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Texas lawsuit seeks court-approved safety reviews before OpenAI releases new models October 24, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo

Texas is seeking to bar OpenAI from releasing new AI models without independent safety approval, and prohibit minors from using ChatGPT. The state accused the company and CEO Sam Altman of knowingly putting co... (more story)

Third Circuit ROSS ruling peppers news outlets' opposition to ChatGPT fair use defense October 23, 2026 | Emma Whitford

News outlets suing OpenAI and its investor Microsoft are highlighting a recent appellate decision that training artificial intelligence on copyrighted works is not fair, as they push back on their adversaries’... (more story)

CDK market power questioned as US judge sees AI disrupting dealer software October 23, 2026 | Khushita Vasant and Alex Wilts

Tekion faced questions at a court hearing about the evidence supporting its allegations that CDK Global holds market power, with a California federal judge noting that artificial intelligence could disrupt the... (more story)

SpaceX's xAI may face Virginia action over Grok creation of sexualized images October 23, 2026 | Mike Swift

SpaceX said in a US securities filing that it could face a lawsuit from Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones over its statements around the propensity of its Grok chatbot to generate nonconsensual deepfake imag... (more story)

OpenAI, South Korean experts explore ways to address frontier AI risks October 23, 2026 | Choonsik Yoo

South Korean artificial-intelligence safety experts and OpenAI held a two-day workshop in Seoul this week to discuss risks involving cybersecurity, national security and agentic AI services, bringing together ... (more story)

US judge takes up Anthropic's fair use defense in music copyright dispute October 22, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo

Whether Anthropic's Claude spits out song lyrics verbatim, creates derivative works or generates new songs, Anthropic’s use of those lyrics isn't transformative, lawyers for music publishers argued Wednesday a... (more story)

Meta says youth-related legal costs drove 68% expense growth; more trials loom October 22, 2026 | Mike Swift

Legal costs were again a key element of the 68 percent jump in expenses Meta Platforms recorded in the third quarter of 2026, it said Wednesday. The social media giant recorded a $9.9 billion expense as part o... (more story)

UK AI regulation mustn't risk access to models or clog cyber bill, ministers say October 21, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo

Broader AI regulation must preserve the UK's access to frontier models needed for security testing and should not be added to the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill, ministers told lawmakers this week. Cyber m... (more story)

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China's proposed export curbs balance AI edge with global reach October 22, 2026 | MLex Staff

China’s proposed technology-export restrictions expose a tension in the country's ambitions as a technology power: Beijing wants to retain control over innovations underpinning its industrial strength while pr... (more story)

South Korea's state-led AI push faces reckoning over strategy, motives October 22, 2026 | Choonsik Yoo

South Korea’s ambition to become a leading artificial intelligence power faces growing scrutiny as critics question how the government selects projects, allocates funding and measures success, with plans for a... (more story)

Character.AI bankruptcy showcases high stakes of competition in AI markets October 21, 2026 | Alex Wilts, Chris May and Emma Whitford

Character.AI’s recent bankruptcy filing illustrates how compute costs, competition for talent, regulatory scrutiny and funding needs can challenge smaller artificial intelligence companies’ ability to compete ... (more story)

PHP incident shows AI exposing longstanding cyber vulnerabilities October 21, 2026 | Emma Whitford

The revelation Wednesday that two major security vulnerabilities exist in programming language PHP highlights a significant challenge of the artificial intelligence age: AI can help hackers quickly find and ex... (more story)

Meta’s EU fight over AI access spotlights new case law on platform pricing October 21, 2026 | Lewis Crofts

Meta Platforms’ tussle with EU enforcers over rival AI assistants' access to WhatsApp is testing the pricing implications of a 2025 EU court judgment that curtails tech platforms’ ability to refuse access to o... (more story)

Getty’s financial turmoil highlights fight to preserve copyright value October 16, 2026 | Steve Scherer

Getty Images’ financial distress highlights how AI-generated alternatives could squeeze licensing income and creators’ negotiating leverage, experts say. As judges weigh whether the use of copyrighted content ... (more story)

US FTC subpoenas show White House’s regulatory response to AI risks October 15, 2026 | Emma Whitford

The US Federal Trade Commission’s issuance of civil subpoenas to OpenAI and Anthropic this week is the latest indicator of a solidifying White House response to the risks posed by advanced artificial intellige... (more story)

‘Super intelligence’ rebrand could create trademark filing rush October 15, 2026 | Nick Robertson

The shift from “artificial intelligence” to “super intelligence” could trigger a wave of trademark applications as companies adopt the government’s preferred terminology, practitioners tell MLex. Rebranding co... (more story)