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Stability AI pushes back at Getty with cake analogy in UK copyright appeal November 11, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo

Stability AI challenged Getty Images' UK copyright appeal with a cake analogy on Wednesday, comparing Getty's argument to treating a cake as an “infringing copy” of a recipe because the chef had photographed it before baki...(read more)

EU lawmakers' sovereign cloud report tackles obstacles, sidesteps UK concerns November 11, 2026 | Masha Borak

A draft report by two EU lawmakers on Europe's sovereign cloud regulation aims to tackle the main obstacles to boosting the AI and cloud sector, including streamlining approval procedures and addressing energy constraints....(read more)

AI shopping agents must let users control purchases under EU consumer proposal November 11, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter

Companies offering AI shopping agents would have to let consumers set purchasing limits and choose which transactions require approval under the European Commission’s proposed Digital Fairness Act. The proposal seeks to pr...(read more)

Getty renews attack on Stability AI as copyright claim reaches UK appeal court November 11, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo

Stock image library Getty Images told a London court on Wednesday that Stability AI's image-generation model can be considered an “infringing copy” even if it does not contain the protected images used to train it. Getty, ...(read more)

Computer games industry urges rethink of ‘unworkable’ EU Digital Fairness Act November 11, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter

Europe’s computer games industry has called for an urgent reassessment of the Digital Fairness Act, proposed on Wednesday, warning that it could undermine competitiveness, create legal uncertainty and reduce players’ choic...(read more)

Online companies face direct EU enforcement as consumer-law shakeup is unveiled November 11, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter

Digital businesses including social media operators, booking platforms and online retailers could come under direct investigation by the European Commission and face fines of up to 6 percent of worldwide annual turnover fo...(read more)

China urges global cooperation on balanced AI copyright rules November 11, 2026 | MLex Staff

China has called for AI copyright rules that protect human creativity while balancing innovation and fairness, urging global cooperation on issues such as training-data licensing, ownership of generated content and infring...(read more)

Data center operators urge caution over proposed Australian power rules November 11, 2026 | Sean Maguire

Google, AirTrunk, CDC Data Centers and Equinix broadly support Australia’s proposed data-center power rules but warn they should protect investment and charge operators only for network costs attributable to their connecti...(read more)

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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)

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)