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)
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)
Schools, tech giants clash over evidence in first US bellwether education trial
October 20, 2026
| Mike Swift
With a first bellwether trial over how social media design affected US schools just over three months away, two school districts in Arizona and South Carolina are trying to exclude evidence of racial conflict,... (more story)
UK online safety regime's future may turn on watchdog's current court battles
October 15, 2026
| Imogen Howse
A raft of legal challenges from Meta Platforms, TikTok, X and other digital companies to UK regulator Ofcom’s information demands, revenue rules and service categorization is threatening to reshape the country... (more story)
In new OpenAI, SpaceX suits, privacy emerges as growing US AI litigation risk
October 14, 2026
| Mike Swift
Privacy litigation filed against the likes of OpenAI, SpaceXSI and Suno in US courts is accelerating, with new lawsuits testing whether traditional laws governing children's privacy, biometrics and wiretapping... (more story)
Japan's EU data adequacy seen unaffected by privacy advocates' challenge
October 14, 2026
| Sachiko Sakamaki
Recent amendments to Japan's data protection law are not expected to jeopardize the country's mutual adequacy arrangement with the EU, despite calls from domestic privacy advocates for European authorities to ... (more story)
Meta's pugilistic trial strategy proved costly in recent US litigation
October 13, 2026
| Mike Swift
Mark Zuckerberg's stated reluctance to settle lawsuits before US jury trials over privacy and addictive design in recent years has exposed Meta Platforms to potentially more than $50 billion in verdicts, penal... (more story)