RegulationUS Court Finally Approves $1.5B Settlement Between Anthropic and Authors/PublishersA federal judge has given final approval to a $1.5 billion class-action settlement between Anthropic and authors and publishers who sued over alleged copyright infringement.3 min read
RegulationAI Emerges as a New Source of Geopolitical Competition and UncertaintyAnalysts, company leaders and officials warn that artificial intelligence is becoming a significant driver of geopolitical tension.2 min read
RegulationMLB disables live dugout AI feature on iPadsMajor League Baseball has disabled a custom tab on dugout iPads that allowed teams to run AI tools live during games, effective at the start of the season's second half.2 min read
RegulationResearchers: Only Strong AI Regulation Will Reduce Risks, Weak Rules Could BackfireResearchers from Cornell University and Carnegie Mellon University argue in a paper in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that only stringent regulation aimed at model developers can reliably reduce AI risks.3 min read
RegulationYouTube tightens rules to curb low-quality, misleading AI-generated videosYouTube has updated its guidelines to clarify what counts as "non-authentic content" and to target repetitive, low-effort AI-generated videos while not banning AI tools outright.2 min read
RegulationDemis Hassabis proposes a US-led standards body to test frontier AIDeepMind founder Demis Hassabis has outlined a policy proposal calling for a US‑led Standards Body to assess frontier artificial intelligence systems.2 min read
RegulationU.S. officials weigh restrictions on Chinese open-source AI models, raising competition concernsSenior U.S.4 min read
RegulationPentagon official attacks OpenAI strategic lead amid dispute over regulation of Chinese AI modelsA senior Trump administration official publicly criticized Dean Ball, OpenAI's head of strategic futures, over his comments on regulating Chinese AI models, raising tensions between the company and elements of the government.2 min read
RegulationJudges Balance Use and Oversight of AI in CourtroomsFederal judges are adopting AI tools while also policing their misuse by lawyers and litigants, confronting risks like hallucinated case law and confidentiality concerns.4 min read
RegulationEU orders Google to let rival AI models operate on AndroidThe European Commission has required Google to allow third-party AI models to run within the Android ecosystem, saying the preloading of Google's Gemini reduced the appeal of competitors for the roughly 60% of EU adults who use Android.2 min read
RegulationXi Jinping pushes China’s global AI role as new coalition expands Beijing’s influenceChinese President Xi Jinping used a Shanghai AI conference to promote wider international cooperation on artificial intelligence while warning about the risks of losing control over rapidly advancing systems.3 min read
RegulationMunich Court Holds Google Liable for Defamatory AI-Generated Search SummariesA Regional Court in Munich ruled that Google is responsible for defamatory statements produced by its AI Overview feature, after the tool wrongly labeled German publishers Verlagshaus24 and GeraMond as running subscription scams.3 min read