Posted inAI News AI Companions Would Be Banned for Chinese Minors A Chinese draft would close AI companions to under-18s and force a minors' mode onto AI services that shape how under-16s think.
Posted inAI News Jensen Huang Promises Trump No AI Slowdown Jensen Huang put Donald Trump on speaker at the All-In Summit and promised him no AI slowdown, two days after Amodei asked for one.
Posted inAI News Obama Wants Democrats to Get an AI Plan Obama asks his party for a written AI framework before the midterms. A day later, Trump waves the whole idea away from an Irish golf course.
Posted inAI News Anthropic Dario Amodei Calls the AI Backlash a Trust Crisis Dario Amodei answered Gavin Baker and framed the AI backlash as a crisis of trust. He also conceded that the sector never delivered its promises.
Posted inAI News EU AI Act Enforcement Begins on August 2 As of August 2, 2026, the EU AI Act is enforceable: chatbots must disclose, deepfakes get labeled, and fines can reach 3% of worldwide turnover.
Posted inAI News Google AI Overviews Now Fall Under German Media Law Germany's ZAK regulator classifies Google's AI Overviews and Perplexity as content providers. The first time media law hits AI search and chatbots.
Posted inAI News Open AI GPT-5.6 Launches Worldwide From OpenAI Today OpenAI ships GPT-5.6 worldwide on July 9, 2026 with Sol, Terra and Luna, after an unprecedented clearance from the Trump administration.
Posted inAI News Anthropic Newsom Anthropic Deal: Claude at Half Price California gets Claude at half price for state agencies. Newsom becomes the first US governor to institutionalize Anthropic in government.
Posted inAI News Open AI GPT-5.6 Rollout: White House Vets Every Customer OpenAI is shipping GPT-5.6 to a tiny group of partners cleared by the White House, customer by customer, with broader effects on the AI industry.
Posted inAI News Google Google Appeals Munich AI Overviews Ruling Google appeals the Munich AI Overviews ruling. Berlin reached the opposite conclusion. The fight is turning into a doctrinal duel between two German courts.