Latest News in Public Policy Impacting Digital Platforms and AI
Regulatory and legal developments you should be aware of put into context by an independent policy expert.
Reddit’s DMCA Lawsuit Against SerpApi and Perplexity Survives Dismissal
Report from ArsTechnica In Brief – US District Judge Paul Engelmayer has largely denied a motion to dismiss from SerpApi, a company accused of conspiring with Perplexity AI to illegally scrape copyrighted Reddit content from Google search results. Engelmayer ruled that Reddit had plausibly alleged SerpApi supplied technology to bypass Google’s access controls while Perplexity AI paid for the service, allowing the case to proceed. Reddit argued its licensing agreement with Google restricts certain uses of its content and requires the removal of deleted posts, obligations that are undermined...
European Commission Issues AI Content Notification Rules
Report from MediaPost In Brief – The AI transparency rules required by Article 50 of the EU’s AI...
More Follow-On Lawsuits for Google Likely After Latest DMA Fine
Report from Reuters In Brief – European lawyers and litigation financiers say that the European...
More Really Smart Tech People Call for International AI Governance
Report from the Washington Post In Brief – OpenAI and Anthropic have endorsed a petition urging...
Judge Dismisses Google’s DMCA Search Scraping Lawsuit
Report from MediaPost In Brief – Federal District Court Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers has dismissed...
5th Circuit Delivers a Split Decision on Texas Social Media Teen Law
Report from Bloomberg In Brief – A three-judge panel of the US 5th Circuit Court of...
OpenAI Sued for ChatGPT Giving Dangerous Medical Advice
Report from the New York Times In Brief – A Florida pastor has sued OpenAI in California Superior...
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