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China clears Apple, Samsung on-device AI services for smartphone rollout

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Calif. advances broad workplace AI bills despite business opposition

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Australian PM announces national AI framework, legislation expected in 2027

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Brazil clears Microsoft-Inflection AI deal after Tribunal required notification July 16, 2026 | Maria Júlia Baumert

MLex Statement: Brazil's antitrust authority has cleared without restrictions Microsoft's 2024 hiring of Inflection AI's co-founders and a large portion of its staff, concluding that the transaction is unlikel... (more story)

Big Tech antitrust enforcement is driven by EU cooperation, Italy’s Iossa says July 16, 2026 | Anna Ferrari

Italy's early intervention in digital cases — such as Meta AI-WhatsApp, Apple App Tracking Transparency and Apple iCloud — was driven by close cooperation with the European Commission, a board member of the It... (more story)

South Korean president tells regulators to make privacy failures costlier July 16, 2026 | Jenny Lee

President Lee Jae Myung urged South Korean regulators to make privacy failures more expensive than preventing them and to take a more assertive role in finding cybersecurity weaknesses before attackers do, off... (more story)

China clears Apple, Samsung on-device AI services for smartphone rollout July 16, 2026 | MLex Staff

Apple and Samsung's on-device generative artificial intelligence services have been registered with China's internet regulator alongside those of their Chinese rivals, removing a key regulatory hurdle to bring... (more story)

Tech companies welcome Australian AI standards, seek to shape data-center rules July 16, 2026 | Sean Maguire

Tech companies welcomed Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's plan for national artificial intelligence standards, saying they want to help shape the framework as the government prepares legislation gov... (more story)

US Fed's Warsh says most instant concern is cyber attack from foreign actor July 15, 2026 | Neil Roland

US Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh, the recently confirmed head of the central bank, said his most immediate concern is a cybersecurity attack from a foreign country or terrorist group. The Trump appointee a... (more story)

UK financial watchdog to assess govt-driven and internal AI plans in concert July 15, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority will assess a new government-commissioned AI adoption plan alongside existing recommendations from one of its executive directors, MLex understands. The plan calls for clea... (more story)

UK cyber bill ignores threats from AI, lawmakers warn July 15, 2026 | Imogen Howse

Senior lawmakers have warned that the UK’s Cyber Resilience and Security Bill does not effectively incorporate AI, as the government faces growing pressure to keep pace with the rapidly evolving technological ... (more story)

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Calif. advances broad workplace AI bills despite business opposition July 15, 2026 | Amy Miller

California lawmakers are advancing a package of bills that would significantly expand regulation of artificial intelligence in the workplace, including requirements for human oversight of employment decisions,... (more story)

AI could improve confusion analysis in trademark examination July 15, 2026 | Nick Robertson

IP offices around the world should expand their use of AI technology in the trademark examination process, a new report by the International Trademark Association argues, holding up the tech as a powerful tool... (more story)

China's AI push is running into employment reality July 15, 2026 | MLex Staff

Chinese President Xi Jinping will make his first appearance at the country’s flagship artificial intelligence conference this week, underscoring the technology’s rising political weight. His keynote in Shangha... (more story)

Beyond Bias: The expanding legal risks around AI hiring tools July 14, 2026 | Amy Miller

AI-powered employment tools are facing growing legal scrutiny as courts move beyond questions of algorithmic bias to examine governance, transparency and accountability. Recent litigation over the tools is pus... (more story)

Musk turns to antitrust claims over OpenAI-Microsoft alliance after charity loss July 10, 2026 | Mike Swift and Alex Wilts

Hardly a stranger to using the legal system to benefit his AI ambitions, Elon Musk won an order from a California federal judge that could lead to his antitrust claims against OpenAI and Microsoft getting cons... (more story)

Transparency concerns plague AI assessment work in US July 08, 2026 | Emma Whitford

Recent moves by the US influencing how frontier AI models are released to the public have technology companies and policy groups concerned about a lack of transparency from their government. An apparent lack o... (more story)

AI likely to fuel boom in intangible assets as investment gap grows July 08, 2026 | Steve Scherer

Investment in intangible assets is outpacing spending on physical assets by an ever-wider margin, and artificial intelligence is expected to speed the shift, the World Intellectual Property Organization said on Wednesday.

Malaysia, Singapore recast sovereign AI around policy choices July 08, 2026 | James Konstantin Galvez

Malaysia’s and Singapore's national strategies suggest that, for smaller economies, sovereign AI is becoming less about technological self-sufficiency than about combining targeted domestic capabilities with g... (more story)

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AI systems reinforce political censorship, Meta’s Oversight Board says July 16, 2026
Indonesia targets four priority sectors to close AI capability gap July 16, 2026
South Korea to create dedicated taskforce to expedite privacy probes July 16, 2026
US government pushes for judgment against Anthropic case over risk designation July 15, 2026
California AG defends data disclosure law before US appellate court July 15, 2026
AI medical devices shouldn't be removed from EU AI law's scope, groups say July 15, 2026
Trustworthiness of data flows is focus of UK consultation July 15, 2026
AI chatbots face mandatory breaks for UK users under 18 July 15, 2026
Is UK data regulation fit for purpose in age of AI, consultation asks July 15, 2026
Malaysia's digital rules could reduce startup investment by $194m a year, study says July 15, 2026
Japan backs Tower Semiconductor with up to $1 billion subsidy July 15, 2026
Xockets patent, antitrust suit against Microsoft, others stayed during USITC case July 14, 2026
New York Gov. Hochul enacts statewide moratorium on hyperscale data centers July 14, 2026