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Meta appeals EU interim antitrust order targeting WhatsApp August 17, 2026 | Anna Ferrari and Nicholas Hirst

US tech giant Meta Platforms has taken the EU’s competition enforcer to court over an interim order requiring it to restore free access for rival AI assistants to WhatsApp. The challenge will test the commissi... (more story)

China's Sichuan police target data theft, AI abuse in nationwide crackdown August 17, 2026 | MLex Staff

Chinese police disclosed 10 cases involving the alleged theft, misuse and sale of personal data in Sichuan Province, exposing schemes that ranged from insider leaks and rural data harvesting to AI-enabled iden... (more story)

Australian state to fast-track data centers backed by 40% wind power August 17, 2026 | Sean Maguire

The New South Wales government has unveiled a framework to fast-track data centers that meet new energy, water and environmental standards, including long-term renewable energy agreements with at least 40 perc... (more story)

Microsoft joins OpenAI in opposing US sanctions motion against ChatGPT maker August 14, 2026 | Emma Whitford

A sanctions motion against OpenAI in copyright lawsuits by the New York Times and other news outlets is drawing pushback from co-defendant Microsoft, as well as OpenAI, with Microsoft saying it could suffer “s... (more story)

EU defends naming Siemens chief Snabe as industrial AI adviser August 14, 2026 | Masha Borak

The European Commission has said it cannot release documents from its assessment of a potential conflict of interest involving Jim Hagemann Snabe's appointment as the EU's special adviser for industrial AI, ci... (more story)

Shanghai summons six platforms in national online child-protection crackdown August 14, 2026 | MLex Staff

Six online platforms have been grilled by Shanghai’s internet regulator over failures to protect minors from harmful content, as part of a nationwide crackdown aimed at shielding young people from risks tied t... (more story)

Northern Ireland AI plan targets public sector, sets governance framework August 14, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo

AI suppliers in Northern Ireland could face new procurement expectations on oversight, fairness, transparency and accountability under a draft strategy for wider public-sector AI adoption. The plan also calls ... (more story)

China food-delivery giants ease algorithmic strain on riders amid regulatory push August 13, 2026 | MLex Staff

China’s largest food-delivery platforms are easing some of the algorithmic pressures faced by couriers, as authorities push the sector away from cutthroat competition and toward stronger worker protections. Me... (more story)

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Auditing pitch sparks US debate about how to hold AI companies accountable August 12, 2026 | Emma Whitford

US state and federal lawmakers are pitching third-party auditors to help assess the risk posed by advanced artificial intelligence models, sparking a debate about how to keep companies in check in a nascent re... (more story)

India bets on human oversight to keep AI patent examination in check August 12, 2026 | Freny Patel

India's Patent Office is embracing artificial intelligence to speed patent examination while reserving decisions for human officers, but rigorous verification could erode the efficiency gains that the technolo... (more story)

Amazon loss in US Perplexity AI case could rewrite rules for AI agents August 11, 2026 | Amy Miller

A US appeals court has made it harder for Amazon and other online platforms to use anti-hacking laws to keep user-deployed AI agents off their websites. The court drew a key distinction between an AI company s... (more story)

Could a US-style backlash against data centers threaten the EU’s AI plans? August 10, 2026 | Masha Borak

The EU's plan for a €30 billion tender to build AI gigafactories — large-scale computing facilities designed to provide the huge processing power to train and deploy advanced AI models — amid a severe heatwave... (more story)

Autonomous hacks show gap in US frontier AI risk response August 07, 2026 | Emma Whitford

Recent rogue activity by artificial intelligence models from OpenAI and Anthropic highlight an emergent challenge facing US lawmakers: how to address serious incidents related to AI testing and training that d... (more story)

EU privacy regulators eye common approach to risks of AI-enabled smart glasses August 07, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter and Imogen Howse

Companies selling AI-enabled smart glasses in Europe, including Meta Platforms with its prominent Ray-Ban AI glasses, are facing growing privacy scrutiny as regulators assess whether existing data-protection r... (more story)

Suno’s German court defeat tests Europe’s reach over US AI training August 07, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

German music rights group GEMA’s win against Suno tests whether European right holders can use local courts to challenge AI training carried out abroad, and whether collecting societies can become copyright en... (more story)

Japan bets old personality rights can handle the AI clone era August 07, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

Japan is betting that court-developed personality rights can govern AI voice and likeness cloning, avoiding a dedicated synthetic identity law while leaving difficult questions of commercial control and liability unresolved.