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China's AI companion rules take effect, targeting addiction and emotional harm
Providers must now detect user distress, restrict minors, and prove they aren't creating dependency
New York freezes new AI datacenter construction for one year
Governor Hochul's executive order targets facilities consuming 50 megawatts or more, citing grid strain and rising utility costs
PixVerse’s $439M raise suggests investors still see room for specialist AI video platforms
The Singapore startup's $439M raise signals continued faith in focused video AI companies despite big tech competition
Google adds AI labels to ads, but enforcement relies on advertiser honesty
A new disclosure system covers Search, YouTube, and Discover, with a major gap at its center
General Intuition raises $320M to train physical AI on video game data
A New York startup bets that billions of gameplay interactions can replace real-world robot telemetry, and major investors are buying it.
States race to regulate AI in political ads before 2026 elections
Minnesota's first synthetic media enforcement case reveals gaps in disclosure laws as four states advance new legislation.
Chinese AI models cross 30% of OpenRouter traffic as cost pressure mounts
U.S. developers are routing more workloads to DeepSeek and Z.ai, and the economics explain why.
Illinois enacts AI transparency law with audits, incident reports, and $3 million fines
A Midwest state steps into the regulatory gap left by federal inaction
Alibaba banned Claude after Anthropic accused it of a 28.8 million-query extraction operation
Anthropic told U.S. senators the operation was the largest known AI distillation attack; Alibaba has since barred employees from using Claude
Netflix cloned Gene Wilder's voice for a reality show with his estate's approval
A new reality competition tests how far AI voice cloning can go when the family says yes
Adobe acquires Topaz Labs for on-device AI video processing
The deal brings Emmy-winning upscaling and restoration models into Adobe's Cloud suite, eliminating cloud processing for resource-intensive AI video tasks.
Singapore startup bets world models can outrun video generation giants
A former Tencent AI chief raised $80M to build real-time 3D worlds, with AMD and Hyundai backing the thesis
Fika Jobs raises $4M to replace resumes with AI video interviews
A Stockholm startup wants employers to browse candidates like a feed instead of a stack of PDFs
SpaceX signs $6.3B compute deal with open-source AI startup Reflection
Reflection AI will pay $150M monthly for Nvidia GB300 chips at Colossus 2, joining Anthropic and Google as tenants
AI fills 60% of TikTok feeds, and children's content is worse
A Kapwing study found nearly all cartoon videos on TikTok are machine-made. YouTube's numbers are bad too, but the gap points to a structural difference.
EU delays AI Act high-risk rules four months to December 2026
Lawmakers buy compliance time, but the window is narrowing fast