Google brings first US suit over abuse of its AI products by 'massive' phishing
June 12, 2026
| Mike Swift
Google has filed its first lawsuit over misuse of its Gemini AI products, targeting the China-based “Outsider” phishing enterprise, which allegedly enabled criminals to launch AI-generated phishing campaigns f... (more story)
JASRAC's AI rule makes human authorship gateway to Japan music royalties
June 12, 2026
| Toko Sekiguchi
Japan’s main music copyright-management organization will handle music created with artificial intelligence only when human creative contribution can be recognized, putting royalty collection for AI-involved s... (more story)
China pushes platforms to curb misinformation on businesses, entrepreneurs
June 12, 2026
| MLex Staff
China’s internet platforms face new expectations to police business-related content under a self-regulatory agreement released by the Cyberspace Administration of China, which requires platforms to remove fals... (more story)
Nanjing appeal court holds China AI provider liable for hallucinated defamation
June 12, 2026
| MLex Staff
A decision by the Nanjing Intermediate People’s Court offers one of the clearest judicial signals yet that Chinese courts intend to hold AI providers accountable for harmful content they generate, while stoppi... (more story)
Amazon, Perplexity case a test of ability to fit agentic AI to 1980s US law
June 12, 2026
| Mike Swift
A trio of Ninth Circuit judges wrestled Thursday with whether the 1986 Computer Fraud and Abuse Act can be applied to modern AI agents during Perplexity AI’s appeal of an injunction won by Amazon this year. Ju... (more story)
Grok faces ongoing privacy scrutiny in Canada following findings of violation
June 11, 2026
| Yuan Xu
X Corp. and xAI have violated Canada’s privacy law over the generation of sexualized deepfakes by AI chatbot Grok and the companies’ remedial measures have fallen short, the country’s privacy agency said as it... (more story)
Poke available again on WhatsApp in Europe after EU action against Meta AI
June 11, 2026
| Anna Ferrari and Lewis Crofts
AI assistant Poke will again be available on WhatsApp in Europe after Meta, the parent company of the messaging app, came under an EU injunction on Tuesday, requiring it to restore free access for rival chatbo... (more story)
Musk’s xAI faces growing legal risk over gas-powered turbines powering data centers
June 10, 2026
| Amy Miller
Elon Musk’s xAI is facing growing legal risk over the gas-powered turbines in Mississippi that power his massive artificial intelligence data centers. Mississippi residents and civil rights groups are suing th... (more story)