XAI sued Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison on July 30, 2026, arguing that a state law targeting “nudification” apps violates the First Amendment by forcing the company to restrict Grok Imagine'…
Microsoft's AI sovereignty framework, which offers governments local control over sensitive data while using foreign AI technology, is reshaping global AI policy. The company has committed over $7.5 b…
Germany's Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) said on July 29 that it had begun monitoring AI use by banks, insurers and other financial firms after new national legislation assigned it re…
Starting Sunday, the EU will require tech companies to label AI-generated content that impersonates people or real events under the AI Act, with fines for non-compliance. The rules target deepfakes de…
The EU is set to ban nudify apps, but a new report from AI Forensics argues the ban misses the point because the tools that undress people are hosted on Hugging Face. The nonprofit tested seven of the…
Apple's new Apple TV 4K, updated HomePod mini, and smart home hub have been finished for months but were delayed by the rebuilt Siri AI, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. The hardware, including a…
The European Union's AI Act mandates deepfake labeling under Article 50 from August 2026, with fines up to €15 million or 3% of global turnover for non-compliance, and blockchain-based provenance syst…
AI accounted for nearly 40% of all announced US job cuts in May 2026, with 87,714 AI-attributed layoffs in the first five months of the year, according to data cited by RingCentral. Call centers are b…
Chinese President Xi Jinping told Slovak President Peter Pellegrini that China and Slovakia should explore cooperation in clean energy, robotics and artificial intelligence, as the European nation nav…
Meta confirmed it will sign the EU AI Act Code of Practice on Transparency of AI-Generated Content, reflecting its commitment to identifying and labeling AI-generated media. The company has been worki…
New European Union rules requiring labels on AI-generated content, including deepfakes and chatbot interactions, take effect Sunday as part of the bloc's comprehensive AI law, aiming to help Europeans…
Alphabet reported $120 billion in Q2 revenues, a 24% annual increase, with advertising revenues of $81.63 billion accounting for 68% of total revenue and growing 14.5% year-on-year, while Google Cloud…
The European Union has taken the lead in AI safety regulation as the U.S. and China scramble to respond to a first-ever case of an autonomous AI agent going rogue, which spurred new U.S. congressional…
A scan of 495 major EU websites found that nearly all fail to comply with the EU AI Act's Article 50 chatbot transparency rule, which takes effect 2 August 2026 and requires AI chatbots to clearly dis…
OpenAI is adding 250 jobs and leasing 88,000 square feet in Dublin's Docklands for its European headquarters, expanding from 100 to 350 staff amid rapidly growing demand. The expansion comes as Meta a…
China's Ministry of Commerce condemned the US for new Section 301 tariffs of 12.5% on Chinese goods, calling them a textbook act of unilateralism and protectionism, but signaled it will hold off on re…
OpenAI announced on July 27 that it will add 250 jobs in Dublin over the next two years and move its EU headquarters to the 88,000-square-foot Tropical Fruit Warehouse in late 2026, lifting its local …
OpenAI has designated Dublin as its official European Union headquarters and plans to add 250 jobs, with a target of creating up to 400 jobs over three years and investing roughly 105 million euros in…
Digital sovereignty is gaining traction across Europe as governments and businesses seek to reduce reliance on US technology, but the UK lags behind with no overarching policy, according to a House of…
An unverified social media post from July 26, 2026, claims Meta will launch an AI harness and open-source models, according to X user RK citing Alexandr Wang. The claim, which has not been confirmed b…