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Governments struggle to keep up with rapid AI development
Governments are struggling to decide how to respond to rapidly advancing AI, with laws and policy debates quickly losing relevance, the New York Times reported. International talks have also failed to produce concrete follow-up measures. U.S. President Donald Trump rejected attempts to build a global system to control AI, while the European Union faces calls to revise its 2024 AI law. South Korea has fully implemented its AI framework law but faces demands for amendments.
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EU pushes online protection law for minors beyond social media to games and AI
The European Union is pushing plans to ban social media use for children under 13 and expand online child-protection rules to cover online games and AI chatbots. The European Commission is expected to present an “EU Kids Act” setting age-based limits and safety duties for service providers. Ursula von der Leyen outlined restrictions for 13 to 14-year-olds and separate safety design standards for users under 18, though the final bill is not yet settled.
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EU\'s von der Leyen joins calls to slow AI development, pushes talks with top labs
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has joined discussions on slowing the pace of advanced artificial intelligence development and plans to invite leading AI labs to Brussels to discuss how regulators can support efforts to manage frontier systems. In an annual address in Strasbourg, she warned of risks from increasingly powerful AI, including self-improving models. She cited the EU AI Act and called for expanded cross-border cooperation on testing and evaluation, including Canada and Britain.
