Report from the Press Gazette In Brief – More than 20 European news publishers from eight countries have launched a lawsuit against Google seeking over €640 million in damages, alleging the company’s dominance in advertising technology harmed their businesses by...

Report from the Wall Street Journal In Brief – The European Commission competition authority has issued an interim order to Meta requiring the digital giant to allow AI companies to use WhatsApp to interact with European users without charges. The dispute stems...

Report from Colorado Newsline In Brief – Colorado Governor Jared Polis vetoed House Bill 26-1210, legislation that would have barred companies from using personal data and algorithmic tools to set individualized wages or prices. The bill targeted so-called...

Report from the Wall Street Journal In Brief – The Trump administration's decision to halt foreign access to Anthropic's most advanced Fable and Mythos AI models followed warnings from Amazon’s CEO that his company’s researchers had been able to prompt the Fable 5...

Report from MediaPost In Brief – Meta has agreed to provide the Oversight Board, an independent organization it created in 2020 to review content moderation decisions across Meta’s platforms, an additional $13 million in “top up” funding to support its operations...

Report from Reuters In Brief – The four social media platforms that settled a lawsuit filed by a rural Kentucky school district that alleged their products are addictive and helped create a teen mental health crisis that drained school resources agreed to pay about...

Report from Politico In Brief – The White House is reportedly engaged in negotiations with Big Tech critics to craft a bill that combines three years of federal preemption of some state AI laws with social media and AI regulatory proposals that have been tied up in...

Report from The Decoder In Brief – The German Regional Court of Munich has ruled that Google is directly liable for false statements produced by its AI Overviews feature. The case involves two plaintiffs who alleged that Google’s AI summaries wrongly linked their...

Report from the Washington Post In Brief – The State of Florida has filed a civil lawsuit against OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman, alleging that ChatGPT was developed and marketed in ways that endanger children while prioritizing profit. The lawsuit...

Report from the New York Times In Brief – The European Commission announced its technology sovereignty strategy to reduce dependence on foreign providers and strengthen Europe’s economic and geopolitical resilience. The initiative focuses on technology products and...