US judges stay true to ‘substantial similarity’ test in weighing AI output claims
May 26, 2026
| Emma Whitford
US judges are continuing to find that copyright owners must plausibly allege substantial similarity in order to sustain claims of derivative artificial intelligence outputs. This is a welcome trend for defenda... (more story)
Push for UK social media ban risks being seen as political lifeline for Starmer
May 26, 2026
| Patricia Figueiredo
UK pressure for social media restrictions for under-16s has intensified ahead of a government consultation on children’s online safety closing on Tuesday. A leadership crisis in the ruling Labour party has led... (more story)
AI assurance emerges as the operational backbone of AI governance
May 26, 2026
| James Konstantin Galvez
AI assurance is increasingly emerging as the operational layer through which governments may ultimately govern autonomous AI systems, as regulators confront the limitations of static compliance frameworks buil... (more story)
Embodied AI tests limits of current governance frameworks
May 25, 2026
| James Konstantin Galvez
Autonomous AI systems are rapidly moving beyond software into robots, vehicles and critical infrastructure, creating governance risks that existing AI frameworks were never designed to manage. Discussions at a... (more story)
SpaceX US securities filing reveals xAI details, insight into AI regulatory risks
May 21, 2026
| Mike Swift
From space-based AI data centers to unvarnished disclosures about a wide spectrum of legal and regulatory risk around xAI's Grok chatbot, the S-1 securities filing by SpaceX in advance of its initial public st... (more story)
Chatbot bills passed by US states diverge along political lines
May 20, 2026
| Amy Miller
US states are rushing to establish new guardrails for artificial intelligence-powered chatbots that imitate human relationships, but their approaches to regulating the technology are diverging along political ... (more story)
Xi, Trump sidestep chip curbs while reviving AI security talks
May 20, 2026
| MLex Staff
Discussion of chip export controls was notably absent from the recent Trump-Xi summit, reflecting in part Beijing’s reduced urgency to secure relief from US curbs as China accelerates its push for technologica... (more story)
Xi-Trump summit shows a rivalry being managed, not resolved
May 20, 2026
| MLex Staff
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s question to Donald Trump about whether the US and China can escape the “Thucydides Trap” framed a summit that showed the two powers are learning to manage competition rather than... (more story)