AI safety network to discuss risk issues next week, South Korean official says
October 02, 2026
| Choonsik Yoo
The global network of artificial-intelligence safety institutes plans to discuss next week whether and how it can take the lead in facilitating international efforts to manage frontier AI risks, including by d... (more story)
New Mexico willing to go to trial against tech companies, AG Torrez says
October 02, 2026
| Madeline Hughes
New Mexico won't shy away from trial against tech companies because "there is value in a full public airing of these types of claims and of the conduct that's at issue," state Attorney General Raúl Torrez said Thursday.
Apple asks judge to dismiss US lawsuit over scraping YouTube for AI training
October 02, 2026
| Xu Yuan
Apple asked a US federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by YouTube content creators whose videos have allegedly been used for training generative AI video models, arguing that Apple didn't circumvent any tec... (more story)
RealPage, landlord settlements with US DOJ don’t moot state claims, judge says
October 01, 2026
| Chris May
Settlements between RealPage, landlords and the US Department of Justice to resolve alleged antitrust violations fail to address the “core” of real estate pricing software monopolization claims and alleged ant... (more story)
Congress cannot be ‘observers’ of US AI response, Sen. Young says (corrects*)
October 01, 2026
| Emma Whitford
The United States Congress must play an active role in adapting cybersecurity laws and government as a whole to meet the challenges of the artificial intelligence age, Republican Indiana Senator Todd Young sai... (more story)
Meta litigation, settlement are ‘playbook’ for taking on Big Tech, US state AGs say
October 01, 2026
| Madeline Hughes
When more than 50 attorneys general across the US entered into a $17 billion settlement with Meta Platforms last month, it showed both the reach and power of consumer protection laws that bar unfair and decept... (more story)
AI companies commit to UK changes on transparency, information rights, ICO says
October 01, 2026
| Patricia Figueiredo
Leading AI developers are changing or committing to change their UK products to improve transparency about training data sources and help users exercise information rights, the UK data protection regulator sai... (more story)
Rise in privacy complaints using AI tests capacity, German regulator says
October 01, 2026
| Sara Brandstätter
The sharp rise in the number of privacy complaints, fueled by those drafted using AI, is putting increasing pressure on German regulators’ capacity, the chair of the body that groups the country's 18 federal a... (more story)