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=== September ===
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* '''[[AI Law Wiki News for September 16, 2026|September 16, 2026]]''' — Von der Leyen plans frontier-lab safety talks.<ref name="soteu-ai-sept16">[https://commission.europa.eu/document/download/0e4622b7-6970-49c5-a4d8-0f803e1717f5_en?filename=State+of+the+Union+2026+-+Multilingual+address.pdf European Commission, State of the Union address, September 16, 2026, pp. 9–10].</ref> Von der Leyen previews age-based safeguards in the forthcoming EU Kids Act.<ref name="kids-soteu">[https://commission.europa.eu/document/download/0e4622b7-6970-49c5-a4d8-0f803e1717f5_en?filename=State+of+the+Union+2026+-+Multilingual+address.pdf European Commission, State of the Union address, September 16, 2026, p. 22].</ref> Canada and Germany announce planned LawZero safety-research funding.<ref name="lawzero-canada-sept16">[https://www.canada.ca/en/innovation-science-economic-development/news/2026/09/canada-and-germany-invest-in-lawzero-to-build-a-new-approach-to-safe-sovereign-ai.html Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, “Canada and Germany invest in LawZero to build a new approach to safe, sovereign AI,” September 16, 2026].</ref> House members press for urgent AI legislation.<ref name="beyer-letter-sept16">[https://beyer.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=9218 Office of Representative Don Beyer, “Bipartisan Delegation Urges House Leaders To Take Immediate Action On Artificial Intelligence,” September 16, 2026, including the letter’s full text].</ref> California signs synthetic-performer advertising disclosure legislation.<ref name="sb1050-signing">[https://www.gov.ca.gov/2026/09/16/governor-newsom-signs-new-law-to-protect-workers-require-disclosures-on-ai-generated-advertising/ Office of Governor Gavin Newsom, “Governor Newsom signs new law to protect workers, require disclosures on AI-generated advertising,” September 16, 2026].</ref> The Ninth Circuit affirms dismissal of the GitHub Copilot DMCA claim; contract claims remain pending.<ref name="doe-opinion">[https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2026/09/16/24-7700.pdf Ninth Circuit, Doe v. GitHub, Inc., No. 24-7700, opinion filed September 16, 2026, pp. 1–2, 7–18].</ref>
* '''[[AI Law Wiki News for September 16, 2026|September 16, 2026]]''' — Von der Leyen plans frontier-lab safety talks.<ref name="soteu-ai-sept16">[https://commission.europa.eu/document/download/0e4622b7-6970-49c5-a4d8-0f803e1717f5_en?filename=State+of+the+Union+2026+-+Multilingual+address.pdf European Commission, State of the Union address, September 16, 2026, pp. 9–10].</ref> Von der Leyen previews age-based safeguards in the forthcoming EU Kids Act.<ref name="kids-soteu">[https://commission.europa.eu/document/download/0e4622b7-6970-49c5-a4d8-0f803e1717f5_en?filename=State+of+the+Union+2026+-+Multilingual+address.pdf European Commission, State of the Union address, September 16, 2026, p. 22].</ref> Canada and Germany announce planned LawZero safety-research funding.<ref name="lawzero-canada-sept16">[https://www.canada.ca/en/innovation-science-economic-development/news/2026/09/canada-and-germany-invest-in-lawzero-to-build-a-new-approach-to-safe-sovereign-ai.html Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, “Canada and Germany invest in LawZero to build a new approach to safe, sovereign AI,” September 16, 2026].</ref> House members press for urgent AI legislation.<ref name="beyer-letter-sept16">[https://beyer.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=9218 Office of Representative Don Beyer, “Bipartisan Delegation Urges House Leaders To Take Immediate Action On Artificial Intelligence,” September 16, 2026, including the letter’s full text].</ref> California signs synthetic-performer advertising disclosure legislation.<ref name="sb1050-signing">[https://www.gov.ca.gov/2026/09/16/governor-newsom-signs-new-law-to-protect-workers-require-disclosures-on-ai-generated-advertising/ Office of Governor Gavin Newsom, “Governor Newsom signs new law to protect workers, require disclosures on AI-generated advertising,” September 16, 2026].</ref> The Ninth Circuit affirms dismissal of the GitHub Copilot DMCA claim; contract claims remain pending.<ref name="doe-opinion">[https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2026/09/16/24-7700.pdf Ninth Circuit, Doe v. GitHub, Inc., No. 24-7700, opinion filed September 16, 2026, pp. 1–2, 7–18].</ref> Guterres calls for coordinated international AI safeguards.<ref name="un-sept16">[https://www.un.org/en/desa/ai-climate-and-conflicts-top-guterress-agenda-ahead-of-general-assembly United Nations, “AI, climate and conflicts top Guterres’ agenda ahead of General Assembly,” September 16, 2026].</ref>
* '''[[AI Law Wiki News for September 15, 2026|September 15, 2026]]''' — Australia weighs AI-training copyright options as Richard Marles stresses protection for creators.<ref name="australia-copyright-sept15">[https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-15/ai-companies-train-on-creator-work-documents-reveal/107154688 Cam Wilson, ABC News, “AI companies could use creators’ work without paying them under leaked government copyright proposal,” September 15, 2026].</ref><ref name="marles-sept15">[https://www.minister.defence.gov.au/transcripts/2026-09-15/television-interview-news24 Richard Marles, News24 interview, official transcript, September 15, 2026, discussion of AI investment and copyright].</ref> South Korea prepares AI-agent security guidance.<ref name="kisa-plan-sept15">[https://currently.att.yahoo.com/att/south-korea-develop-security-guidelines-042102431.html Joyce Lee, Reuters, “South Korea to develop new security guidelines for autonomous AI agents,” September 15, 2026 (Yahoo syndication)].</ref> Cloudflare introduces an AI-training opt-out designed to retain search access, with crawler-specific limits.<ref name="cloudflare-sept15">[https://blog.cloudflare.com/accountable-mixed-use-ai-crawlers/ Bryan Becker, Cloudflare, “Have it both ways: stay discoverable in search while disallowing AI training,” September 15, 2026].</ref> US lawmakers divide over AI pauses and regulation as Sanders plans a bill introduction and Daines opposes slowing development.<ref name="sanders-sept15">[https://www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releases/prepared-remarks-sanders-regulating-ai-is-as-american-as-apple-pie/ Office of Senator Bernie Sanders, prepared remarks for the Pro-Human Assembly, September 15, 2026].</ref><ref name="daines-sept15">[https://www.daines.senate.gov/2026/09/15/daines-on-fox-news-we-need-to-be-gold-medalists-in-the-ai-race/ Office of Senator Steve Daines, transcript excerpts from his Fox News interview on AI policy, September 15, 2026].</ref> UMG labels sue DistroKid over alleged infringement and misleading AI-music distribution.<ref name="umg-distrokid-complaint">[https://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldocs/zjvqlklwzpx/UMG%20DISTROKID%20COPYRIGHT%20LAWSUIT%20complaint2.pdf 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].</ref>
* '''[[AI Law Wiki News for September 15, 2026|September 15, 2026]]''' — Australia weighs AI-training copyright options as Richard Marles stresses protection for creators.<ref name="australia-copyright-sept15">[https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-15/ai-companies-train-on-creator-work-documents-reveal/107154688 Cam Wilson, ABC News, “AI companies could use creators’ work without paying them under leaked government copyright proposal,” September 15, 2026].</ref><ref name="marles-sept15">[https://www.minister.defence.gov.au/transcripts/2026-09-15/television-interview-news24 Richard Marles, News24 interview, official transcript, September 15, 2026, discussion of AI investment and copyright].</ref> South Korea prepares AI-agent security guidance.<ref name="kisa-plan-sept15">[https://currently.att.yahoo.com/att/south-korea-develop-security-guidelines-042102431.html Joyce Lee, Reuters, “South Korea to develop new security guidelines for autonomous AI agents,” September 15, 2026 (Yahoo syndication)].</ref> Cloudflare introduces an AI-training opt-out designed to retain search access, with crawler-specific limits.<ref name="cloudflare-sept15">[https://blog.cloudflare.com/accountable-mixed-use-ai-crawlers/ Bryan Becker, Cloudflare, “Have it both ways: stay discoverable in search while disallowing AI training,” September 15, 2026].</ref> US lawmakers divide over AI pauses and regulation as Sanders plans a bill introduction and Daines opposes slowing development.<ref name="sanders-sept15">[https://www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releases/prepared-remarks-sanders-regulating-ai-is-as-american-as-apple-pie/ Office of Senator Bernie Sanders, prepared remarks for the Pro-Human Assembly, September 15, 2026].</ref><ref name="daines-sept15">[https://www.daines.senate.gov/2026/09/15/daines-on-fox-news-we-need-to-be-gold-medalists-in-the-ai-race/ Office of Senator Steve Daines, transcript excerpts from his Fox News interview on AI policy, September 15, 2026].</ref> UMG labels sue DistroKid over alleged infringement and misleading AI-music distribution.<ref name="umg-distrokid-complaint">[https://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldocs/zjvqlklwzpx/UMG%20DISTROKID%20COPYRIGHT%20LAWSUIT%20complaint2.pdf 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].</ref>
* '''[[AI Law Wiki News for September 14, 2026|September 14, 2026]]''' — China’s foreign ministry urges AI cooperation in response to Dario Amodei’s call to retain advanced-chip export restrictions.<ref name="china-ap-sept14">[https://apnews.com/article/china-anthropic-ai-us-amodei-3da458d2c078da3e60900728d59f1ae8 E. Eduardo Castillo and Chan Ho-him, Associated Press, “Beijing hits back at Anthropic CEO’s call to curb China’s AI development,” September 14, 2026].</ref> The UK Parliament’s human-rights committee calls for an AI bill, stronger duties for high-risk systems and independent statutory oversight.<ref name="jchr-sept14">Joint Committee on Human Rights, [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt5902/jtselect/jtrights/160/report.html Human Rights and the Regulation of AI], September 14, 2026, recommendations at paragraphs 178, 188, 195, 204 and 226.</ref> Microsoft opens consultation on a draft code requiring its own AI models to remain under human control.<ref name="mai-consult">[https://microsoft.ai/news/mai-code-of-conduct/ Microsoft AI, “Humanist AI in practice: A public consultation on our Code of Conduct for MAI Models,” September 14, 2026].</ref> China’s TC260 releases a nonbinding AI safety framework addressing deceptive model behavior, human control and international coordination.<ref name="tc260-release3">National Technical Committee 260 on Cybersecurity (TC260), [https://www.tc260.org.cn/tc260/xwdt1/202609/e879077a3caa4722b2206d1bcaed5a6c.shtml 《人工智能安全治理框架3.0》], September 14, 2026, official release and attached bilingual framework.</ref><ref name="tc260-framework3">TC260, [https://www.tc260.org.cn/tc260/xwdt1/202609/e879077a3caa4722b2206d1bcaed5a6c/files/%E3%80%8A%E4%BA%BA%E5%B7%A5%E6%99%BA%E8%83%BD%E5%AE%89%E5%85%A8%E6%B2%BB%E7%90%86%E6%A1%86%E6%9E%B63.0%E3%80%8B.pdf.pdf AI Safety Governance Framework 3.0], September 2026, official bilingual text: preface, sections 2.1.1(d), 3.1.1(e), 4.1, 4.5.1 and Appendix 3; English printed pages 49–50, 55–56, 74, 86–87, 93 and 127–129.</ref> Donald Trump rejects additional AI guardrails, invoking existing enforcement powers and competition with China.<ref name="trump-reuters-sept14">[https://wmbdradio.com/2026/09/14/trump-says-there-is-a-sick-conspiracy-against-ai-data-centers/ Bhargav Acharya and Katharine Jackson, Reuters via WMBD, “Trump says there is a sick conspiracy against AI, data centers,” September 14, 2026].</ref> Musk’s companies seek dismissal of their antitrust claims against Apple while pursuing OpenAI, Reuters reports.<ref name="x-apple-reuters">[https://www.claimsjournal.com/news/national/2026/09/14/340144.htm Mike Scarcella, Reuters via Claims Journal, “Musk’s X Corp and SpaceXAI Resolve Antitrust Lawsuit Against Apple,” September 14, 2026].</ref> Manhattan prosecutors announce seizures of 12 domains distributing nonconsensual sexual deepfakes.<ref name="manhattan-seizure">[https://manhattanda.org/manhattan-d-a-s-office-seizes-domains-of-12-illegal-websites-selling-ai-generated-deep-fakes/ Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, “Manhattan D.A.’s Office Seizes Domains Of 12 Illegal Websites Selling AI-Generated ‘Deep Fakes’,” September 14, 2026].</ref> Barack Obama and Kamala Harris call for stronger government oversight of frontier AI.<ref name="cnn-obama-harris">[https://kesq.com/news/national-politics/cnn-us-politics/2026/09/14/kamala-harris-joins-calls-for-slowdown-in-ai-development/ Arlette Saenz, CNN via KESQ, “Barack Obama, Kamala Harris call for government action on AI development,” September 14, 2026].</ref> An Illinois federal court allows part of James Keene’s defamation suit over Google AI Overviews to proceed.<ref name="keene-order">[https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ilnd.486629/gov.uscourts.ilnd.486629.29.0.pdf N.D. Ill., Keene v. Google LLC, No. 1:25-cv-11431, memorandum opinion and order, ECF 29, September 14, 2026], pp. 1–13.</ref>
* '''[[AI Law Wiki News for September 14, 2026|September 14, 2026]]''' — China’s foreign ministry urges AI cooperation in response to Dario Amodei’s call to retain advanced-chip export restrictions.<ref name="china-ap-sept14">[https://apnews.com/article/china-anthropic-ai-us-amodei-3da458d2c078da3e60900728d59f1ae8 E. Eduardo Castillo and Chan Ho-him, Associated Press, “Beijing hits back at Anthropic CEO’s call to curb China’s AI development,” September 14, 2026].</ref> The UK Parliament’s human-rights committee calls for an AI bill, stronger duties for high-risk systems and independent statutory oversight.<ref name="jchr-sept14">Joint Committee on Human Rights, [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt5902/jtselect/jtrights/160/report.html Human Rights and the Regulation of AI], September 14, 2026, recommendations at paragraphs 178, 188, 195, 204 and 226.</ref> Microsoft opens consultation on a draft code requiring its own AI models to remain under human control.<ref name="mai-consult">[https://microsoft.ai/news/mai-code-of-conduct/ Microsoft AI, “Humanist AI in practice: A public consultation on our Code of Conduct for MAI Models,” September 14, 2026].</ref> China’s TC260 releases a nonbinding AI safety framework addressing deceptive model behavior, human control and international coordination.<ref name="tc260-release3">National Technical Committee 260 on Cybersecurity (TC260), [https://www.tc260.org.cn/tc260/xwdt1/202609/e879077a3caa4722b2206d1bcaed5a6c.shtml 《人工智能安全治理框架3.0》], September 14, 2026, official release and attached bilingual framework.</ref><ref name="tc260-framework3">TC260, [https://www.tc260.org.cn/tc260/xwdt1/202609/e879077a3caa4722b2206d1bcaed5a6c/files/%E3%80%8A%E4%BA%BA%E5%B7%A5%E6%99%BA%E8%83%BD%E5%AE%89%E5%85%A8%E6%B2%BB%E7%90%86%E6%A1%86%E6%9E%B63.0%E3%80%8B.pdf.pdf AI Safety Governance Framework 3.0], September 2026, official bilingual text: preface, sections 2.1.1(d), 3.1.1(e), 4.1, 4.5.1 and Appendix 3; English printed pages 49–50, 55–56, 74, 86–87, 93 and 127–129.</ref> Donald Trump rejects additional AI guardrails, invoking existing enforcement powers and competition with China.<ref name="trump-reuters-sept14">[https://wmbdradio.com/2026/09/14/trump-says-there-is-a-sick-conspiracy-against-ai-data-centers/ Bhargav Acharya and Katharine Jackson, Reuters via WMBD, “Trump says there is a sick conspiracy against AI, data centers,” September 14, 2026].</ref> Musk’s companies seek dismissal of their antitrust claims against Apple while pursuing OpenAI, Reuters reports.<ref name="x-apple-reuters">[https://www.claimsjournal.com/news/national/2026/09/14/340144.htm Mike Scarcella, Reuters via Claims Journal, “Musk’s X Corp and SpaceXAI Resolve Antitrust Lawsuit Against Apple,” September 14, 2026].</ref> Manhattan prosecutors announce seizures of 12 domains distributing nonconsensual sexual deepfakes.<ref name="manhattan-seizure">[https://manhattanda.org/manhattan-d-a-s-office-seizes-domains-of-12-illegal-websites-selling-ai-generated-deep-fakes/ Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, “Manhattan D.A.’s Office Seizes Domains Of 12 Illegal Websites Selling AI-Generated ‘Deep Fakes’,” September 14, 2026].</ref> Barack Obama and Kamala Harris call for stronger government oversight of frontier AI.<ref name="cnn-obama-harris">[https://kesq.com/news/national-politics/cnn-us-politics/2026/09/14/kamala-harris-joins-calls-for-slowdown-in-ai-development/ Arlette Saenz, CNN via KESQ, “Barack Obama, Kamala Harris call for government action on AI development,” September 14, 2026].</ref> An Illinois federal court allows part of James Keene’s defamation suit over Google AI Overviews to proceed.<ref name="keene-order">[https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ilnd.486629/gov.uscourts.ilnd.486629.29.0.pdf N.D. Ill., Keene v. Google LLC, No. 1:25-cv-11431, memorandum opinion and order, ECF 29, September 14, 2026], pp. 1–13.</ref>