Judge Rules Pentagon's Blacklisting of Anthropic Illegal
A federal judge struck down the Pentagon's 'supply chain risk' label against Anthropic, ruling it was illegal retaliation for the company's limits on military use of Claude.
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UK Actors Demand Legal Protection From AI Voice Cloning
More than 80 UK performers, including Nicola Coughlan and Hugh Bonneville, urged Prime Minister Andy Burnham to give citizens statutory legal ownership of their voices against AI cloning.
Read more →Nevada Approves Up to 8,000 Robotaxis for Tesla, Uber and Waymo
Nevada regulators unanimously cleared Tesla, Uber and Waymo to run paid robotaxi service across the Las Vegas area, authorizing up to 8,000 self-driving vehicles over the next year.
Read more →OpenAI Funds 14 Think Tanks to Study AI's Economic Fallout
OpenAI is funding 14 independent research groups across five regions to study how AI could reshape jobs, safety and public policy, with findings due in 2027.
Read more →Apple Trains Its Own AI Model for China With Alibaba's Help
Apple has trained a proprietary AI model for the Chinese market with Alibaba's support, becoming the first foreign firm cleared to run its own AI system in China, Reuters reports.
Read more →South Australia Launches Australia's First AI Royal Commission
South Australia will hold Australia's first royal commission into artificial intelligence, examining its impact on jobs, education and public services from October 2026.
Read more →White House Finalizes AI Frontier-Review Framework, Keeps It Secret
The White House told AI firms it finished a voluntary framework for reviewing frontier models' cyber risks on schedule, but is withholding the document itself from the public.
Read more →EU Begins Enforcing AI Act Transparency Rules
The European Commission started enforcing the EU AI Act's transparency rules on August 2, requiring chatbots and deepfakes to disclose AI involvement or risk fines up to 3% of global revenue.
Read more →Judge Denies xAI's Bid to Block Minnesota's AI 'Nudify' Ban
A federal judge refused to pause Minnesota's first-in-the-nation ban on AI 'nudification' apps before it took effect August 1, rejecting xAI's emergency request.
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California's AI Transparency Act Takes Effect, Mandates Watermarks
California's AI Transparency Act took effect August 2, requiring major AI image, video, and audio generators to offer free detection tools and embed hidden origin watermarks.
Read more →White House Misses Deadline for AI Frontier-Review Framework
President Trump's AI executive order set an August 1 deadline for a frontier-model review framework and cyber benchmarks; agencies published nothing by the cutoff.
Read more →EU Opens €30 Billion Tender for Seven AI 'Gigafactories'
The European Commission opened a tender for consortia to build up to seven AI 'Gigafactories' in the EU, backing it with about €10 billion in public money to draw in €20 billion more from investors.
Read more →Georgia Regulator: AI-Only Customer Support Breaches Consumer Law
Georgia's Competition and Consumer Protection Agency ruled that parcel-forwarder USA2Georgia broke consumer law by using an AI chatbot as its only customer support channel.
Read more →FCC Bars New Chinese Humanoid Robots, Power Inverters From US
The US FCC added foreign-made humanoid and quadruped robots, plus power inverters, to its national-security 'Covered List,' blocking new import approvals over spying and cyberattack risks.
Read more →xAI Sues Minnesota Over Nation's First AI 'Nudify' Ban
xAI has sued Minnesota's attorney general to block a first-in-the-nation law against AI 'nudification' apps, arguing it violates the First Amendment.
Read more →Over 1,200 AI Workers Urge US to Pace Frontier AI Development
More than 1,200 employees at OpenAI, Anthropic, Google DeepMind, and Meta have signed a letter asking Washington to back international tools for pacing frontier AI development.
Read more →Anthropic's Amodei Denies Seeking Open-Weight AI Ban
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said in a July 27 blog post that the company has never called for banning open-weight AI models, urging chip controls and mandatory safety testing instead.
Read more →Delhi High Court Clears OpenAI's ChatGPT in ANI Copyright Suit
India's Delhi High Court denied news agency ANI's bid to block OpenAI, ruling that training ChatGPT on its articles falls within a copyright fair-dealing exception.
Read more →Nvidia's Huang Rallies 50 Companies Behind Open-Weight AI
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang used his first-ever X post to unveil a letter — now signed by 50 firms including Google, Meta and OpenAI — urging Washington not to restrict open-weight AI models.
Read more →US, China Among 21 APEC Nations Backing Open-Source AI
APEC ministers from the US, China and 19 other Asia-Pacific economies adopted the Chengdu Statement on July 23, backing open-source AI paired with stronger security safeguards.
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House Bill Would Let DHS Order Shutdown of 'Rogue' AI Systems
Reps. Ted Lieu and Nathaniel Moran introduced the AI Kill Switch Act, letting DHS order top AI firms to throttle or shut down systems capable of catastrophic harm.
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