Report from Reuters In Brief – Germany’s media regulator has declared that AI-generated search summaries and chatbot responses produced by services such as Google’s AI Overviews and Perplexity AI fall under Germany’s media laws. The Commission for Licensing and...
EU Commission Accepts X’s Plan to Address DSA Transparency Concerns
Report from MediaPost In Brief – The European Commission has announced the approval of X’s plan to address several Digital Services Act (DSA) compliance shortcomings identified by the regulator. The decision follows the €120 million fine imposed on the social media...
TikTok’s Latest EU DSA Charges Allege Failing to Protect Minors
Report from Reuters In Brief – TikTok faces fresh allegations from the European Commission that its platform design violates the EU's Digital Services Act (DSA) by failing to adequately protect minors. The preliminary findings mark the fourth DSA case opened against...
New Jersey Bans So-Called “Surveillance Pricing” for Groceries
Report from NJ.Com In Brief – New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill (D) has signed the Fair Price Protection Act, banning grocery stores and third-party grocery delivery platforms from using consumers' personal data to set or vary food prices. Sherrill said the measure will...
France Officially Sets 15-Year-Old Age Threshold for Social Media
Report from the New York Times In Brief – France has become the first European country to fully approve a nationwide ban on social media for children under 15, with the law expected to take effect as early as Sept. 1. Passed by large majorities in both houses of the...
EU Commission Issues Fines to Google in Two DMA Compliance Cases
Report from Reuters In Brief – The European Commission has fined Google €890 million ($1 billion) under the Digital Markets Act (DMA) for unfairly treating “vertical search” competitors and not appropriately allowing app developers to steer users to cheaper payment...
Federal Judge Approves Anthropic and Authors Copyright Settlement
Report from Engadet In Brief – Federal District Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin has approved Anthropic’s record $1.5 billion settlement of a copyright lawsuit brought by authors who accused the company of violating their copyrights to train its Claude AI models. The...
EU Directs Google How to Open Android AI and Search Data to Competitors
Report from CNBC In Brief – The European Commission has directed Google on how to open its Android system to AI rivals and share its search data with online search competitors. The orders are part of two Digital Markets Act (DMA) “specification proceedings” in which...
Economist-Led Expert Group Wants Expert Guardrails to Avoid Jobs Calamity
Report from the New York Times In Brief – In a short public statement titled "We Must Act Now", nearly 200 signatories, led by economists, including 15 Nobel laureates, numerous officials from top universities, business and technology leaders, warned that AI could...
EU Panel Wants Regime to Regulate How Platforms Identify and Serve Minors
Report from Biometric Update In Brief – The European Commission’s special panel on child safety online delivered its report calling for age-based tiers of access and regulation for social media and other digital platforms to protect young people while preserving their...
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Google Says Schools Banning AI Won’t Have Google Search Because It’s AI
Report from Mashable In Brief – In response to growing unease about the role of AI in schools, Google has announced that its AI classroom products, such as Gemini, Gemini Notebook, and Gemini in Classroom, will be turned off by default for its academic Chrome Book...
Rhode Island Attorney General Sues Meta Over Fraudulent Ads
Report from MediaPost In Brief – Rhode Island is suing Meta, alleging that the company helped create and optimize fraudulent advertisements and ads for illegal products while misleading the public about its efforts to combat scams. The complaint, filed in Providence...
Swedish Government Blocks Its Employees from ChatGPT and Claude
Report from EuroNews In Brief – Employees of the Swedish Government have been directed not to use browser-based versions of OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Anthropic’s Claude on work computers following concerns about the security of sensitive information. The move follows a...
Texas Sues OpenAI Over Deceptive Statements and Unsafe Chatbots
Report from WBAP In Brief – The State of Texas has sued OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, accusing them of misleading Texans about ChatGPT’s safety and asking a court to prohibit minors from using the chatbot in the state. The petition alleges violations of Texas...
Meta Delays New Terms of Use Criticized by Publishers Over AI Scraping
Report from Reuters In Brief – Meta will delay implementing its updated commercial terms of service until November 20 to address concerns from some publishers that the changes could grant the digital giant unlimited rights to scrape their content for AI services. EU...
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