Amazon Defaults Twitch Streamers Into AI Training, Sparks Opt-Out Revolt
Twitch confirmed on August 12, 2026 that Amazon will train generative AI models on streamers' content by default, requiring creators…
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Flock Makes Case-Number Entry Mandatory After 46 Reported Abuse Cases
Flock Safety said August 13, 2026 it will require officers to log a criminal case number and submit to mandatory…
Apple Floats Pay-Per-Use News Deals for Siri, WSJ Reports
Apple is negotiating with publishers to license news content for Siri using a variable, pay-as-used compensation model backed by a…
OpenAI Copyright Fight Nears Trial After Anthropic’s $1.5B Fair-Use Settlement
An anonymous op-ed on natlawreview.com (Aug. 13, 2026) warns that narrowing fair use for AI training would raise costs and…
Flock Cuts License-Plate Data Retention From 30 Days to 7, EFF Calls It Cosmetic
Flock Safety said Aug. 13, 2026 it will default ALPR data retention to seven days, require audit and case-code tools…
OpenAI Fights Apple’s Trade-Secrets Suit Over $6.5B Hardware Unit
OpenAI filed a motion Aug. 5, 2026 to dismiss Apple's July lawsuit alleging ex-Apple staff stole hardware secrets for its…
EFF Asks Court to Toss LDS Church’s Trademark Suit Over ‘Mormon Stories’
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints sued the Mormon Stories podcast over trademark rights to the word "Mormon";…
Suno Adds Watermarks Days After Losing German Copyright Ruling
Suno announced audio watermarking, download limits, and a Musixmatch copyright-detection deal on August 6, 2026, one week after a Munich…
Stealth Bot Prohibition Act: $53K-per-violation fines target scraper resellers
A bipartisan House bill backed by the News/Media Alliance would force undisclosed AI crawlers to identify themselves or face $53,000…
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…