Texas lawsuit seeks court-approved safety reviews before OpenAI releases new models
October 24, 2026
| Maria Dinzeo
Texas is seeking to bar OpenAI from releasing new AI models without independent safety approval, and prohibit minors from using ChatGPT. The state accused the company and CEO Sam Altman of knowingly putting co... (more story)
Third Circuit ROSS ruling peppers news outlets' opposition to ChatGPT fair use defense
October 23, 2026
| Emma Whitford
News outlets suing OpenAI and its investor Microsoft are highlighting a recent appellate decision that training artificial intelligence on copyrighted works is not fair, as they push back on their adversaries’... (more story)
CDK market power questioned as US judge sees AI disrupting dealer software
October 23, 2026
| Khushita Vasant and Alex Wilts
Tekion faced questions at a court hearing about the evidence supporting its allegations that CDK Global holds market power, with a California federal judge noting that artificial intelligence could disrupt the... (more story)
SpaceX's xAI may face Virginia action over Grok creation of sexualized images
October 23, 2026
| Mike Swift
SpaceX said in a US securities filing that it could face a lawsuit from Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones over its statements around the propensity of its Grok chatbot to generate nonconsensual deepfake imag... (more story)
OpenAI, South Korean experts explore ways to address frontier AI risks
October 23, 2026
| Choonsik Yoo
South Korean artificial-intelligence safety experts and OpenAI held a two-day workshop in Seoul this week to discuss risks involving cybersecurity, national security and agentic AI services, bringing together ... (more story)
US judge takes up Anthropic's fair use defense in music copyright dispute
October 22, 2026
| Maria Dinzeo
Whether Anthropic's Claude spits out song lyrics verbatim, creates derivative works or generates new songs, Anthropic’s use of those lyrics isn't transformative, lawyers for music publishers argued Wednesday a... (more story)
Meta says youth-related legal costs drove 68% expense growth; more trials loom
October 22, 2026
| Mike Swift
Legal costs were again a key element of the 68 percent jump in expenses Meta Platforms recorded in the third quarter of 2026, it said Wednesday. The social media giant recorded a $9.9 billion expense as part o... (more story)
UK AI regulation mustn't risk access to models or clog cyber bill, ministers say
October 21, 2026
| Patricia Figueiredo
Broader AI regulation must preserve the UK's access to frontier models needed for security testing and should not be added to the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill, ministers told lawmakers this week. Cyber m... (more story)