Naver's pre-ChatGPT AI disclosures disputed in South Korean copyright trial
August 19, 2026
| Choonsik Yoo
Naver told a South Korean court on Tuesday that it had informed the country's three major broadcasters in 2018 and 2020 of its plans to use their news content to develop artificial intelligence models, as the ... (more story)
UK judge says AI will decide cases but warns Australia on 'machine-made' justice
August 19, 2026
| Saloni Sinha
While lawyers and judges have no choice but to “wholeheartedly” embrace artificial intelligence, they must resist allowing machines to make autonomous judicial decisions without the fully informed consent of t... (more story)
US federal, state officials fighting AI cyber threats with existing laws
August 18, 2026
| Amy Miller
As a comprehensive national legal framework remains elusive, state and federal officials are increasingly using existing laws and regulatory powers to police high-risk AI behavior, including AI-driven cyberatt... (more story)
OpenAI launches default ChatGPT for teens, as legal scrutiny mounts
August 18, 2026
| Mike Swift
OpenAI on Tuesday is launching ChatGPT for Teens for users aged 13–17, with default safeguards blocking sexual and dangerous content, break reminders, quiet hours, privacy warnings, parental alerts, and guided... (more story)
China to step up AI push across technology, manufacturing, industry official says
August 18, 2026
| MLex Staff
China will intensify efforts to develop core artificial-intelligence technologies and deploy them across manufacturing, a senior official said Tuesday, while strengthening the broader industry ecosystem and sa... (more story)
Australia set to require data centers to power local AI development
August 18, 2026
| Sean Maguire
Australia plans to use its data-center investment boom to build greater AI sovereignty by requiring hyperscalers to provide compute access to local start-ups, researchers and other organizations on favorable t... (more story)
South Korea advances three teams to final stage of sovereign AI-model project
August 18, 2026
| Choonsik Yoo
South Korea has advanced three consortia led by LG AI Research, SK Telecom and Upstage to the final round of its project to develop homegrown artificial intelligence foundation models, eliminating a team led b... (more story)
Georgia lawmaker calls for ‘playbook’ to manage data center boom
August 17, 2026
| Amy Miller
State and local lawmakers need a clear framework for managing the rapid growth of AI-driven data centers, including rules for what developers should pay and what communities and regulators should demand, state... (more story)