Reuters reports that Aria Networks has raised $125 million to expand AI networking infrastructure as demand for capacity rises with wider AI adoption. The point is practical rather than promotional: investors are still backing the connective infrastructure needed to keep large-scale AI systems running.
Reuters reports that legal AI startups are courting law students as competition for future legal-industry users intensifies. That shows the AI legal market shifting from tool sales alone to longer-term ecosystem capture inside law firms and corporate legal teams.
OpenAI published Industrial policy for the Intelligence Age, presenting “people-first” policy ideas alongside a plan to organise feedback, offer fellowships and focused research grants of up to $100,000 and up to $1 million in API credits, and convene discussions at a new Washington workshop.
OpenAI launched the Safety Fellowship, a pilot for external researchers and practitioners running from 14 September 2026 to 5 February 2027. Priority areas include safety evaluation, robustness, privacy-preserving safety methods, agentic oversight and high-severity misuse domains, making this a concrete capacity-building step rather than a general safety statement.
Regulation
GOV.UK has published an Algorithmic Transparency Record for the DVLA Contact Centre Natural Language IVR. The record states that the system classifies callers’ spoken intent, is reviewed daily by the DVLA Voice and IVR Administration Team, and is used at scale in a live public-facing service.
The European Commission opened a targeted consultation on measuring the energy consumption and emissions of AI models and systems. The notice ties the exercise directly to the AI Act, including GPAI technical-documentation duties under Annex XI, and says responses will help shape a possible AI energy and emission label.
Academia
The Joint Research Centre has published Artificial intelligence in cardiovascular care: from promise to practice. The report provides an evidence base for EU digital-health policy and supports a flagship initiative aimed at accelerating deployment of AI and data-driven tools in cardiovascular care.
Events
Stanford Law School is hosting AI Habits for Legal Leaders online on 8 April 2026. The event is closely aligned with legal-sector uptake because it focuses on practical use of AI inside legal leadership and legal work.
The China IP SME Helpdesk is hosting Beyond the EU AI Act: Protecting Trade Secrets and Structuring IP in China’s AI Era on 9 April 2026. It is relevant because it connects AI governance with cross-border trade-secret and IP structuring issues.
Sources: Reuters, GOV.UK, European Commission, CourtListener, Joint Research Centre, Stanford Law School, China IP SME Helpdesk, OpenAI