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Aug 25, 2026Business

AFM Drops Warner Music Parent From AI Suit, but Warner Records Pay Claims Continue

The union’s filing removes Warner Music Group Corp. without prejudice after an amended complaint named Warner Records instead. The central contract dispute remains whether AI licensing revenue must be shared with musicians.

3 min

Aug 25, 2026Business

Research Business

Perplexity Taps NYU’s Andrew Gordon Wilson for Continual-Learning Agent Research

Wilson’s remit joins continual learning with agent collaboration as Perplexity supports work that unfolds across extended sessions. The first test will be whether that mandate becomes a defined research team and publication program.

3 min

Aug 25, 2026Infrastructure

Government action Infrastructure

Trump Backs Data Centers as Paxton Proposes Texas Limits on Grid Costs and Rural Siting

The dispute is shifting from whether AI infrastructure brings investment to who pays for the power it needs, and where the facilities can be built.

3 min

Aug 25, 2026Startups

Funding Startups

Alice Raises $140M to Pair Model Testing With Enterprise AI Guardrails

The former ActiveFence is funding a lifecycle security pitch: test models for hostile behavior before launch, then apply customer-specific controls after AI reaches company data and tools.

2 min

Aug 25, 2026Policy

Regulation Policy

Guidelight Finds Few Public Rogue-AI Plans as California Requires Safety Disclosures

The crucial test is not only whether a lab can identify dangerous behavior, but whether it has settled who can cut a model’s access and when before an incident begins.

3 min

Aug 24, 2026Policy

Government action Policy

Geneva Rally Presses Hochul on 20-MW New-Project Permit Pause as Vulcan Plans AI Shift

The dispute turns on which projects face state review: Hochul’s existing order has a higher threshold and narrower reach than legislation now awaiting her decision.

2 min

August 2026

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Aug 23, 2026Policy

Government action Policy

OpenAI Calls to Amend California’s SB 53 With Model Monitoring, Reversing 2024 Opposition

The company wants California’s disclosure-and-incident-reporting law to cover specified security behavior before deployment. Its request is an advocacy proposal, leaving lawmakers to decide what monitoring duties and enforcement would look like.

4 min

Aug 20, 2026Infrastructure

Regulation Infrastructure

AI Data Center Builders Offer Concessions as Local Backlash Hardens

Oracle, Microsoft and OpenAI are pairing outreach with promises on power, water and local benefits. The unresolved test is whether concessions can overcome opposition that is already delaying projects and reshaping state policy.

4 min

Aug 19, 2026Business

Acquisition Business

Stripe’s OpenRouter Deal Puts AI Routing Beside the Billing Stack

The acquisition joins a model-selection layer to a payments relationship that already metered token use. OpenRouter’s stated independent operation leaves the post-close boundaries of that relationship unresolved.

4 min

Aug 17, 2026Business

Acquisition Business

Google’s $10 Million Spirit Deal Turns Airline Work Data Into an AI Asset

Google says the airline records will be stripped of personal information before transfer. The proposed sale still leaves key questions about the filtering process, final dataset and intended model uses unanswered.

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Last week

AFM Drops Warner Music Parent From AI Suit, but Warner Records Pay Claims Continue

Perplexity Taps NYU’s Andrew Gordon Wilson for Continual-Learning Agent Research

Trump Backs Data Centers as Paxton Proposes Texas Limits on Grid Costs and Rural Siting

Alice Raises $140M to Pair Model Testing With Enterprise AI Guardrails

Guidelight Finds Few Public Rogue-AI Plans as California Requires Safety Disclosures

Geneva Rally Presses Hochul on 20-MW New-Project Permit Pause as Vulcan Plans AI Shift

August 2026

OpenAI Calls to Amend California’s SB 53 With Model Monitoring, Reversing 2024 Opposition

AI Data Center Builders Offer Concessions as Local Backlash Hardens

Stripe’s OpenRouter Deal Puts AI Routing Beside the Billing Stack

Google’s $10 Million Spirit Deal Turns Airline Work Data Into an AI Asset