SpaceX details $350 million in probable litigation losses over AI, privacy, IP
August 04, 2026
| Mike Swift
SpaceX detailed an array of litigation challenges as it issued its first quarterly earnings report Tuesday, including content-moderation issues in Europe and the US, privacy litigation in a federal court in Ca... (more story)
US Senators to unveil bill to tackle surveillance pricing ‘soon’
August 04, 2026
| Madeline Hughes
US Senator Josh Hawley is planning to unveil bipartisan legislation to combat surveillance pricing — the “scam” of companies from Jet Blue to Walmart setting different prices for different customers at the sam... (more story)
Amazon loses US bid to block Perplexity AI shopping agent
August 04, 2026
| Amy Miller
Amazon is unlikely to succeed in claims that Perplexity AI's shopping agent violates federal or California anti-hacking laws, a federal appeals court in Seattle said, lifting an injunction that had blocked the... (more story)
US states' scrutiny of OpenAI follows mounting concerns over Hugging Face hack
August 04, 2026
| Emma Whitford
A new inquiry by 15 Republican attorneys general into a July hacking incident involving an autonomous OpenAI agent comes amid mounting US state and federal scrutiny of the company, and concerns about rapidly a... (more story)
Otter.ai faces skeptical US judge in bid to dismiss privacy litigation
August 04, 2026
| Amy Miller
Otter.ai faced skepticism from a US judge in Silicon Valley at a hearing over its bid to dismiss a proposed privacy class action. US District Judge Eumi K. Lee said she was "not persuaded" the plaintiffs lacke... (more story)
California, EU align on AI transparency standards to verify content
August 03, 2026
| Amy Miller
California lawmakers and policy experts highlighted a first-of-its-kind collaboration with the EU to establish new transparency standards for AI-generated content. The new rules are requiring tamper‑evident "n... (more story)
US judge allows Minnesota nude deepfake ban to take effect, delaying xAI challenge
July 31, 2026
| Mike Swift
Minnesota’s ban on nonconsensual AI-generated nude deepfakes will take effect Saturday, after a federal judge rejected xAI’s last-minute request to block it, finding no immediate harm from the ban going into f... (more story)
UK data-law exemptions for AI could bring significant benefits, regulator says
July 31, 2026
| Patricia Figueiredo
A proposed UK regulatory sandbox allowing companies to test AI uses with time-limited exemptions from selected data protection rules could bring significant benefits despite limited demand, the Information Com... (more story)