI ripple effects
July 01, 2026
| Emma Whitford
Amid warnings that regulatory independence is crucial for stable energy markets, the US Supreme Court has endorsed the president’s authority to fire independent agency commissioners. The move could have a long... (more story)
UK financial regulators’ tone shifts on AI after frontier models access shock
July 01, 2026
| Patricia Figueiredo
UK financial regulators are sharpening warnings over AI risks, including whether existing frameworks can manage increasingly autonomous systems and cyber threats. The shift, flagged in recent speeches by top B... (more story)
Singapore's AI ambitions are reshaping role of its privacy regulator
July 01, 2026
| James Konstantin Galvez
Singapore's privacy regulator is broadening its role beyond traditional data protection as AI adoption accelerates, with responsible data use becoming a central theme of its engagement with businesses. In an i... (more story)
US regulator of foreign investment eyes agentic AI, data centers
June 30, 2026
| Curtis Eichelberger
Agentic AI programs that can plan, reason, and act out a series of tasks to achieve more complex goals, and the data centers that provide the massive computing power required to train and run the complex model... (more story)
Japan's IP strategy follows the money
June 29, 2026
| Toko Sekiguchi
From antitrust guidance to AI and seed-law reform, Japan's latest IP moves aim to prevent value leaks before ordinary enforcement begin.
DOJ, Mississippi recast xAI pollution suit as fight over citizen enforcement
June 26, 2026
| Amy Miller
The Trump administration and Mississippi are hoping to turn the NAACP’s lawsuit accusing artificial intelligence company xAI of illegally operating air-polluting gas turbines into a legal fight over federalism... (more story)
Bipartisanship on kids' online safety reignites as US Congress pursues reform
June 24, 2026
| Madeline Hughes
Both chambers of US Congress are looking to act on children's online safety with fresh bipartisan approaches announced this week.
US House child safety plan shows movement on preemption, ‘knowledge’
June 23, 2026
| Emma Whitford
As the ink dries on the US House’s latest children’s safety legislative package, Republicans appear to have made substantive concessions in areas including state law preemption and what constitutes “knowledge”... (more story)