Estonia becomes the first country in the world to assign personal ID numbers to AI bots, a landmark regulatory move aimed at controlling AI access and authority as governments race to manage the rapid legal implications of artificial intelligence.
The US government threatens Anthropic with criminal and civil penalties for exporting its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models without authorization, forcing the company to disable both models worldwide as it scrambles to negotiate a resolution with the Trump administration.
A coalition of state attorneys general has launched a major investigation into OpenAI, with New York issuing a subpoena targeting data practices, child safety, deceptive advertising, and model sycophancy, as the AI giant faces mounting legal pressure even while quietly pursuing a public offering.
Google sues Chinese cybercrime group 'Outsider Enterprise' for using AI tools including Gemini to run massive phishing campaigns targeting over 100,000 Americans, while coordinating with the FBI and major telecoms to block fraud and backing seven bipartisan bills to combat AI-powered scams.
A German court holds Google liable for defamatory AI-generated search summaries after the tool falsely linked two publishers to scams, marking a landmark first in AI legal accountability and potentially opening the floodgates for global lawsuits against AI firms.
A German court in Munich issues a landmark ruling holding Google directly liable for false AI-generated claims linking publishers to scams, marking one of the first times a court holds an AI company legally responsible for its model's speech — a decision that could reshape global AI content regulation.
The EU orders Meta to restore free third-party AI access to WhatsApp's Business API, ruling that blocking rival chatbots and charging fees for access constitutes an abuse of Meta's dominant position in European messaging markets, as Meta vows to appeal the decision.
Microsoft blocks internal employee access to Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 after the new AI model's 30-day data retention policy — and up to two years for flagged content — raises legal concerns over confidential data, while external GitHub Copilot and Foundry customers retain access as Microsoft's legal team evaluates the …
Surging AI costs are driving companies toward cheaper, smaller models, with Coinbase's Brian Armstrong predicting 80% of workloads will migrate to models 99% cheaper within 18 months, threatening the core business models of AI giants OpenAI and Anthropic.
New York becomes the first state to require clear AI performer disclosures in advertisements, with fines up to $5,000 for violations, sparking a clash between SAG-AFTRA supporters and advertising industry groups warning of compliance chaos.