UK businesses to get sandboxes, growth duty expands under regulatory reform bill
May 13, 2026
| Patricia Figueiredo
UK businesses can expect regulators to be given stronger duties to support economic growth and new powers to temporarily relax rules for testing AI under legislation announced Wednesday. The proposed Regulatin... (more story)
Japan, US tackle AI cyberthreats as megabanks prepare to access Mythos
May 13, 2026
| Sachiko Sakamaki
Japan is accelerating efforts to address cybersecurity risks from frontier artificial intelligence models in cooperation with the US, as three major Japanese banks are reportedly set to gain access to Anthropi... (more story)
Former Google engineer's economic espionage conviction questioned by US judge
May 13, 2026
| Mike Swift
The economic espionage conviction of a former Google engineer convicted earlier this year of stealing artificial intelligence technology from Google to benefit China was questioned during a court hearing Tuesd... (more story)
Musk wanted control of OpenAI for-profit subsidiary, Altman testifies
May 12, 2026
| Amy Miller
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman defended his leadership of the artificial intelligence company as a jury trial in California continued over Elon Musk's claims that OpenAI breached its charitable trust. Altman was calm a... (more story)
Meta's fee pause for AI bots is 'good signal,' EU's Ribera says
May 12, 2026
| Anna Ferrari and Lewis Crofts
Meta Platforms' move to suspend a fee charged to rival AI chatbots on its WhatsApp platform is a positive development, the EU's competition commissioner said, expressing hope there is "genuine interest" by the... (more story)
Amended Colorado AI legislation headed to governor’s desk
May 12, 2026
| Emma Whitford
A substantially rewritten version of Colorado’s first-of-its-kind artificial intelligence antidiscrimination law is headed to Governor Jared Polis’s desk with a narrowed focus. If signed, the bill will overrid... (more story)
WhatsApp suspends AI chatbot fee; opens door on EU talks to resolve probe
May 12, 2026
| Lewis Crofts
WhatsApp is putting on hold — for one month — fees demanded from the likes of OpenAI and Poke.com for distributing chatbots over the messaging platform, MLex has learned. The move will allow negotiations with ... (more story)
Give UK regulators more ‘political cover’ to push growth agenda, lawmakers urge
May 12, 2026
| Patricia Figueiredo
UK regulators need greater “political cover” if they are to take a less risk-averse approach and back ministers' economic growth agenda, lawmakers have warned. Ahead of the government unveiling its next legisl... (more story)