India proposes groundbreaking mandatory royalty system forcing AI giants like OpenAI and Google to pay creators for using copyrighted content in training models, marking one of the world's most aggressive regulatory approaches as tech industry groups strongly oppose the intervention.
Google launches AI Plus plan in India at ₹199 monthly for six months then ₹399, featuring Gemini 3 Pro, image editing, video generation, and 200GB storage as tech giants battle for India's massive market through telecom partnerships and competitive pricing against ChatGPT.
India launches urgent $1.25 billion AI mission securing 19,000 GPUs to build six large-scale models by 2025, selecting Sarvam AI for a 70-billion-parameter model optimized for the country's 22 official languages after DeepSeek's breakthrough sparks global AI competition.
Pentagon receives orders to establish an Artificial Intelligence Futures Steering Committee by April 2026, tasked with developing policies for advanced military AI systems including artificial general intelligence while monitoring adversary capabilities and reporting findings to Congress by early 2027.
DOJ arrests two men for smuggling over $50 million worth of Nvidia AI chips to China through sophisticated networks, just as Trump announces plans to lift export restrictions while demanding a 25% government cut from future sales.
The US Commerce Department prepares to authorize Nvidia H200 AI chip exports to China, dramatically reversing previous restrictions on advanced processors, though Beijing may reject the offering as it shifts toward domestic AI hardware development.
Moore Threads Technology shares explode 425% after raising $1.13 billion in Shanghai IPO as Chinese AI chip companies surge to fill gaps left by U.S. export restrictions, with Nvidia's CEO warning China's semiconductor industry doubles annually while Western growth lags at just 20-30%.
The European Union announces a massive €20 billion investment to construct five AI gigafactories across Europe, each housing 100,000 advanced AI chips to train complex models for medicine, cleantech, and space applications in a bold bid for technological independence from global competitors.
Europe prepares major AI deregulation package for 2026 to catch up with US and China dominance, as the continent struggles with low business adoption rates and hosts only a handful of AI models, while investor enthusiasm for AI technology may simultaneously peak and decline due to unmet promises and major …
Chinese AI companies exploit Kenya's massive youth unemployment crisis by paying students and graduates just $5.42 for grueling 12-hour shifts labeling up to 26,000 video clips daily through shadowy WhatsApp networks, sparking warnings of digital colonialism as workers operate without contracts or knowledge of their actual employers.