OpenAI faces serious sanctions after allegedly lying for two years about its ability to search ChatGPT logs in a major copyright lawsuit, with a re-deposed privacy engineer revealing the company had already conducted searches of 78 million conversations before litigation began, directly contradicting its claims that such searches were technically …
AI law startup Norm reaches unicorn status after raising $120 million in a Series C round led by Khosla Ventures, pushing its valuation to $1.2 billion as it disrupts traditional legal billing with AI agents supervised by human attorneys serving enterprise clients.
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signs SB 315 into law, making Illinois the latest state to legally require AI safety audits for companies earning $500 million or more, mandating public safety disclosures, third-party evaluations, and catastrophic risk assessments, with fines up to $3 million for repeat violations when the law takes …
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.