US House AI proposal draws tepid congressional response
June 09, 2026
| Emma Whitford
In the days since its release, a US House proposal to manage artificial intelligence risks at the federal level and preempt certain state laws hasn't been embraced by leadership in its chamber of origin. Meanw... (more story)
Ohio becomes test case for data center opposition as US tech companies defend plans
June 09, 2026
| Amy Miller
As data centers proliferate, tech companies are being called to defend their data center development plans before worried lawmakers. Ohio is becoming a test case for what’s ahead across the country as state la... (more story)
How AI reshapes criminal investigations for South Korean prosecutors
June 08, 2026
| Wooyoung Lee
The growing use of artificial intelligence-generated and manipulated evidence in criminal cases has prompted South Korea's prosecution service to develop forensic AI tools to detect deepfakes, voice clones and... (more story)
WhatsApp’s reach shapes Brazil-specific antitrust test for AI competition
June 04, 2026
| Maria Júlia Baumert
Brazil’s competition authority is increasingly examining whether WhatsApp’s near-universal adoption in the country gives Meta a unique gatekeeping role in the distribution of AI services. The question has emer... (more story)
Trump's AI security order signals concession of AI risks
June 03, 2026
| Emma Whitford
President Donald Trump’s new executive order instituting voluntary prerelease assessments of advanced artificial intelligence models has been well received by frontier developers, following rumors of stricter ... (more story)
TikTok faces Japan's first AI voice clone test as actor seeks deletion
June 03, 2026
| Toko Sekiguchi
A Japanese actor’s deletion suit against TikTok over an allegedly AI-generated imitation of his voice could test how existing law protects commercially recognizable voices — and when platforms must remove disp... (more story)
AI chatbots: California Invasion of Privacy Act's next frontier
May 29, 2026
| Maria Dinzeo
AI companies are finding themselves in the crosshairs of California's decades-old anti-wiretapping law, illustrated by two class actions against OpenAI for allegedly embedding tracking technology in the ChatGP... (more story)
Jurisdictional lines at heart of US data center hookup talks
May 29, 2026
| Emma Whitford
US state utility regulators are awaiting federal guidance that could standardize how energy-intensive artificial intelligence data centers hook up to the electric grid. The process, which kicked off last fall,... (more story)