Manus confirms Meta separation, outlines user-data deletion plan
August 12, 2026
| MLex Staff
Artificial intelligence startup Manus has confirmed it is separating from Meta Platforms and returning to independent operations, nearly four months after Chinese authorities blocked Meta’s acquisition of the ... (more story)
South Korea picks 7 future technologies as growth engines for AI era
August 12, 2026
| Choonsik Yoo
South Korea has identified seven strategic technology fields, including small modular reactors and quantum technology, as future growth engines to be nurtured over the next 10 to 20 years, with most of them di... (more story)
Anthropic’s new watermarking could let AI businesses outsource EU compliance
August 12, 2026
| Masha Borak
Anthropic’s Claude models will mark AI-generated text in compliance with the EU AI Act's transparency rules — a move that could help businesses meet their obligations under the new regulation.
Michigan AG takes aim at OpenAI, Oracle data center deal
August 12, 2026
| Amy Miller
Michigan’s attorney general is taking on OpenAI and Oracle’s $16 billion data center in the state, arguing regulators rushed through a deal that could leave other customers paying the costs. The appeal challen... (more story)
China expands police cybersecurity inspections of data, algorithms under new rules
August 11, 2026
| MLex Staff
China is expanding the scope of police oversight of cyberspace, bringing data processing, personal information and algorithms more explicitly within a security-inspection regime as Beijing updates rules first ... (more story)
South Australia announces royal commission into AI
August 11, 2026
| Sean Maguire
South Australia will hold a royal commission into artificial intelligence to examine its impact on health, education, creative industries and jobs, with the inquiry expected to run for about nine months. Premi... (more story)
South Korea seeks reform of privacy framework to adapt to AI
August 10, 2026
| Wooyoung Lee
South Korea is seeking an overhaul of the country's privacy framework, particularly the consent-based approach, which the country's privacy regulator says is becoming increasingly ill-suited to artificial inte... (more story)
South Korea's Daedong shifts from tractors to AI-powered farming platform
August 10, 2026
| Choonsik Yoo
South Korean agricultural machinery maker Daedong is accelerating its transformation into an artificial intelligence-led farming platform company, supported by its selection to lead a 254.6 billion won ($179.5... (more story)