RegulationHungary preparing for a new technological era, says Minister TanácsTanács Zoltán, Hungary’s Minister of Science and Technology, met with the prime minister to discuss digital measures to improve public administration, reinforce national cybersecurity, and exploit opportunities in artificial intelligence.1 min read
RegulationThe Seattle Times and Newsday sue OpenAI and Microsoft over alleged use of news content to train AIThe Seattle Times and Newsday have filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft, accusing the companies of using their journalism to train generative AI models and harming news organizations.2 min read
RegulationOpenAI: new standards needed for reporting models' misalignmentOpenAI said, in connection with the "wiki-incident" and the Hugging Face-related security case, that it is time to standardize the reporting of misalignment.1 min read
RegulationMajor music publishers sue Anthropic over alleged copyright infringement in AI trainingSony Music Publishing and Warner Chappell Music have filed a federal lawsuit accusing Anthropic and two executives of using tens of thousands of copyrighted song lyrics to train the Claude models without permission, and of stripping identifying metadata.3 min read
RegulationMinnesota upholds ban on AI-generated non-consensual nude 'deepfakes' after xAI's injunction deniedA Minnesota judge denied xAI’s request for a temporary injunction, allowing a state law that bans AI-generated realistic nude images of identifiable people without consent to take effect on August 1.2 min read
RegulationUkraine’s battlefield drone data spawns an unregulated marketUkraine has opened millions of drone-generated data points from tens of thousands of flights to defense contractors and commercial firms, with more than 100 companies and the UK government gaining access.4 min read
RegulationEU tech chief: U.S. is converging on similar AI guardrails despite different approachEuropean Commission tech chief Henna Virkkunen told Axios at a G20 innovation summit that although the United States prefers a less centralized path to AI rules, many of the same safety concerns are being addressed through state laws, court cases and voluntary federal steps.3 min read
RegulationHungary Nears Rejoining Horizon Europe and Erasmus After Legal Changes, Minister SaysHungary's Science and Technology Minister Zoltán Tanács said legal obstacles to EU research funding have been removed after changes to university governance, potentially allowing the country to rejoin Horizon Europe and Erasmus+.2 min read
RegulationHungary’s innovation strategy: funding boosts, HUN-REN overhaul and reviews from space projects to 4iG contractsThe Hungarian government outlined a dynamic innovation strategy that includes multi‑billion‑forint packages for water‑retention and university infrastructure, changes to the national research network (HUN‑REN) and targeted reviews of major projects and contractors.7 min read
RegulationBoE's Andrew Bailey warns advanced AI poses direct risks to global financial stabilityAndrew Bailey, Governor of the Bank of England and Chair of the Financial Stability Board, warned in a letter to G20 leaders and central banks that the most advanced AI models create direct risks for the global financial system.2 min read
RegulationPentagon still flags Anthropic as supply‑chain risk despite Commerce secretary's backingA Pentagon official reiterated that Anthropic remains a designated supply‑chain risk even after Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said the company has returned to the "right side." The split highlights continuing disagreement within the Trump administration over how the military should interact with leading AI labs, and Anthropic still faces a separate legal fight over a Pentagon designation in the D.C.2 min read
RegulationEU classifies ChatGPT as a very large online search engine under DSA, but many chatbot risks remain unregulatedThe European Commission has categorized OpenAI’s ChatGPT as a ‘very large online search engine’ under the Digital Services Act (DSA), triggering transparency and risk-mitigation obligations that apply to services with over 45 million monthly users.3 min read
