Report from USA Today In Brief – The Supreme Court’s conservative majority appeared skeptical of broadly applying the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) to modern online advertising. The 1988 law prohibits video stores from disclosing the rental history of customers....
Character.ai Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy in Reorganization Effort
Report from CNN In Brief – Character.ai, an AI “companion” chatbot startup facing extensive regulatory pressure and lawsuits alleging its app contributed to teen mental health problems and suicides, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy as part of a plan to sell its...
OpenAI Will Start Watermarking ChatGPT in the EU to Comply with AI Act
Report from TechCrunch In Brief – OpenAI announced that it will begin adding an invisible watermark to text generated by ChatGPT and Codex for users in the European Union, complying with transparency requirements under the EU AI Act. OpenAI published a technical...
UK Minister Calls for AI Safety Regulatory Regime
Report from the Financial Times In Brief – UK AI Minister Kanishka Narayan has urged frontier AI companies not to release models they cannot adequately control, while calling for Britain to develop sovereign infrastructure that gives the state greater control over...
Google Reaches News Content Compensation Deal with UK Publisher
Report from Hold the Front Page In Brief – Google will pay UK publisher Reach for content used in its AI-powered search features under a new commercial partnership, making Reach the first major UK regional publisher to secure such an agreement. The deal grants Google...
President Macron Wants the DSA Used More to Control “Nonsense” Speech
Report from Digital Watch In Brief – In a speech at Madrid’s Complutense University on his recent state visit to Spain, French President Emmanuel Macron criticized the American conception of free speech, calling it “the opposite of free speech.” He argued that online...
Federal Appeals Court Panel Upholds Florida Teen Social Media Law
Report from the Orlando Sentinel In Brief – A unanimous three-judge panel of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals panel has ruled Florida’s law restricting minors’ social media accounts is likely constitutional and is allowing enforcement during remaining litigation. The...
The Federal Trade Commission is Investigating Anthropic and OpenAI
Report from the Wall Street Journal In Brief – Federal Trade Commission officials have said that the agency is investigating Anthropic and OpenAI over whether they have deceived consumers about potential harms from AI. The effort has reportedly been underway for weeks...
Polish Antitrust Regulator Presses Google on Media Payments
Report from Digital Watch In Brief – Poland’s competition regulator has opened an investigation of Google that accuses the search giant of abusing its market dominance in negotiations with news publishers over payments for the use of media article snippets in results...
White House SI Force Orders AI Companies to Quickly Report Incidents
Report from Silicon Valley In Brief – The White House, through its recently established Super Intelligence (SI) Force, has demanded “full transparency” and “immediate remediation” after Anthropic disclosed that its AI agents submitted false information to the...
View By Monthly
Latest Blog
Meta Loses Appeal of Media Funding Antitrust Order in France
Report from Courthouse News In Brief – The Paris Court of Appeal has rejected Meta’s appeals of interim measures imposed by the French Competition Authority, upholding requirements that the social media giant negotiate fair rates with French publishers for using their...
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...
Platform Economy Insights produces a short email four times a week that reviews two top stories with concise analysis. It is the best way to keep on top of the news you should know. Sign up for this free email here.