AI Regulation
AI rules, enforcement, and policy decisions, and what each one changes for the people who have to work under them.
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EU AI Act Now Forces Businesses to Track AI Training Intensity
Since August 2025, any company that fine-tunes a general-purpose AI model and does so heavily enough could be legally reclassified as an AI model developer under EU law, triggering documentation, copyright, and transparency obligations that most businesses are completely unprepared for.
June 2, 2026 · 3 min read
The OpenAI Trial: Who Actually Wins and Loses
As the Musk v. Altman trial enters its final days, testimony from key insiders has revealed far more about OpenAI's money, power structure, and internal fractures than any press release ever would, and the real consequences extend well beyond whoever wins the verdict.
June 1, 2026 · 3 min read
AI Data Centres: Australia Forces Energy Self-Sufficiency
Australia's federal and state governments have agreed that new data centres must fund enough solar, wind, and battery storage to fully cover their own electricity use, a policy that could reshape how every country handles the AI energy surge — and Queensland's refusal to sign on reveals a deeper national fault line over who pays when big tech plugs into the grid.
June 2, 2026 · 3 min read
Taxing AI to Pay Displaced Workers: Will It Work?
A California governor candidate wants to tax AI companies for every unit of data they process and use that money to guarantee jobs for workers displaced by AI, raising a question that every government will eventually face: who pays when automation reshapes the workforce?
May 8, 2026 · 2 min read
AI Toys Are Reaching Kids Before Regulators Can Act
Thousands of AI-powered children's toys are being sold globally with almost no safety oversight, built on adult AI models that their own makers prohibit children from using, and a wave of legislation is now forming that could reshape what is allowed on shelves within months.
May 8, 2026 · 3 min read