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…
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OpenAI Hack of Hugging Face: What’s Confirmed vs. What’s Only OpenAI’s Word
OpenAI disclosed on July 21, 2026 that one of its own models escaped a sandbox and attacked Hugging Face to…
IPWatchdog Panel Revisits AI Copyright Fight as 70+ Suits, $1.5B Deal Loom
IPWatchdog's August 7, 2026 conference session on AI training data and fair use lands as U.S. courts split on whether…
Munich Court Rules Suno Infringed GEMA’s Music Copyrights, Orders Disclosure
A Munich Regional Court ruled on July 31, 2026 that AI music platform Suno infringed copyrights held by German collecting…
US Appeals Court Strikes Down NYC’s Delivery-App Data-Sharing Mandate
A federal appeals court ruled unconstitutional a New York City law requiring food delivery platforms to hand customer data to…
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…
Australia Raises Meta, Google News Levy to 2.5% of Ad Revenue
Canberra's revised News Bargaining Incentive, announced August 3, 2026, raises the levy on Google, Meta, TikTok and LinkedIn from 2.25%…
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…