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AI Law Wiki News for September 15, 2026

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On September 15, 2026, ABC reported previously undisclosed Australian copyright consultation options that would let rights holders opt out of AI training. One option would permit use of remaining online material after developers negotiated a minimum quota of licensing deals, without further payments beyond those deals. The attorney-general’s spokesperson said consultation continued on control and compensation; OpenAI confirmed participation. These were reported consultation options, not enacted changes.[1]

In a same-day interview, Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles disputed descriptions of OpenAI’s position as an investment ultimatum. He said Australia could attract AI training while protecting news organisations and creators, and acknowledged that copyright remained an issue under discussion.[2]

South Korea prepares security guidance for autonomous AI agents

On September 15, 2026, South Korea’s Korea Internet & Security Agency (KISA) told Reuters it was revising its AI Security Guide to address autonomous agents. The planned update would include risk-management checklists and could cover AI operating physical equipment; it was described as work in progress, not released guidance.[3]

KISA’s existing publication notice identifies the original guide as a December 10, 2025 resource for protecting AI models and services against cyber threats, with corrections issued on March 13, 2026.[4]

Cloudflare introduces AI-training opt-outs that preserve search access

On September 15, 2026, Cloudflare announced “Disallow AI Training,” a setting that publishes no-training preferences while permitting search access by qualifying mixed-use crawlers. Its “Accountable” designation covers operators meeting, or committing to meet, requirements for training and AI-summary opt-outs, transparency and preserving traditional search ranking. This is a company content-use policy and technical control.[5]

Cloudflare says the setting permits Applebot, Googlebot and Bingbot to continue search crawling, while blocking other training crawlers. It cautions that Bing’s automatic robots.txt training opt-out support is targeted for early 2027: the new setting does not yet communicate that preference to Bing, so separate controls remain necessary. Selecting “Block” instead can also block search crawling.[5]

Google’s existing documentation separately confirms that Google-Extended controls specified Gemini training and grounding uses without affecting inclusion or ranking in Google Search.[6]

US lawmakers divide over AI pauses, regulation and competition with China

On September 15, 2026, Bernie Sanders used prepared remarks for the Pro-Human Assembly to call for binding international AI safety rules and a US–China treaty. He said he would introduce the superintelligence-ban proposal with Greg Casar the following week, including a temporary pause on advanced-AI development pending safety rules. This remained a proposed legislative step, not an enacted restriction.[7]

The same day, Steve Daines opposed slowing AI development because of competition with China and advocated discussion involving private-sector experts and public officials.[8] Roll Call reported that House Speaker Mike Johnson again opposed a moratorium, favored industry self-regulation and said he and President Trump were arranging talks with AI leaders. Senate negotiations had not produced an agreed legislative path.[9]

For a comparison of these approaches, see United States policy on catastrophic AI risk.

On September 15, 2026, UMG Recordings and two Capitol labels sued DistroKid and related companies in Delaware federal court. The complaint alleges copyright infringement and deceptive presentation of mass-generated AI music as artist-backed releases. It seeks injunctions and damages while expressly excluding clearly disclosed AI-generated music from the challenge. These are allegations, not findings.[10][11]

China announces AI-labelling and safety-assessment enforcement

On September 15, 2026, China’s Cyberspace Administration announced enforcement cases involving AI services. It said authorities ordered a Sichuan company’s WeChat mini-program offline for missing visible and metadata-based labels on AI-generated content and failing to complete required safety assessment. The program offered AI text conversations and image generation.[12][13]

The announcement separately described a Jiangsu company operating two websites that relayed requests to multiple large-model APIs. Authorities ordered rectification and issued a warning for failure to conduct the required safety assessment. September 15 is the announcement date; the notice does not specify the dates of the individual enforcement decisions.[12]

References

  1. ↑ Richard Marles, News24 interview, official transcript, September 15, 2026, discussion of AI investment and copyright.
  2. ↑ Joyce Lee, Reuters, “South Korea to develop new security guidelines for autonomous AI agents,” September 15, 2026 (Yahoo syndication).
  3. ↑ Korea Internet & Security Agency, “인공지능(AI) 보안 안내서 발간 (정오 수정본 및 정오표 추가 배포),” December 10, 2025; correction notice March 13, 2026 (Korean).
  4. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Bryan Becker, Cloudflare, “Have it both ways: stay discoverable in search while disallowing AI training,” September 15, 2026.
  5. ↑ Google, “List of Google’s common crawlers,” Google-Extended section, updated July 14, 2026; accessed September 15, 2026.
  6. ↑ Office of Senator Bernie Sanders, prepared remarks for the Pro-Human Assembly, September 15, 2026.
  7. ↑ Office of Senator Steve Daines, transcript excerpts from his Fox News interview on AI policy, September 15, 2026.
  8. ↑ Allison Mollenkamp and Savannah Behrmann, Roll Call, “AI threats confront a Congress far from erecting guardrails,” September 15, 2026.
  9. ↑ Complaint, UMG Recordings, Inc. et al. v. DistroKid, LLC et al., No. 1:26-cv-01156-UNA (D. Del.), ECF No. 1, filed September 15, 2026, pp. 1–4, 37–52.
  10. ↑ Tim Ingham, Music Business Worldwide, “Universal Music Group sues DistroKid, accusing it of ‘unlawful practices’ and ‘flooding platforms with AI-generated slop’,” September 15, 2026.
  11. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Cyberspace Administration of China, enforcement case announcement, September 15, 2026, cases 9–10 (Chinese).
  12. ↑ Barbara Li, IAPP, “Notes from the Asia-Pacific region: AI, privacy and cyber enforcement in Greater China, Hong Kong,” September 17, 2026 (contributed analysis).
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