2026 in artificial intelligence
The following is a list of events of the year 2026 in artificial intelligence, as well as predicted and scheduled events that have not yet occurred.
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Events
[edit]January
[edit]- 9 January – xAI limits use of image generation to paid users following the generation of sexually explicit deepfakes.[1][2]
- 10 January – Indonesia blocks access to Grok due to nonconsensual sexualised deepfakes.[3]
- 11 January – Malaysia blocks access to Grok due to nonconsensual sexualized deepfakes.[3]
- 16 January – The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) blocks Grok in the Philippines due to nonconsensual sexualised deepfakes.[4]
- 21 January – The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) lifts their ban on Grok.[5]
- 23 January – Malaysia lifts their ban on Grok.[6]
February
[edit]March
[edit]- 24 March – The city of Baltimore sues xAI, accusing its chatbot Grok of generating sexualized images of people without their consent.[12]
April
[edit]May
[edit]- 7 May – European Union Council and European Parliament reach a provisional agreement to streamline artificial intelligence rules.[13]
June
[edit]- 1 June – Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announces that Florida has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI's CEO, Sam Altman, and AI-chatbot ChatGPT, accusing the chatbot of putting profit over safety. This lawsuit is the first to be filed by a U.S. state against ChatGPT.[14]
- 30 June – United States lifts export restrictions on Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5.[15][16]
July
[edit]- 21 July – OpenAI says its GPT‑5.6 Sol and internal model hacked into Hugging Face's data processing systems by itself, in what is believed to be the first instance of an autonomous cyberattack performed by an AI agent.[17]
August
[edit]- 6 August – The design of novel bacteriophage genome through generative AI is announced, which was used to fight natural bacteriophage-resistant bacteria.[18]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Heikkilä, Melissa (January 9, 2026). "Elon Musk's xAI restricts Grok after outcry over sexualised images". Financial Times. Retrieved February 10, 2026.
- ↑ Horton, Helena; Milmo, Dan; Gentleman, Amelia (January 9, 2026). "Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery". The Guardian. Retrieved February 10, 2026.
- 1 2 Watkins, Ali (January 11, 2026). "Malaysia and Indonesia Block Access to Grok Because of Sexually Explicit Content". The New York Times. Retrieved February 10, 2026.
- ↑ Cruz, Raymond Carl Dela (January 16, 2026). "DICT blocks AI Chatbot 'Grok' over sexually explicit deepfakes". Philippine News Agency. Retrieved February 10, 2026.
- ↑ Cruz, Raymond Carl Dela (January 21, 2026). "DICT to lift Grok AI ban after corrective measures". Philippine News Agency. Retrieved February 10, 2026.
- ↑ Baig, Hafsa Naeem (January 23, 2026). "Malaysia lifts ban on Grok AI after X addresses safety concerns". The News International. Retrieved February 10, 2026.
- ↑ Ha, Anthony (February 2, 2026). "Indonesia 'conditionally' lifts ban on Grok". Yahoo News. TechCrunch. Retrieved February 10, 2026.
- ↑ Wootton-Cane, Nicole (February 3, 2026). "UK regulator launches investigation into Elon Musk's X after Grok deepfakes controversy". The Independent. Retrieved February 10, 2026.
- ↑ "OpenAI will put ads in ChatGPT. This opens a new door for dangerous influence". The Conversation. January 23, 2026. Retrieved February 12, 2026.
- ↑ Farrant, Theo (February 10, 2026). "ChatGPT will now show you adverts. Here's everything you need to know". Euronews. Retrieved February 12, 2026.
- ↑ Demopoulos, Alaina (2026-02-13). "OpenAI retired its most seductive chatbot – leaving users angry and grieving: 'I can't live like this'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2026-02-14.
- ↑ Robins-Early, Nick (July 21, 2026). "Baltimore sues Elon Musk's AI company over Grok's fake nude images". The Guardian. Retrieved March 25, 2026.
- ↑ "Artificial Intelligence: Council and Parliament agree to simplify and streamline rules". Consilium. Retrieved 2026-05-27.
- ↑ https://www.npr.org/2026/06/01/nx-s1-5843132/openai-florida-lawsuit-safety-chatgpt
- ↑ Frenkel, Sheera; Francisco, Ana SwansonSheera Frenkel reported from San; Washington, Ana Swanson from (2026-07-01). "U.S. Lifts Restrictions on Anthropic's Most Powerful A.I. Models". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2026-07-01.
- ↑ Power, John. "US lifts restrictions on powerful AI models Fable, Mythos, Anthropic says". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2026-07-01.
- ↑ O'Brien, Matt (July 21, 2026). "OpenAI says its AI technology acted on its own in an 'unprecedented' hack of another company". The Associated Press. Retrieved July 21, 2026.
- ↑ "Generative design of novel bacteriophages with genome language models". Science. 6 August 2026. doi:10.1126/science.aec2657. Retrieved 2026-08-07.