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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ChatGPT: OpenAI extends its protections for minors - teen safety becomes a product variable
Extension of teen safeguards on ChatGPT. After a year of disputes, minor safety moves from talk to roadmap.
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Shanghai Forum: Xi Enlists AI in Regional Diplomacy with Bangkok and Phnom Penh
Xi Jinping engages in "AI diplomacy" with the Thai and Cambodian prime ministers. The Chinese techno-sovereignty package is becoming an instrument of influence in Southeast Asia.
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DMA descends to the OS level: new Brussels order to expand Android access to rivals
Brussels pushes Google to open Android more to its competitors. The DMA moves from the assistant to the system plumbing, in 48 hours.
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DMA applied: the Commission forces Google to open Android and Search to rival AI assistants
Two decisions made on Thursday order Google to allow other AI assistants and competing engines to access critical layers of Android and Search. This is no longer a debate, it's an obligation.
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COMPUTER COPS: in the supermarket of police AI
The Verge publishes an immersion into a convention "the future of policing in the digital age" in Fort Worth. Verdict: AI is no longer entering policing through the pilot project door - it's entering through the vendor catalog door.
yesterday 11 8
CERT-In mandates human oversight for high-value AI-driven payments in India
India moves to make a human step mandatory in AI-driven payment flows. The biggest UPI market gets first-mover on regulating agentic commerce.
yesterday 11 8
Australia unveils AI standards to govern the deployment of technology
No coercive law nor laissez-faire: Canberra chooses the path of standards to guide adoption.
Jul 15, 2026 at 10:14 8 6
**OIT: Generative AI to impact 80 million workers in ASEAN, no mass layoffs expected**
Exposure is not elimination: the report distinguishes between transformed jobs and those that disappear.
Jul 15, 2026 at 10:14 7 8
Hassabis proposes an AI FINRA - 30 days before each release
An independent standardization body, funded by the industry, that would inspect models before their release. The proposal is serious. So are its blind spots.
Jul 14, 2026 at 22:32 9 8
Meta sued: when an AI scoring system for a layoff plan meets labor law
26 former employees accuse Meta of using AI systems - including a productivity score based on keyboard strokes - to rank who to lay off. Among the alleged criteria: token usage.
Jul 14, 2026 at 22:30 8 7