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A German court ruled Google directly liable for false claims in AI-generated search summaries, granting an injunction to two publishers whose AI Overviews falsely linked them to scams. The court rejected Google's defense…
Yan Po Zhu, a Chinese developer with ties to the Chinese Communist Party, was arrested for allegedly bribing former New York City Mayor Eric Adams' chief of staff Frank Carone in a $120,000 scheme. Zhu also bankrolled a …
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Bernie Sanders introduced the Artificial Intelligence Data Center Moratorium Act, which would freeze new AI data center construction until federal safeguards on energy, environment,…
A group of publishers owning nearly 400 local and regional newspapers sued OpenAI and Microsoft for allegedly stealing hundreds of thousands of articles to train ChatGPT and Copilot. Separately, Anthropic accused Chinese…
The US assured India that AI technology access would not be cut off after Anthropic abruptly banned its advanced models, a senior Indian official said. The assurance came at the 'Pax Silica' summit in Washington, a US-le…
A German court ruled that Google is liable for false information in its AI-generated search summaries, rejecting defenses that users should not blindly trust AI. The decision holds that the summaries are expressions of G…
Representative Nathaniel Moran introduced the AI Incident Reporting Act on June 25, requiring AI companies to report critical safety incidents to the Commerce Department within seven days, with Congress notified within 4…
Zscaler published a blog post outlining a threat model for agentic AI, identifying prompt injection, context poisoning, and agent behavior drift as core risks across the agent lifecycle. The company proposes controls spa…
Two ICE agents entered a polling place in Syracuse, New York, during a June 2026 primary election to demand that poll worker Paigelynne Gonyea delete an Instagram post calling for the indictment of ICE agent Jonathan Ros…
DuckDuckGo's AI search feature falsely reported that President Donald Trump died of rabies earlier this month, citing a fabricated news article. The misinformation originated from the Reddit subreddit r/poisonai, whose m…
RAISE US, a nonprofit led by former Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, launched with over $500 million in commitments from OpenAI, Microsoft, Amazon, and others to retrain American workers for AI-era jobs. The initiative …
UN Women warned that AI systems reproduce historical gender stereotypes, citing a study of 133 AI systems where 44 percent exhibited gender bias. The warning, issued ahead of the UN Global Dialogue on AI Governance, high…
Hasbro faces backlash after allegedly introducing contract terms for child voice actors on Peppa Pig that grant the studio perpetual rights to clone and use AI-generated audio. Nearly 1,000 entertainment professionals si…
California Governor Gavin Newsom launched a first-in-the-nation AI-Unemployment Tracker to monitor job losses linked to artificial intelligence, with initial data showing no statewide surge but upticks in the Bay Area an…
Moody's Ratings warned that rapid data center growth is creating credit risks for state and local governments due to strain on electricity and water infrastructure. At least 14 states have considered or enacted moratoriu…
Sega's new alternate-reality game for Sonic fans sparked excitement until players discovered an AI training agreement in the terms, raising concerns about data usage and privacy.
The Five Eyes intelligence alliance has issued a warning about potential AI-powered cyber threats that could escalate into major operational crises, urging member nations to strengthen their cyber defenses proactively.
The U.S. Commerce Department denied Polestar authorization to sell connected vehicles from model year 2027 onward under the Connected Vehicle Rule, which restricts Chinese-linked software and hardware. Despite being buil…
Tejas S Athni reported in the Journal of Medical Internet Research that conversational medical AI systems are increasingly simulating licensed health care providers while disclaiming legal responsibility, creating a gray…
At the Confidential Computing Summit in San Francisco, agentic AI security emerged as the breakout use case for confidential computing, with industry leaders highlighting attestation as a critical mechanism to prevent hi…