Ex-Google engineer acquitted of economic espionage after US jury conviction
August 20, 2026
| Amy Miller
Former Google engineer Linwei Ding has been acquitted on seven counts of economic-espionage after US District Judge Vince Chhabria said prosecutors failed prove that he intended to benefit the Chinese governme... (more story)
China MIIT think tank plans AI ethics-review center as oversight expands
August 20, 2026
| MLex Staff
A research arm of China’s top industry regulator is preparing to establish a technology ethics service center that will conduct artificial-intelligence ethics reviews and advise companies, as Beijing moves to ... (more story)
US NIST urges companies to fight AI risks with AI
August 19, 2026
| Amy Miller
As AI agents increasingly create new cybersecurity risks, companies are turning to AI as a defense. Now NIST has released a draft guide showing companies how they can use generative AI to assess and improve th... (more story)
Naver's pre-ChatGPT AI disclosures disputed in South Korean copyright trial
August 19, 2026
| Choonsik Yoo
Naver told a South Korean court on Tuesday that it had informed the country's three major broadcasters in 2018 and 2020 of its plans to use their news content to develop artificial intelligence models, as the ... (more story)
UK judge says AI will decide cases but warns Australia on 'machine-made' justice
August 19, 2026
| Saloni Sinha
While lawyers and judges have no choice but to “wholeheartedly” embrace artificial intelligence, they must resist allowing machines to make autonomous judicial decisions without the fully informed consent of t... (more story)
US federal, state officials fighting AI cyber threats with existing laws
August 18, 2026
| Amy Miller
As a comprehensive national legal framework remains elusive, state and federal officials are increasingly using existing laws and regulatory powers to police high-risk AI behavior, including AI-driven cyberatt... (more story)
OpenAI launches default ChatGPT for teens, as legal scrutiny mounts
August 18, 2026
| Mike Swift
OpenAI on Tuesday is launching ChatGPT for Teens for users aged 13–17, with default safeguards blocking sexual and dangerous content, break reminders, quiet hours, privacy warnings, parental alerts, and guided... (more story)
China to step up AI push across technology, manufacturing, industry official says
August 18, 2026
| MLex Staff
China will intensify efforts to develop core artificial-intelligence technologies and deploy them across manufacturing, a senior official said Tuesday, while strengthening the broader industry ecosystem and sa... (more story)