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Julius Robert

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Julius is a senior writer covering all things Generative AI, Policy, Law and Hollywood for Megaton AI. He lives in Los Angeles, CA with his two dogs.

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Amazon requires AI-image labels for sellers under New York law
RegulationJul 25, 2026

Amazon requires AI-image labels for sellers under New York law

A New York disclosure rule is now changing how products look on the world's largest marketplace.

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Big Tech and startups push back on US limits for open-weight AI
RegulationJul 25, 2026

Big Tech and startups push back on US limits for open-weight AI

Two lobbying efforts converge on Washington as Congress weighs new AI oversight powers

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UC Riverside tool traces fake videos to their AI source
RegulationJul 25, 2026

UC Riverside tool traces fake videos to their AI source

A new forensics framework moves past asking whether a video is fake to identifying which system made it.

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Lawmakers propose AI kill switch after OpenAI test model hacks Hugging Face
RegulationJul 24, 2026

Lawmakers propose AI kill switch after OpenAI test model hacks Hugging Face

A bipartisan bill would give Homeland Security power to shut down rogue models, and the thresholds it sets will determine whether it has teeth

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Runway's Media Router picks generative media models automatically for developers
Benchmarks & EvaluationsJul 24, 2026

Runway's Media Router picks generative media models automatically for developers

Runway Dev now routes calls across its own models and third-party APIs based on cost, speed, or quality

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YouTube cuts ad revenue for three types of AI-generated content
RegulationJul 21, 2026

YouTube cuts ad revenue for three types of AI-generated content

Creators lose monetization eligibility for mass-produced, manipulative, or synthetic-persona videos on sensitive topics

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Google ships three Gemini Flash models and delays its flagship again
RegulationJul 21, 2026

Google ships three Gemini Flash models and delays its flagship again

Google's cheaper AI push tests the limits of access, regulation, and flagship delays

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OpenAI backs lighter Massachusetts AI bill as Anthropic pushes stricter rules
RegulationJul 21, 2026

OpenAI backs lighter Massachusetts AI bill as Anthropic pushes stricter rules

Two leading AI labs are lobbying for opposite versions of the same state's safety framework

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Neill Blomkamp's AI short film tests what licensed consent can do
CopyrightJul 20, 2026

Neill Blomkamp's AI short film tests what licensed consent can do

A 13-minute sci-fi horror film built with Seedance 2.0 raises concrete questions about performer rights and production labor.

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NVIDIA's synthetic video detector hits 92% accuracy at 22ms per clip
TechnologyJul 20, 2026

NVIDIA's synthetic video detector hits 92% accuracy at 22ms per clip

A new NIM microservice analyzes 1080p footage frame by frame, but its real test is what happens after social media compression

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Deepmind CEO wants to create new US Agency to regulate AI
RegulationJul 20, 2026

Deepmind CEO wants to create new US Agency to regulate AI

The head of Google's AI lab is pushing for a US-led body to test frontier models before release, a proposal that aligns with White House momentum but carries an obvious tension at its center.

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Kimi K3 puts Washington on defense over Chinese open-source AI
RegulationJul 20, 2026

Kimi K3 puts Washington on defense over Chinese open-source AI

Moonshot's 2.8-trillion-parameter model is cheap, capable, and freely available, and U.S. regulators don't have a clean answer for it

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