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...
California Enacts Law Regulating AI Use by Employers
Report from CNBC In Brief – California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) has signed SB 947, the No Robo Bosses Act, making California the first state to prohibit employers from relying solely on artificial intelligence to discipline or fire workers. Employers that heavily use...
Google Wins Dismissal of Publisher Antitrust Lawsuits Targeting AI in Search
Report from Reuters In Brief – Federal District Judge Amit Mehta, who found that Google held a monopoly in internet search in 2024, has dismissed a private antitrust lawsuit brough by two online publishers who alleged that the search giant unlawfully used their...
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Retailers Try to Revive Challenge to NY Algorithmic Pricing Labeling Mandate
Report from Courthouse News In Brief – The National Retail Federation is urging the Federal Second Circuit Court of Appeals to revive its lawsuit challenging a New York law requiring retailers using customers’ personal data to set individual prices to display an...
Norway’s 16-Year-Old Digital Age Limit Will Extend Beyond Social Media
Report from The Local Norway In Brief – Norway’s Minister of Children and Families says that the country’s planned social media ban for children under 16 will target “harmful platforms” beyond social media, including messaging platforms like Snapchat and gaming...
Australian Government Introduces Its Digital Duty of Care Legislation
Report from the Digital Watch In Brief – Australia’s Online Safety Amendment (Digital Duty of Care) Bill 2026 has been introduced in the House of Representatives by the Albanese Government. The bill proposes requiring digital services to maintain a safe environment,...
UK to Designate Microsoft Business Software with Strategic Market Status
Report from Reuters In Brief – Britain’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has proposed designating Microsoft’s business software operations with “strategic market status" (SMS) to allow the regulator to apply new digital competition rules to products such as...
Georgia Can Begin Enforcing Law Limiting Social Media for Teens
Report from Courthouse News In Brief – A three-judge panel of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals is allowing Georgia to enforce its law restricting the ability of minors under age 16 to create social media accounts, ruling that tech group NetChoice failed to...
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