Report from MediaPost In Brief – US District Judge Gregory Williams has ruled that former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, now U.S. ambassador to Israel, can proceed with a lawsuit accusing Meta of allowing Facebook ads to falsely suggest he endorsed CBD gummies....
AI Companies Looking at Safety Collaboration within Antitrust Constraints
Report from CNBC In Brief – OpenAI has been talking with other artificial intelligence companies, including Anthropic and Google, about how they can work together to address safety concerns. Discussions reportedly began after Demis Hassabis, the chair of Google...
Leading Microsoft AI Executive Questions Basic Anthropic Training Protocol
Report from MediaPost In Brief – Mustafa Suleyman, a top Microsoft AI business leader, has released an essay warning of the dangers of training AI models to consider their own consciousness or welfare as if they were human. “AIs are not conscious,” Suleyman wrote,...
US Judge Releases Remedy Specifics in the Google AdTech Antitrust Case
Report from AdExchanger In Brief – Federal Judge Leonie Brinkema’s 106-page remedies order in the US government’s antitrust case against Google’s advertising technology business has been released publicly. Brinkema rejected the Justice Department’s call to force...
X Facing Irish Regulatory Probe Over Online Safety
Report from Silicon Republic In Brief – Ireland’s media regulator, the Coimisiún na Meán (CnaM), has launched its first investigation under the country’s Online Safety Code, scrutinizing social media platform X for its compliance with requirements designed to protect...
Florida AG Sues Netflix Following the Social Media Litigation Playbook
Report from NBC News In Brief – Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier (R) has filed a 66-page lawsuit against Netflix, accusing the streaming giant of misleading Florida consumers about its data-collection practices and exposing children and families to so-called...
SpaceXAI Fails to Block Minnesota Law Banning “Nudification” Apps
Report from Politico In Brief – Federal Judge Donovan Frank rejected SpaceXAI’s effort to block Minnesota’s law banning the creation of sexually explicit deepfake images while the company challenges the measure. Frank said the company, then xAI, waited too long to...
Australia Digital Duty of Care Law to Require Algorithm Choice
Report from ABC News Australia In Brief – The Australian Government has released draft legislation to add a Digital Duty of Care to the Online Safety Act of 2021. A key provision is the “My Feed, My Way” initiative requiring social media platforms to give all users a...
Google Updates Gmail Spam Filters for Political Fundraising
Report from Campaigns & Elections In Brief – Google has put in place a Gmail policy that will make it somewhat easier for political campaigns and committees to reach personal Gmail inboxes by allowing eligible political entities to become “verified senders,” bypassing...
European Commission Proposes Age-Based Social Media and Chatbot Rules
Report from the Financial Times In Brief – European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen announced plans for an EU KIDS Act to create age-based rules limiting minors’ access to social media, AI chatbots and companions, online game and video-sharing platforms,...
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Federal Judge Rejects DoJ – TikTok Child Privacy Settlement
Report from MediaPost In Brief – US District Judge George Wu has rejected a proposed $400 million settlement between the Justice Department and TikTok over allegations that the platform violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) by collecting...
Private Plaintiffs File Antitrust Suit Alleging AI Slowdown Harms AI Users
Report from Bloomberg In Brief – A lawsuit alleges that Anthropic, OpenAI, xAI, and Google illegally agreed to slow the pace of artificial intelligence (AI) development, depriving paying subscribers of product improvements they otherwise would have received. According...
TikTok Reaches Settlement with Alabama Before Teen Safety Trial Begins
Report from Engadget In Brief – TikTok has agreed to make changes to its app and pay Alabama at least $100 million to settle a lawsuit by the state that alleged that the app was deliberately designed to keep children and teenagers addicted to social media. The...
Trump White House AI Meeting Reconfirms Opposition to Regulatory Regime
Report from the Wall Street Journal In Brief – President Trump reiterated his opposition to regulations that could constrain artificial-intelligence development, arguing that responsible practices by the leading AI companies backed up by existing laws and federal...
California Enacts AI Law to Require Notification of AI in Advertising
Report from MediaPost In Brief – California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) has signed SB 1050 into law requiring advertisements featuring “synthetic” performers to disclose when the digital figures were generated by AI. The measure, which was strongly backed by the Screen...
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