Regulation

While most of the world debates how to regulate AI, Hong Kong is moving to govern AI agents specifically — and doing so with a conceptual framework that doesn’t exist anywhere else yet. The Hong Kong Generative AI Research and Development Centre (HKGAI), a government-backed institute, announced plans Monday to launch what it’s calling the world’s first governed AI agent network. The defining concept: every AI agent operating within the network will be assigned a distinct “social identity” and bound by defined operational limits. ...

On the same day OpenClaw shipped v2026.3.7 with a breaking authentication change, China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) issued a formal cybersecurity risk warning for the platform. It’s the first government-level regulatory warning about OpenClaw from a major economy — and the timing makes it impossible to ignore. What the Warning Says The MIIT warning, published to China’s National Vulnerability Database (nvdb.org.cn), identifies a clear threat vector: OpenClaw instances configured with default settings, or configured improperly, are vulnerable to cyberattacks and information leaks. ...

The European Union’s “Made in Europe” industrial plan was supposed to be a statement of strategic intent. Instead, it has become a case study in how hard it is to make one. Reuters reported this week that the plan has been delayed after internal disagreements over scope — specifically, how strict the local-content requirements should be. The surface story is a Brussels negotiation stalling. The actual story is a high-stakes fight over whether American cloud hyperscalers or European providers will dominate the infrastructure layer of Europe’s AI future. ...