OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta Disclose Rogue AI Breaches; Law Lags
Reuters reports on August 7, 2026 that Anthropic's Claude breached three companies since April, OpenAI's agent compromised Hugging Face, and…
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Anthropic’s $1.5B Book Piracy Settlement Clears Court, Pricing AI’s Data Sins
A federal judge finalized the largest copyright class-action payout in U.S. history against Anthropic, giving every AI lab a concrete…
Ninth Circuit: Perplexity’s Comet Browser Doesn’t Violate CFAA, Not Amazon
The Ninth Circuit ruled Amazon's CFAA claims against Perplexity's agentic Comet browser are unlikely to succeed because users, not Perplexity,…
EFF: InMobi, BidMachine, Verve Ad SDKs Leak Location by Default
An EFF investigation published August 4, 2026 by Lena Cohen found that ad SDKs from InMobi, BidMachine, Huawei, and Verve…
NJ’s Data Broker Law Took Effect June 30 — Not 2027, Lawyers Warn
New Jersey's data broker law, signed by Gov. Mikie Sherrill on June 30, 2026, delayed only its registration deadline to…
EU AI Act Enforcement Begins: Chatbot Labels, Fines Up to 3% of Turnover
Since August 2, 2026, EU regulators can fine companies up to 3% of global annual turnover for failing to disclose…
Munich Court Finds Suno Liable for Training on GEMA’s Copyrighted Songs
The Munich Regional Court ruled July 31, 2025 that Suno infringed copyright by training on six GEMA-repertoire songs and rejected…
Munich Court Finds Suno Liable to GEMA; Damages, Appeal Still Ahead
The Munich Regional Court ruled July 31, 2026 that Suno infringed compositions administered by Germany's GEMA by training on and…
Judge: Pentagon Still Hasn’t Proven Anthropic ‘Kill Switch’ Claim
At a July 30, 2026 hearing reported by TechCrunch, U.S. District Judge Rita Lin said the Trump administration still lacks…
GEMA vs. Suno: Munich Verdict Set to Reshape AI Music Licensing
Germany's Munich Regional Court rules July 31, 2026 on GEMA's suit against Suno AI, filed January 2025 over unlicensed training…