Intelligence

On August 31, California Business and Consumer Services Agency (BCSA) Secretary Rohit Chopra announced that examining businesses’ use of emerging technologies...

The FTC proposes new enforcement guidelines requiring clear disclosure when businesses use consumer data to set personalized prices, while California's privacy agency launches its first enforcement actions against data brokers. Meanwhile, Meta agrees to pay up to $17.2 billion and implement sweeping product changes to protect teen users on Instagram and Facebook.

A family’s ordinary afternoon was shattered when an unknown number added multiple relatives, including a teenager, to a group chat and shared what appeared to be AI-generated explicit images of a family member...

The surge in generative AI patents has nearly tripled from 2023 to 2025, with over 37,800 patent families published by early 2025 according to WIPO and EconSight analysis. For companies developing autonomous systems, robots, drones, and other physical AI solutions, understanding who is filing these patents and what technologies they target has become critically important for strategic planning and competitive positioning.

A broad coalition of artificial intelligence developers, cybersecurity companies, financial institutions, technology providers, and other organizations has issued an open letter calling for a coordinated effort to strengthen cyber defenses.

July 2026 saw continued momentum toward federal and international digital asset regulation, with market structure, ethics, investor protection and illicit finance risks remaining central themes. In the United States, Senate Digital Assets Subcommittee Chair Cynthia Lummis released updated text for the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act (CLARITY Act), while Senator Elizabeth Warren criticized the proposal as insufficient on conflicts of interest, investor protection and national security.