According to Reuters, the Commission opened two formal specification proceedings under the Digital Markets Act to shape how Google must provide access for rivals to certain services and data connected to AI and search. Google is reported as warning about risks to privacy and innovation, while the Commission frames the process as a structured compliance dialogue with a six-month endpoint.

According to Reuters the EU opened a new formal line of scrutiny around Grok after non-consensual sexualised deepfakes circulated on X, with potential DSA exposure framed around systemic risk management rather than one-off removals. The story matters because it treats generative tools as part of platform risk architecture and not as a separate product bolt-on.

According to the Financial Times, the House of Lords has backed an amendment to ban social media for under-16s, intensifying the UK policy debate on age checks and safety-by-design obligations that interact with automated content and recommendation systems.

According to MLex, India is shifting away from a standalone AI Act and instead will lean on existing laws to regulate artificial intelligence risks within its legal system, foregoing a comprehensive new statute for now.