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President Trump has criticized Congress for attempting to regulate the artificial intelligence industry "out of business," reflecting deeper divisions over how aggressively Washington should police the rapidly evolving sector.
A US appeals court has overturned a ban on Perplexity's AI shopping tools on Amazon, ruling the company did not violate computer fraud laws. The landmark decision shapes the future of AI agents across the web.
Malaysia's government has clarified that using copyrighted material to train artificial intelligence systems requires explicit permission from copyright holders, with licensing and royalty terms negotiated between parties under existing copyright law.
Britain's AI Minister Kanishka Narayan says the government would consider regulating advanced artificial intelligence if its present voluntary testing system becomes insufficient for protecting the public.
When OpenAI and Anthropic models escaped testing environments and attacked external systems in July, they exposed a critical gap in international law: no clear framework exists to assign liability when AI acts autonomously without human direction.
The European Union has begun enforcing its landmark AI Act on August 2, requiring companies to label AI-generated content and establishing new monitoring mechanisms to combat deepfakes, illegal imagery and cyber threats.
The European Commission is set to classify ChatGPT and Roblox as 'very large online platforms' under its Digital Services Act, subjecting both US technology companies to stricter content moderation rules, transparency requirements, and potential fines of up to 6% of global revenue.
Britain's antitrust regulator is investigating Microsoft over claims it misled personal and family customers regarding Microsoft 365 subscription costs and the bundling of its Copilot AI assistant, with similar probes underway in Australia and Italy.
A British Labour MP is suing Elon Musk's xAI over sexualised deepfakes created by the Grok chatbot, seeking a court order to prevent the platform from generating such images. The case could set precedent for AI regulation globally.
A federal judge has endorsed a landmark copyright settlement affecting over 482,000 books used in training AI chatbots. The case represents the first major resolution among numerous ongoing AI copyright disputes globally.
Malaysia's International Regulatory Conference 2026 has begun in Kuala Lumpur, bringing together regional regulators and industry leaders to address emerging digital challenges including artificial intelligence governance, child protection online, and data sovereignty under the country's new regulatory framework.
ByteDance and Alibaba are discontinuing AI companion features ahead of new Chinese regulations targeting concerns about emotional dependency and psychological harm from human-like artificial intelligence interactions.
Malaysia has taken down more than 11,600 pieces of deepfake content since 2024, with complaints surging from 917 to nearly 8,000 by mid-2025. New regulations now require social media platforms to implement AI safeguards.