Delhi Court Calls AI Training Fair Dealing

MLex reported that lawyers told a California state court judge in San Francisco on 24 July that the number of lawsuits alleging ChatGPT contributed to users harming themselves could rise from roughly two dozen to 50 or more. The judge began mapping a procedural course for the coordinated proceedings, which the parties expect to run for several years.

AI Copyright Settlement

Biometric Update reported that Ofcom opened an investigation on 16 July into TikTok Information Technologies UK Limited over its use of 'age inference', a method that estimates a user's age from account activity rather than verifying it. The regulator's Age Assurance report, published the same day, suggested such models may have failed to identify a significant proportion of children, and Ofcom said inference is not listed in its guidance as capable of being highly effective, with an update due in October 2026. The Irish Times reported that a group of Meta employees has sued the company in California, alleging that AI-driven performance assessment and monitoring systems selected staff for redundancy and disproportionately tagged workers who had taken maternity, medical or other protected leave. The plaintiffs are seeking a preliminary ruling to halt the layoffs while pursuing compensation and reinstatement, and Meta maintains that the decisions were made by human managers rather than by the systems alone.

Publishers Accuse OpenAI Of Hiding Evidence

Variety reported that the New York Times, the Daily News, the Center for Investigative Reporting, the Intercept and Ziff Davis filed a 52 page motion for sanctions against OpenAI in the Southern District of New York on 9 July. The publishers allege the company concealed for more than two years that it could search its training datasets and output logs for their content, a claim they say surfaced only after a second deposition of its privacy engineering lead.

AI legal ethics, export-control litigation and infrastructure governance

Reuters Breakingviews reported growing debate over whether governments should capture part of AI-driven economic gains through sovereign wealth structures, taxation or redistribution mechanisms. The discussion reflects increasing concern over concentration of AI-related wealth and economic power. Reuters reported that European companies are increasingly diversifying AI suppliers following restrictions affecting access to advanced US frontier models. The shift highlights rising concern over AI supply-chain resilience and dependence on a small number of providers.

AI sovereignty, infrastructure governance and agent compliance

Reuters reported that China announced 17 measures to accelerate integration of artificial intelligence into consumer goods and services, including support for intelligent consumer electronics and humanoid robotics. The measures illustrate how AI industrial policy is increasingly being used as an instrument of economic strategy and technological competitiveness. Washington Post reported that Senator Bernie Sanders proposed a public wealth fund tied to AI-driven economic gains, under which Americans could receive annual payouts financed by returns generated from AI-related productivity and capital concentration. The proposal reflects growing debate over distributional governance of AI-created wealth.

AI export controls and military AI governance

Reuters reported that more than 50 cybersecurity leaders urged the US administration to reverse restrictions imposed on Anthropic's advanced AI models, arguing that limiting access to the systems could hinder cybersecurity research and vulnerability discovery. The dispute follows government concerns regarding potential misuse and security vulnerabilities in the company's most advanced models.

AI compute, sovereignty and governance

Reuters reported that the European Union proposed minimum energy-efficiency standards and sustainability labelling for data centres, directly tying the measure to AI-driven power demand and data-centre growth.

AI deployment, sovereignty and enforcement support

Reuters reported that Microsoft will use its developer conference to showcase new PC and cloud AI tools. The article says the company is positioning agentic AI tools for both developers and end users, while also highlighting safer use for business customers.