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Suno AI sued by GEMA over copyright as EU ministers debate collecting societies January 21, 2025 | Inbar Preiss

GEMA, a German music-collecting society, has sued Suno AI in the Munich Regional Court for copyright infringement, alleging unauthorized use of its members’ works — including songs by Boney M and Alphaville — ... (more story)

AI companies see EU countries discuss AI uptake by public sector January 21, 2025 | Luca Bertuzzi

The uptake of AI services and products by the public sector will be the subject of strategic discussions among European governments to influence the European Commission’s upcoming Apply AI strategy. The discus... (more story)

Timeline of EU’s AI Liability Directive takes shape January 21, 2025 | Luca Bertuzzi

Axel Voss, the European Parliament’s rapporteur, has set out an ambitious timeline to adopt the EU’s AI Liability Directive by February 2026. The file, which has been languishing in the Council of the EU due t... (more story)

Google, Mistral AI models tested for language, cultural risks: Korean official January 21, 2025 | Choonsik Yoo

The AI safety institutes from the UK, Japan, Singapore and South Korea have been jointly assessing the AI models developed by Google and Mistral AI to evaluate their security against vulnerabilities related to... (more story)

Khan to leave US FTC in coming weeks; Ferguson takes over as chair January 20, 2025 | Khushita Vasant

Lina Khan has stepped down as chair of the US Federal Trade Commission and intends to depart the agency "in the coming weeks," MLex has learned. Republican Commissioner Andrew Ferguson took over as chair of th... (more story)

EU countries quizzed over collective management organizations January 20, 2025 | Luca Bertuzzi

Right holders see collective management organizations becoming the subject of a new policy reflection in the Council of the EU, as Poland kicked off the discussion with a questionnaire seen by MLex. The questi... (more story)

AI model providers, right holders see approach to EU training data template January 20, 2025 | Luca Bertuzzi

AI model providers and right holders were given a presentation on the European Commission’s preliminary approach to the template model providers like OpenAI and Meta will have to use to disclose the data they ... (more story)

South Korea needs selective AI strategy, SK Group's Chey says January 19, 2025 | Choonsik Yoo

South Korea should adopt a more realistic select-and-focus strategy for artificial intelligence-driven transformations, prioritizing AI in manufacturing to align with the country’s economic structure, accordin... (more story)

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Trump tweaking, not nixing, Biden's approach to AI regulation January 21, 2025 | Amy Miller and Xu Yuan

Aspects of a Biden administration executive order that sought to reduce the security and safety risks posed by artificial intelligence will survive in some form, even after President Donald Trump made good on ... (more story)

FTC turns page on ambitious period of US privacy enforcement under Khan, Levine January 21, 2025 | Mike Swift

Speaking with MLex while packing up his office at the FTC Friday evening, Sam Levine, chief of the Bureau of Consumer Protection under Chair Lina Khan, said the FTC made a “paradigm-shifting” change in privacy... (more story)

UK’s plan for AI-led change leaves regulatory future less clear January 17, 2025 | Frank Hersey

The UK's economy and public services alike are to be transformed as the government says its new plan “mainlines AI into the veins of this enterprising nation.” Regulation is included: a reminder of regulators’... (more story)

Emergence of AI agents sparks concern about data-minimization standards January 16, 2025 | Amy Miller

Artificial intelligence agents that can complete tasks for humans on their own have arrived on the tech scene, and companies like Nvidia made big promises at this year’s CES trade show about what the latest AI... (more story)

Probe of Tools for Humanity's biometric data collection a priority in Brazil January 16, 2025 | Maria Júlia Baumert

Brazil's National Data Protection Authority not only confirmed an ongoing investigation into Tools for Humanity, a company linked to OpenAI that's behind the advanced Orb camera technology used to collect eye ... (more story)

UK plan for AI training on medical data faces privacy hurdle over anonymity January 16, 2025 | Patricia Figueiredo

UK plans to promote AI by making healthcare datasets available for AI model training have prompted data protection concerns, with a struggle expected in ensuring true anonymity in datasets. Experts argue the U... (more story)

How AI's 'intended purpose' could define companies' EU regulatory burden January 16, 2025 | Luca Bertuzzi

The EU AI Act’s concept of “intended purpose” is typical of this type of product safety legislation, but it sits oddly with general-purpose AI systems developed by the likes of Microsoft and OpenAI. With some ... (more story)

AI debate will dominate copyright landscape in 2025, regardless of locale January 15, 2025 | MLex Staff

Artificial intelligence has the power to transform industries, economies – and copyright law.  As courts and elected officials have coalesced on the need to get it right, the path for getting there varies by g... (more story)