China's WAICO and America's Pax Silica Split AI World
Beijing's new World AI Cooperation Organization signed up 29 nations in Shanghai, weeks after Washington's rival Pax Silica bloc grew to roughly two dozen. Kazakhstan joined both.
Articles Tagged "AI Regulation"
China Clears Apple Intelligence After Two-Year Wait
China's internet regulator approved Apple Intelligence for the local market, but only after Apple agreed to run Alibaba's Qwen and Baidu's models instead of its own.
Hassabis Calls for a US-Led Global AI Watchdog
Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis wants a FINRA-style body testing frontier AI models before release, with power to slow the industry down if needed.
New York Becomes First State to Freeze Data Centers
Governor Hochul signed an executive order pausing permits for data centers over 50 megawatts for up to a year, making New York the first US state to enact a statewide moratorium.
OpenAI's Liability Shield Died - Illinois Passed Audits
OpenAI backed an Illinois bill shielding AI labs from mass-harm lawsuits, reversed course under public pressure, and watched the state sign a tougher audit law instead.
Google Forces AI Label on Ads Ahead of EU Deadline
Google now requires advertisers to disclose AI-generated ad content across Search, YouTube, and Discover - three weeks before EU AI Act Article 50 enforcement begins.
NYT Seeks Sanctions on OpenAI Over Hidden Evidence
The New York Times and Daily News asked a federal judge to sanction OpenAI for concealing evidence that its systems detect and log copyrighted content regurgitation.
Inside the 12-Day White House Gate on GPT-5.6 Sol
OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol goes public today after the first voluntary government hold on a frontier AI model - here's what the 12 days actually looked like.
UN AI Governance Forum: Bengio Warns of Catastrophic Risk
The UN's first all-nations AI governance dialogue opened in Geneva with Turing Award winner Yoshua Bengio warning that science cannot guarantee AI won't cause catastrophic harm.
China's Companion Law Forces Doubao, Qwen Offline
China's new AI anthropomorphic interaction rules take effect July 15, forcing ByteDance and Alibaba to shut down persistent AI companion features and permanently delete user conversation data.
UN AI Commission Launches Without Google or OpenAI
The UN and ITU launched a new AI for Good Global Commission with 40+ founding members, but Google, Meta, and OpenAI are not among them.
Midjourney Asks Court to Expose Studio AI Practices
Midjourney has asked a federal judge to compel Disney, Universal, and Warner Bros. to disclose their own AI training practices - using the studios' conduct as a fair-use and unclean-hands defense in a high-stakes copyright case.
