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Chinese actors' body pushes against unauthorized AI use of likeness, voice April 03, 2026 | MLex Staff

China’s actors are pushing for tighter controls on unauthorized AI use of likeness and voice data, as an industry body warned on Thursday that such practices are infringing legal rights and urged platforms and... (more story)

China widens personal-data crackdown to ads, education, health in new campaign April 03, 2026 | MLex Staff

Chinese regulators have launched a nationwide campaign to strengthen personal-data protection, expanding scrutiny into new sectors while deepening enforcement against persistent violations identified last year... (more story)

AI will make patent backlogs 'a thing of the past,' USPTO director says April 02, 2026 | Steve Scherer

US Patent and Trademark Office Director John Squires sees artificial intelligence aggressively reducing the patent backlog even with strict human oversight of AI outputs, he told MLex.

AI use growing among UK adults, some seek advice from chatbots, regulator says April 02, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo

UK adults are increasingly using AI tools in everyday life, with some turning to chatbots for advice and conversation, research by the media regulator Ofcom shows. The study comes as the UK examines how to reg... (more story)

EU says US tech talks will ‘clarify’ approach not meddle in enforcement April 02, 2026 | Lewis Crofts and Nicholas Hirst

The EU and US administrations are discussing how to establish a formal dialogue where contentious digital policies will be “clarified.” But officials have stressed it will be a forum to promote cooperation rat... (more story)

China tightens AI guardrails for IP in innovation push April 02, 2026 | MLex Staff

As artificial intelligence becomes embedded in high-impact innovation, from patent drafting to drug discovery, Chinese regulators are moving to impose guardrails, warning of rising legal risks while rolling ou... (more story)

Supermicro cofounder, consultant plead not guilty in US AI chip diversion case April 01, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

Supermicro cofounder Yi-Shyan Liaw and third-party consultant Ting-Wei Sun each pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to US charges alleging they diverted billions of dollars of servers integrated with artificial in... (more story)

EU countries maintain diverging views on AI Act interplay with sectoral laws April 01, 2026 | Luca Bertuzzi

EU member states are divided over changes to how the AI Act interacts with sectoral laws, with Germany and Italy backing the European Parliament’s proposal while many others warn of legal uncertainty and some ... (more story)

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Meta's chatbot pricing solution fails Brazil CADE's test April 02, 2026 | Maria Júlia Baumert

Meta’s attempt to square regulatory pressure by introducing fees for AI‑powered chatbots on WhatsApp may have looked like a pragmatic compromise. In Brazil, however, the strategy has run into firm resistance. ... (more story)

IAPP Global Summit puts focus on technology’s human cost April 02, 2026 | Madeline Hughes, Maria Dinzeo, Amy Miller and Emma Whitford

When privacy professionals descended on Washington, DC, this week, they knew they were walking into a conference focused equally on privacy and artificial intelligence. But they may not have anticipated a loom... (more story)

Canadian privacy commissioner eyes fines, consent changes in Facebook case April 01, 2026 | Mike Swift

Philippe Dufresne, who heads the Office of the Privacy Commission of Canada, sat down with MLex on the sidelines of an international privacy conference for an exclusive interview on his view of possible next s... (more story)

US FTC could be headed away from data-deletion remedies March 30, 2026 | Madeline Hughes and Emma Whitford

The deletion of data and algorithms as an US Federal Trade Commission remedy for unfair or deceptive data privacy practices could go by the wayside. These “are viewed as the more extreme measures,” US Federal ... (more story)

Agentic AI cyber attacks growing, along with regulatory risk March 30, 2026 | Amy Miller

Anthropic, Amazon and Meta Platforms have all learned the hard way that the cybersecurity risks posed by AI agents are no longer theoretical. Along with other companies, they've recently reported security brea... (more story)

Anthropic fight against US DoD designation moves to DC Circuit March 30, 2026 | Mike Swift

Anthropic is pivoting its legal battle against the Trump Administration toward a federal appeals court in Washington DC. in the wake of a federal court case in which the judge used strikingly blunt language an... (more story)

Why UK lawmakers' push for social media under-16 ban may soon run out of steam March 27, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo

Major online platforms saw UK lawmakers leave a growing standoff over child safety unresolved as they began their Easter break. The House of Lords this week renewed a push for an under-16 ban on social media, ... (more story)

Brazil faces hurdles on data-center bill as it leaves sustainability aside March 27, 2026 | Henrique Santiago

Brazil’s goal to attract foreign investment for establishing data centers runs into the same lack of socio-environmental safeguards presented in recently expired interim relief, critics of the project told MLe... (more story)