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China's National Medical Products Administration approved YY/T 2029–2026, the first medical-device industry standard for AI algorithms used in brain-computer interface devices, covering EEG dataset quality requirements and evaluation methods.

Regulation • TechNode

Critics warn that bankrupt airline Spirit Communications’ planned data sale to Google sets a dangerous precedent for AI training data acquisition during corporate insolvency. The move raises urgent legal and ethical questions about whether bankruptcy proceedings can bypass standard data licensing and consent frameworks.

Policy & Regulation • Ars Technica AI

Universal Music Group is launching an AI music platform powered by ElevenLabs, allowing users to create remixes and mashups using only properly licensed catalog tracks. The partnership establishes a formalized revenue-sharing and licensing model for generative audio, potentially shifting industry standards away from unauthorized scraping.

Media & Entertainment • The Verge AI

Twenty-five Fields medalists signed an open letter declaring a severe misalignment between AI companies and the mathematical community regarding LLM benchmarking. The researchers argue that treating mathematics as a competitive scoring metric for AI models undermines academic rigor and incentivizes shortcut-driven problem solving over genuine discovery. The declaration calls for stricter collaboration standards to protect mathematical integrity.

AI Research & Academia • TechCrunch AI

OpenAI has launched the Agents API in public beta, providing developers with the underlying infrastructure that powers Codex and ChatGPT. The API enables the creation of cloud-based autonomous agents that can execute code, manage multi-step workflows, and delegate tasks to sub-agents without additional platform fees beyond standard token usage. This release lowers the barrier for building production-grade AI automation systems.

AI Development & Tools • The Decoder