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AI chatbots under investigation in New Mexico, state AG says February 09, 2026 | Amy Miller and Madeline Hughes

Several artificial intelligence-powered chatbot platforms are being investigated by New Mexico to find out how they engage with teenagers and young users, New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez said. “This is... (more story)

DOJ’s Hamer leaving Antitrust Division less than a year into job February 09, 2026 | Khushita Vasant

Mark Hamer, a top enforcer in the US Department of Justice's Antitrust Division, is departing the agency less than a year after he was appointed deputy assistant attorney general in charge of civil litigation ... (more story)

WhatsApp subscriptions have 'no link' to business API, Meta tells Brazil's CADE February 09, 2026 | Maria Júlia Baumert

Meta has pushed back against claims by Brazilian AI developers Luzia and Zapia that the company’s updated WhatsApp Terms of Service would marginalize rival AI providers and reshape competition on the platform.

OpenAI spared from sharing book deletion talks in US discovery set-aside February 09, 2026 | Emma Whitford

OpenAI did not waive its privilege over communications about its deletion of pirated books “merely” by denying authors’ allegations of willful copyright infringement, a US judge found, reversing a November dis... (more story)

UK bond tape users face block on feeding data into public AI models February 09, 2026 | Sofia Gerace

Users of the UK bond consolidated tape — known as the CT — are set to be prevented from uploading tape data into public AI models, according to draft license terms discussed at an online event for prospective ... (more story)

WhatsApp isn’t ‘key distribution channel’ for AI bots, Meta says February 09, 2026 | Lewis Crofts

The European Commission has wrongly assumed that AI bots such as Perplexity and Poke.com need WhatsApp to distribute their services, Meta Platforms said, pushing back against EU charges levied on Monday. EU co... (more story)

Meta Platforms gets EU charges to suspend WhatsApp AI policy February 09, 2026 | Lewis Crofts, Nicholas Hirst and Anna Ferrari

Meta Platforms has received a formal charge sheet from EU enforcers, in a move to reinstate access to WhatsApp for AI agents. The Statement of Objections is a rare move to use "interim measures" following a si... (more story)

Japan ruling party wins historic supermajority in lower house election February 09, 2026 | Jeyup S Kwaak

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi led her party to a landslide victory in Sunday’s general election, securing more than two-thirds of the lower house. The resounding success will likely bring a sense of s... (more story)

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Meta’s AI-agent fight will test EU regulator on infrastructure, access and fees February 09, 2026 | Lewis Crofts and Nicholas Hirst

The nascent market for AI assistants is at the heart of a fight between Meta Platforms and the European Commission that will see the two sides clash over how important WhatsApp is as a distribution channel for... (more story)

EU privacy watchdogs tackle surge in AI-driven GDPR complaints February 06, 2026 | Flore Coin-Deleau

Data protection authorities across Europe and EU bodies flagged a considerable increase in data protection complaints in 2025, marking a record year for many. Authorities believe this may be driven by the wide... (more story)

Vietnam bets on chips, AI as empowered leader seeks new growth era February 05, 2026 | Choonsik Yoo and Hoa Dinh

Vietnam’s leader To Lam has outlined an ambitious five-year plan to drive annual growth of 10 percent or more, nearly double per-capita income and push the country into self-sufficiency in semiconductors and a... (more story)

USPTO tackles personal branding as NIL, AI ramp up February 04, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

The confluence of complex state and federal legal frameworks governing name, image and likeness (NIL) has led to a misperception that such rights exist only for the famous. With AI-powered deepfakes of ordinar... (more story)

Snap, Nvidia scraping suits show how AI has transformed US scraping litigation February 04, 2026 | Mike Swift

Generative AI is taking data scraping disputes to a new level as the ravenous hunger to obtain ever larger oceans of data to train large language models has fueled legal combat across the US. While data-scrapi... (more story)

In UK’s plan for AI-fueled growth, real progress on regulation is hard to discern February 03, 2026 | Frank Hersey

Are the UK’s plans for AI to drive economic growth being hampered by regulators, even without the government planning any dedicated AI legislation, or are the plans themselves outlined clearly enough? The tech... (more story)

India dismantles nuclear monopolies to power AI race February 03, 2026 | Freny Patel

Linking nuclear energy reform to leadership in artificial intelligence, India's High Commissioner Vikram Doraiswami describes a bill overhauling the country's nuclear legislation as a “modern free trade agreem... (more story)

US state enforcement actions over Grok sexual deepfakes a warning to all GenAI companies February 03, 2026 | Amy Miller

Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup isn’t the only such company in state attorneys general’s crosshairs after the Grok AI chatbot scandal. State AGs' recent enforcement actions against xAI's chatbot sh... (more story)