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Plaintiffs Have Stopped Waiting for AI Law
USA TODAY sues OpenAI for $250 million, Iowa calls ChatGPT's safety marketing a fraud, and the ICO opens a formal investigation into Grok
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Italy Just Turned Consumer Law on an AI Platform's Copyright Terms
Italy investigates Suno's terms, the Eighth Circuit pauses Minnesota's AI imagery law, and Poland charges Google
A Federal Appeals Court Just Recognised the Market for AI Training Data
The Third Circuit backs Thomson Reuters, TikTok settles with Alabama, and a Tokyo court protects the voice
California wants a kill switch.
One government asked for a brake on frontier AI this week. On the same day, a lawsuit argued that a brake the labs agree to pull together is unlawful.
Britain Cannot Decide Whether to Ban AI or Build It
Westminster moves to outlaw superintelligence, Wales helps train a model, and a US court puts Ofcom beyond reach
Self-Declaration Just Died as an Answer to Age Assurance
Britain legislates at the handset, Ireland opens its first Online Safety Code investigation, and Florida sues Netflix
Five Bodies of Law Did the Work. Only One Was Written for AI.
ChatGPT designated under the DSA, Sony and Warner sue Anthropic, and Adam's Law passes 39–0
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