Jurors in Musk-OpenAI trial in US face tough call on statute of limitations
May 15, 2026
| Mike Swift
Despite all the testimony about greed and power that a jury in Oakland, California, heard over the last three weeks during a trial on Elon Musk's claims that OpenAI breached his charitable trust through its pa... (more story)
UK legislative plan keeps AI focus on growth, stays quiet on broader regulation
May 15, 2026
| Patricia Figueiredo
The UK government has talked up accelerating AI deployment through regulatory “sandboxing powers” in its new legislative program, while leaving broader AI regulation questions unresolved. The Regulating for Gr... (more story)
'AI privilege' debate looms large as chatbots are entrusted with users' secrets
May 15, 2026
| Matthew Newman
A Canadian school shooting and French weapons raid have galvanized a growing discussion over how AI companies should respond when chatbot users reveal plans for violence, sensitive medical information or menta... (more story)
Australian energy ministers mull national data-center rules
May 11, 2026
| Sean Maguire
Australian energy ministers are set to consider changes to national energy policy in response to a rapid growth of data centers. The Energy and Climate Change Ministerial Council met Friday and planned to disc... (more story)
Amazon's battle to block Perplexity AI testing reach of computer-access laws
May 08, 2026
| Amy Miller
Amazon’s lawsuit seeking to keep Perplexity AI’s artificial intelligence-powered shopping tool from purchasing items on its store is testing the reach of longstanding computer-access laws when “agents” act on ... (more story)
Connecticut's goal of setting national AI policy faces challenges
May 07, 2026
| Amy Miller
Connecticut is bucking a trend among US states this year by sending a sprawling artificial intelligence safety bill to the governor’s desk for approval, hoping to become a model for other state legislatures. B... (more story)
Deal over EU's AI omnibus package represents political victory for business
May 07, 2026
| Matthew Newman
The EU’s flagship AI Act was meant to be an example of the "Brussels effect," pioneering law that would inspire the word, but it ended up a target of the bloc’s simplification agenda to realize the goal of gre... (more story)
US relationship with frontier AI developers takes the spotlight
May 06, 2026
| Emma Whitford
As artificial intelligence models become more capable, the question of how President Donald Trump might exert pressure on frontier developers is front and center. For now, his administration is using federal c... (more story)