Music industry tackles AI-fueled streaming fraud as licensing market grows
September 15, 2026
| Inbar Preiss
AI is creating a new revenue stream for record labels while also making streaming fraud cheaper and easier to scale. The labels are pushing tighter distributor checks, clearer AI labeling and voluntary licensi... (more story)
AI slowdown calls could push EU AI Act toward 'Brussels effect'
September 15, 2026
| Masha Borak
AI companies' calls to slow frontier-model development could help the EU extend the AI Act's global influence, echoing the "Brussels effect" created by the GDPR. But the European Commission has been reluctant ... (more story)
EU’s planned Kids Act set to look beyond Australia-style social-media ban
September 15, 2026
| Sara Brandstätter
A broad range of online services — including social-media and video-sharing platforms, games, app stores and certain AI systems — are set to face new child-safety obligations under the EU’s planned Kids Act. U... (more story)
Calls for AI pacing make waves, if not consensus, in Washington
September 14, 2026
| Emma Whitford
A call from US artificial intelligence company CEOs this weekend to slow the pace of frontier model development has members of Congress demanding action. But lawmakers are not of one mind on how to proceed, an... (more story)
UK AI regulation push amidst calls for global 'pacing' raises questions of impact
September 14, 2026
| Patricia Figueiredo
A UK parliamentary report published Monday calling for AI-specific legislation and a new AI oversight body adds to mounting pressure for British action on powerful AI models. It sits alongside recent calls to ... (more story)
Tech companies await EU's ‘Kids Act’ plan to protect children online
September 14, 2026
| Sara Brandstätter
Tech companies will learn this week how the EU plans to strengthen protections for minors online, when the European Commission unveils its proposed "EU Kids Act". The initiative is expected to combine safety-b... (more story)
Japan's shrinking workforce tests balance between AI autonomy, human control
September 14, 2026
| Genta Nakanishi
Japan's shrinking workforce is turning artificial intelligence from a productivity tool into a potential source of digital labor. Japanese companies are experimenting with giving AI more work while keeping key... (more story)
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)