Claims under US state likeness laws poised to increase in AI music suits
November 12, 2026
| Nick Robertson
The company that manages Elvis Presley's likeness rights and rightsholders of hundreds of his songs invoked Tennessee’s ELVIS Act in a copyright infringement complaint against AI company Suno in California federal court la...(read more)
JetBlue 'surveillance pricing' litigation deepens US scrutiny of practice
November 11, 2026
| Mike Swift
Americans have long accepted the cost to their privacy of their personal data being used to drive what ads they see, but they may be ready to draw the line on the use of their personal data to set the price they pay for go...(read more)
Platforms fear addictive-design duty overlaps with EU's new digital rulebook
November 11, 2026
| Sara Brandstätter
All online platforms will have to let consumers disable addictive features under the proposed EU Digital Fairness Act — duties that the largest platforms will have to add to their existing Digital Services Act risk obligat...(read more)
Why China sees factory robots as new front in AI race
November 11, 2026
| MLex Staff
China's move against SoftBank's ABB Robotics deal shows how far the artificial intelligence race has evolved beyond chips into the machinery of the physical economy. Industrial robots are being recast from productivity too...(read more)
Game makers look to face stricter in-game currency rules under EU consumer law
November 10, 2026
| Sara Brandstätter
Video game companies would likely have to show the real-money value of items bought with paid virtual currencies under the EU's forthcoming Digital Fairness Act, a leaked draft suggests, supporting a key demand from consum...(read more)
US states poised to rewrite rules for data-center development
November 10, 2026
| Amy Miller
Incoming Democratic governors are preparing to turn campaign promises to pause data centers into rules protecting utility customers, water supplies and local communities. Proposals in Texas, Georgia and other states could ...(read more)
Google faces new front in US child safety litigation over AI
November 07, 2026
| Amy Miller
Google is facing a new lawsuit that could expand child safety litigation and test whether tech companies can be held liable for embedding conversational AI into school-issued devices without warning parents of the risks. N...(read more)
Independent audits promise oversight, but not certainty about AI safety
November 07, 2026
| Maria Dinzeo, Amy Miller
California is building a framework for independent AI audits as lawmakers look for stronger oversight of frontier models, but researchers and evaluators say the science of testing those systems remains unsettled and can't ...(read more)