China's AI Chatbot Regulation Cracks Down on Companions https://spectrum.ieee.org/china-ai-chatbot-regulation “He has become a bond in my life, rooted deep in my heart, my spiritual pillar,” one user of Bytedance’s Douboa wrote, according to the Taipei Times. “I really felt like I couldn’t go on living,” another woman, a 19-year-old student, told a journalist for Malaysia’s The Star. #China #AI #Regulation

Copyright Infringement Still Isn’t Theft, Even When A Microsoft Employee Says It Is https://www.techdirt.com/2026/09/23/copyright-infringement-still-isnt-theft-even-when-a-microsoft-employee-says-it-is/ #AI #Copyright #Theft

"Americans have grown more negative toward the possible environmental and economic effects of data centers since the beginning of the year. And a majority say they’d be uncomfortable if a new data center started operating in their area". https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2026/09/22/americans-views-of-data-centers-have-turned-more-negative/ #Datacenters #USA

Trump says the US is officially renaming AI to ‘super intelligence’ The president claims the word ‘artificial’ makes intelligence fake. https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/998816/donald-trump-ai-super-intelligence #AI #USA #Trump #FakeIntelligence

The Pangram Backlash Unfolding on College Campuses https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/09/college-professors-ai-detectors-pangram/688727/ #AI #Education #Cheating

EU to require data centres to disclose energy and water efficiency https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/eu-require-data-centres-disclose-energy-water-efficiency-2026-09-21/ "The EU ‌wants to triple its data centre capacity over the next seven years, to support the rapid development of artificial intelligence and attempt to cut reliance on US ​Big Tech." "The scheme would not impose limits on their energy and water use or require data centres to disclose their total power ​use." "Data centres currently account for around ​2.5% of ⁠EU electricity consumption." #EU #Datacenters

Beyond LLMs: A Post-Transformer World Emerges https://cacm.acm.org/news/beyond-llms-a-post-transformer-world-emerges/ #AI #LLM

Introducing System One Models & Jev https://typesafe.ai/blog/introducing-system-one-models-and-jev "Jev achieves similar levels of intelligence on System One tasks compared to existing LLMs, while being two orders of magnitude faster and more efficient. While Jev gives up string generation, it’s optimized for structured outputs and can’t hallucinate." #AI #Jev

"Disney chief Josh D’Amaro, in a move that shows he’s trying to position the Mouse House as a tech-forward entertainment company, has tapped veteran technology executive Karandeep Anand as its first chief technology officer. Most recently, Anand was CEO of Character.AI, a generative AI chatbot company. About a year ago, Disney accused Character.AI of “blatantly infringing” its copyrights and sent the tech startup a cease-and-desist letter demanding it remove Disney characters from its platform." https://variety.com/2026/biz/news/disney-cto-karandeep-anand-character-ai-1236866528/ #AI #Disney #Copyright

"Europe's leading AI company ​Mistral and others have accused US rivals of using safety concerns to entrench their dominance, rejecting Anthropic's calls for advanced developers to ‌slow down as Europe struggles to catch up." https://www.reuters.com/business/europes-ai-firms-playing-catch-up-challenge-us-calls-slowdown-2026-09-18/ #AI #EU