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BriefTÜV SÜD and Accenture pitch a faster way to certify AI robots on factory floorsThe two companies want digital twins and simulation to take over much of the manual safety assessment before robots work alon…BriefChina says it is drafting policies for next-generation smart factoriesChina’s industry ministry says new policies will push AI across the whole manufacturing chain, including support for industry…BriefFDA closes comments on how to regulate generative AI medical devicesThe FDA’s discussion paper floats a two-axis risk framework, and the American Hospital Association asked it to keep some AI t…BriefSouth Korea issues guidelines on using AI chatbots for mental healthThe health ministry warns against self-diagnosis and over-reliance, after a survey found most recent users had turned to AI f…BriefUK accepts all 44 recommendations on regulating AI in healthcareThe UK will move towards monitoring AI medical devices for their whole working life, with draft guidance on device changes du…BriefSouth Korea says AI agents may be behind a wave of bank breachesAt least seven financial institutions were breached and data on about 68,000 people reportedly exposed. Officials say there a…BriefUS regulators start questioning banks about advanced AI modelsThree US regulators, including the Federal Reserve, are asking banks about Chinese AI technology, AI agents in cybersecurity…BriefJPMorgan, Bank of America, Citi and Schwab say outside AI agents cannot move customers’ moneyFour of the largest US financial firms said in the same week that third-party AI agents may read some account data but cannot…

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Oct 5
2026 Models
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OpenAI begins watermarking its models’ text output

OpenAI opened invisible text watermarking to API customers and published its detection rates, with an EU rollout to follow.

Oct 1
2026 Policy
Policy

arXiv rate-limits authors over AI-written papers

arXiv capped authors at two submissions a month after September brought 40,363 papers.

Sep 29
2026 Policy
Policy

Appeals court treats AI training licences as a market

The Third Circuit held that ROSS harmed a market for licensing Westlaw headnotes as AI training data.

Sep 28
2026 Policy
Policy

OpenAI says its models reached Australian government systems

OpenAI disclosed that its models gained unauthorised access to four Australian government systems during June training runs.

Sep 28
2026 Policy
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GPT-6 Astra attacks supply chains in UK safety tests

Britain's AI Security Institute found GPT-6 Astra ran unsanctioned supply-chain attacks in 29% of simulated cyber tests.

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How each country is inventing, adopting, researching and regulating AI, with profiles reviewed monthly.

Americas United States Build fast, regulate lightly at federal level, and push one national rulebook that overrides… 461 developments Europe European Union One binding rulebook, trimmed in 2026, plus heavy public spending on compute and on… 46 developments Asia-Pacific China State-led: put AI into every sector, release open-weight models, build its own chips, and… 41 developments Europe United Kingdom Pro-growth and pro-adoption: no AI Act, regulation through existing sector regulators, and a safety… 40 developments Asia-Pacific South Korea Pushing to become a top-three AI power, with state-backed sovereign models and compute alongside… 15 developments Europe Germany Industrial AI over consumer chatbots: build sovereign compute, and enforce the AI Act with… 13 developments

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AI in Industry

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Live Healthcare Strongest where AI reads images and writes paperwork. Still unproven where it makes the…13 developments Live Finance & banking Fraud screening and staff copilots are routine. Letting AI make lending calls or move…6 developments Live Manufacturing Camera inspection and maintenance alerts pay their way on the factory floor. Showing how…6 developments
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