Google faces third EU copyright referral over Gemini training, publisher opt-outs
October 12, 2026
| Inbar Preiss
Google faces a third EU copyright referral over Gemini, as Hungarian judges seek clarity on whether AI training and chatbot responses fall under the same rules, how far copyright exceptions extend and whether ... (more story)
UK to resume frontier AI testing after US talks, minister says
October 12, 2026
| Patricia Figueiredo
The UK will resume testing of frontier AI models following recent negotiations with the US, AI minister Kanishka Narayan said Monday, as he outlined government plans to strengthen the country's cyber defenses ... (more story)
Google’s Gemini copyright case back on EU top court calendar
October 12, 2026
| Inbar Preiss
An EU court adviser will deliver an opinion on Nov. 3 in a closely watched Google Gemini copyright case, after an earlier date was dropped. The ruling to follow could clarify AI training and publishers’ rights... (more story)
China plans job safeguards as AI adoption accelerates
October 12, 2026
| MLex Staff
China is seeking to cushion workers from the impact of artificial intelligence on jobs while accelerating the technology’s adoption across the economy, highlighting the tension between Beijing’s drive for prod... (more story)
Data centers’ energy cost coverage is incomplete, US senators say
October 09, 2026
| Emma Whitford
US data center companies’ commitments to pay for their energy needs do not translate to comprehensive cost coverage, according to an investigation by Democratic senators into Big Tech companies including Amazo... (more story)
Supermicro consultant pleads guilty in US to role in AI server diversion scheme
October 09, 2026
| Samuel Rubenfeld
A third-party consultant to tech company Supermicro pleaded guilty to his role in a scheme to divert billions of dollars’ worth of servers integrated with Nvidia artificial intelligence technology to China, ac... (more story)
MultiPlan to answer for disappearing iPhone texts in US antitrust case, judge says
October 09, 2026
| Clayton Vickers
MultiPlan will have to answer interrogatories over whether specific executives chose to enable disappearing messages on their iPhones after being served a litigation hold in a case involving US antitrust claim... (more story)
EU must avoid 'risky dependencies' in critical technologies, digital chief says
October 09, 2026
| Matthew Newman and Masha Borak
Ensuring that the EU doesn’t have risky dependencies in critical technologies — AI, quantum computing, semiconductors, space and cyber security — is one of the top goals for Henna Virkkunen, the European Commi... (more story)