Meta to expand parental controls for teen interactions with AI chatbots. Following criticism over “flirty” chatbot behaviour, Meta will roll out additional parental tools and guardrails for teen users. Governance note: product-level safety controls and logs become central evidence for regulators. California’s next AI policy fights line up after mixed bill outcomes. With stricter child-safety proposals vetoed earlier this week and disclosure-focused safeguards enacted, lawmakers and advocates are already shaping the 2026 agenda. Compliance teams should anticipate design-level disclosure duties and age-assurance debates.

Italian news publishers file complaint over Google ‘AI Overviews’. Italy’s FIEG asked Agcom to investigate alleged traffic diversion and DSA-related harms from AI-generated summaries atop search results. Bipartisan U.S. bill would let individuals sue AI developers. Senators Durbin and Hawley’s AI LEAD Act proposes applying product-liability concepts (defect, failure to warn) to AI systems and allows AGs to sue.

Today’s developments highlight how regulation is catching up with the power dynamics of AI: from class actions over exclusive compute deals to new laws forcing transparency in chatbot interactions. At the same time, legal scholarship is refining how compliance might be embedded in AI systems.

Today’s developments sharpen the tension between individual rights and AI freedom. From actor unions demanding transparency to courts curbing AI’s reach, the governance of image, identity and system control dominates headlines.