Patreon hardens its bot policy: from robots.txt to effective blocking
TechCrunch documents on July 17 a shift at Patreon - the platform stops politely asking AI scrapers to leave, it blocks them.
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Letter to WAIC: 30 entrepreneurs urge Beijing to speed up without breaking
30 leaders - Chinese and international - publish at the opening of WAIC 2026 a letter of expectations on AI policy. A rare public exercise in a country where the industrial message mainly passes through state channels.
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TSMC pledges another $100bn for US fabs: the compute pinch is now foreign policy
A second $100 bn tranche on top of Arizona. TSMC is now restructuring its US roadmap around AI accelerators - and Washington politics.
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Nvidia's tightening grip reaches Southeast Asia: the rerouting hub comes under suspicion
After targeted cuts and the whitelist, Southeast Asia discovers that being a GPU hub comes at a price.
Jul 15, 2026 at 10:14 9 6
New York: First State Moratorium on Data Centers, the Grid Revolt Becomes Law
Governor Hochul signs the first US state moratorium on data centers > 50 MW for up to a year. The "data center backlash" moves beyond the municipal level - a new and lasting macro factor for AI infrastructure.
Jul 14, 2026 at 15:45 10 7
Nvidia tightens the screws in Asia: whitelist compliance and targeted cuts against China rerouting
Nvidia imposes a whitelist of authorized buyers in Asia and halves the list of approved companies: Washington wants to close the rerouting path to China, Nvidia chooses self-audit rather than waiting for a new export rule.
Jul 14, 2026 at 15:44 10 8
India: the government puts ministries on pause on OpenAI and Anthropic
A directive from MeitY asks central agencies to suspend any deployment of American LLMs, pending a review of safety and sovereignty.
Jul 13, 2026 at 17:27 10 10