EU Punts on Social Media Interoperability, Big Tech Wins Again
Brussels' first DMA review declined to extend interoperability mandates to social networking, citing weak demand and technical complexity—leaving gatekeepers free…
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Licensing & Legal
Publishers Ask Judge to Sanction OpenAI Over Deleted ChatGPT Logs
The New York Times, the Daily News and other outlets say a deposition blunder exposed two years of false claims…
Meta AI Copyright Ruling Stays Put — No Fast Track to Appeals Court
A federal judge has declined to certify Meta's generative AI copyright ruling for immediate appellate review, meaning the case grinds…
Google Lets Publishers Opt Out of AI Overviews — Will They Bother?
New controls reportedly let publishers exclude their content from Google's AI Overviews, but a warning at a Press Gazette event…
Anthropic Hit With New $75M Suit Over Pirated Books Used to Train Claude
The complaint adds to a mounting docket of author and publisher claims that Anthropic trained its Claude models on pirated…
Google Quietly Expands AI Training Defaults, Opt-Out Available
According to TechCrunch AI, Google has altered its privacy settings so that more user activity feeds into training its AI…
FCA’s Mills Review Maps AI’s Reshaping of Retail Finance by 2030
The FCA-commissioned Mills Review looks ahead to how artificial intelligence could restructure retail financial services over the next several years,…
Le Monde Pairs AI Licensing Deals With Bot-Blocking Defense
Le Monde is running a two-track strategy on generative AI: striking paid licensing agreements with major LLM providers while simultaneously…
Suno Fights UMG, Sony Bid to Add 61,000 Tracks to Copyright Suit
Suno is pushing back against an attempt by Universal Music Group and Sony Music to dramatically widen their AI copyright…
Music Publishers Press Anthropic ‘Fair Use’ Fight in Court Filing
Music publishers suing Anthropic have laid out their argument against the AI company's fair-use defense, according to Reuters, sharpening one…