Singapore's AI ambitions are reshaping role of its privacy regulator
July 01, 2026
| James Konstantin Galvez
Singapore's privacy regulator is broadening its role beyond traditional data protection as AI adoption accelerates, with responsible data use becoming a central theme of its engagement with businesses. In an i... (more story)
US regulator of foreign investment eyes agentic AI, data centers
June 30, 2026
| Curtis Eichelberger
Agentic AI programs that can plan, reason, and act out a series of tasks to achieve more complex goals, and the data centers that provide the massive computing power required to train and run the complex model... (more story)
Japan's IP strategy follows the money
June 29, 2026
| Toko Sekiguchi
From antitrust guidance to AI and seed-law reform, Japan's latest IP moves aim to prevent value leaks before ordinary enforcement begin.
DOJ, Mississippi recast xAI pollution suit as fight over citizen enforcement
June 26, 2026
| Amy Miller
The Trump administration and Mississippi are hoping to turn the NAACP’s lawsuit accusing artificial intelligence company xAI of illegally operating air-polluting gas turbines into a legal fight over federalism... (more story)
Bipartisanship on kids' online safety reignites as US Congress pursues reform
June 24, 2026
| Madeline Hughes
Both chambers of US Congress are looking to act on children's online safety with fresh bipartisan approaches announced this week.
US House child safety plan shows movement on preemption, ‘knowledge’
June 23, 2026
| Emma Whitford
As the ink dries on the US House’s latest children’s safety legislative package, Republicans appear to have made substantive concessions in areas including state law preemption and what constitutes “knowledge”... (more story)
US FTC's study on chatbot industry could shape future legislation, Ferguson says
June 23, 2026
| Amy Miller and Mike Swift
Lawmakers eager to pass news laws reining in companion chatbots need empirical evidence to sort through policy debates that revolve around anecdotal reports and high-profile incidents, and the US Federal Trade... (more story)
GDPR-AI Act interplay is key priority for French digital regulator
June 23, 2026
| Patricia Figueiredo
The CNIL, France’s digital regulator, is making alignment between the EU AI Act and the GDPR a top priority as the bloc’s AI rules take effect, a senior official said. In an interview with MLex, Nacera Bekhat,... (more story)