Report from Reuters In Brief – Meta will temporarily exempt Italy from its ban on rival AI chatbots using WhatsApp to interact with customers. The move comes in response to the Italian competition watchdog, AGCM, ordering Meta to suspend the ban while it investigates...
Trade Threat to US Big Tech Again Emerges as Greenland Conflict Heats Up
Report from Bloomberg In Brief – Facing rapid escalation of President’s Trumps demand that Denmark hand over control of Greenland to the United States, including the threat that the US would impose a new 10% tariff on exports from countries that “oppose” his plan as...
Kentucky AG Sues Character.AI for Violating Consumer Protection Law
Report from Mountain Top Media In Brief – Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman has sued the maker of AI companion chatbot Character.AI alleging that its platform harms children and misleads consumers about its safety. Coleman’s office argues the company marketed...
Federal Trade Commission Will Appeal Loss in Meta Antitrust Suit
Report from Bloomberg In Brief – The US Federal Trade Commission announced that it notified the Federal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia that it will appeal a federal judge’s ruling that Meta does not hold an illegal monopoly in social networking. In the...
Instacart Ends Retailer Access to Single-Store Product Price Testing Tool
Report from CNBC In Brief – Instacart will stop allowing retailers to use its Eversight AI-enabled price testing technology on its grocery delivery platform. The move followed public criticism, a consumer advocacy group study, and scrutiny from lawmakers and...
Google Sues to Stop Massive Scraping of Its Search Results
Report from Reuters In Brief – Google has filed a federal lawsuit accusing SerpApi of illegally and massively circumventing its technical safeguards intended to block automated scraping of search results with the intent of accessing and reselling copyrighted and...
Meta Names Highly-Connected Republican Banker as Company President
Report from The Hill In Brief – Meta has announced the appointment of Dina Powell McCormick as its new president and vice chair as it accelerates investment in artificial intelligence and its “superintelligence” initiative. In the role, Powell McCormick will oversee...
TikTok Will Roll Out Age Estimation Technology in Europe
Report from Reuters In Brief – TikTok will start rolling out a new technology-based age-estimation regime across Europe in the coming weeks with the goal of more effectively identifying and removing accounts belonging to children under 13. The new system follows a...
US TikTok Spinoff Deal Backed by President Trump Finally Completed
Report from Bloomberg In Brief – The business deal to spin off the US operations of TikTok from Chinese parent company ByteDance has been finalized, likely securing the app’s ability to operate in the American market. The new US-based entity includes Oracle, Silver...
EU Commission Opens DSA Investigation of Grok’s Sexualized Images on X
Report from CNBC In Brief – The European Commission has announced a new Digital Services Act (DSA) investigation of X and its integration of AI chatbot Grok with functionality that allowed users to create and post realistic manipulated images that could include...
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Trump WH Unveils National AI Policy Framework to Limit State Power
Report from CNBC In Brief – The Trump Administration has unveiled a legislative framework to establish a national AI policy to set consistent national safety and security standards and preempt state-level AI regulation. The six-part proposal outlines measures spanning...
EU Businesses Warn Brussels of Risks of Digital Sovereignty Mandates
Report from the Financial Times In Brief – Influential European businesses are warning that an overzealous push for “tech sovereignty” by European policymakers trying to reduce dependence on major US tech companies could harm the profitability and competitiveness of...
Federal Court of Appeals Issues Mixed Ruling on California Design Code
Report from MediaPost In Brief – A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a mixed ruling in the long-running litigation battle over the California Age-Appropriate Design Code, keeping some parts of the law blocked while allowing...
Amazon Wins Preliminary Injunction Over Perplexity’s Shopping Assistant
Report from Courthouse News In Brief – US District Judge Maxine Chesney has granted Amazon a preliminary injunction blocking the use of an AI-powered shopping assistant created by Perplexity AI on Amazon’s website. Chesney determined that Amazon is likely to succeed...
Utah Taxes Advertising Revenue of Big, Addictive Social Media Companies
Report from Utah News Dispatch In Brief – Utah’s legislature has passed SB287, a bill imposing a 4.7% tax on the targeted advertising revenues of the largest social media companies. The bill targets digital platforms that generate at least $1 million in targeted...
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