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)
TikTok case signals EU challenge to social media’s engagement-driven systems
November 06, 2026
| Sara Brandstätter
TikTok’s latest EU case on "rabbit holes" could have implications for other social media platforms using engagement-driven recommender systems. The European Commission’s preliminary findings — published on Friday — indicat...(read more)
Midterm blue wave poised to shift US tech regulation debate
November 04, 2026
| Emma Whitford, Amy Miller, Mike Swift and Madeline Hughes
Sweeping Democratic victories in Tuesday's US midterm elections may foreshadow a shift in Congress's debate over regulating AI and the technology industry more broadly, from if it should be done to how it should be done. B...(read more)
OpenAI facing first US age-code suit; case reflects 'drive' by young people
November 03, 2026
| Mike Swift
When eight states sued OpenAI recently over safety and privacy claims, Nebraska’s complaint stood out because it was the first time a state had attempted to enforce an Age-Appropriate Design Code — laws passed by a half-do...(read more)
xAI ruling deals blow to US efforts to block citizen enforcement of clean air law
November 02, 2026
| Amy Miller
The NAACP's lawsuit against xAI over alleged pollution from its data center power plant will go on after a Mississippi federal judge upheld citizen enforcement of the Clean Air Act, dealing a blow to the company’s argument...(read more)
OpenAI, Microsoft amici clash over creativity, competition in US copyright fight
November 02, 2026
| Emma Whitford, Melissa Ritti and Chris May
Double-digit amicus briefs filed in coordinated lawsuits against OpenAI and Microsoft in New York federal court show two camps championing human creativity — each accusing the other of undermining the statutory purpose of ...(read more)
Anthropic says privacy concerns a pervasive regulator risk as IPO looms
October 31, 2026
| Mike Swift
Anthropic called out a plethora of privacy risks in this week's S-1 filing ahead of its initial public stock offering, including the admission that two of the biggest concerns about frontier AI — privacy and safety — may o...(read more)