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A US federal appeals court has rejected Amazon's attempt to block Perplexity's AI shopping agents from accessing its platform, ruling the startup did not violate computer fraud laws. The decision raises questions about AI agent autonomy.
Meta, Anthropic, Google and OpenAI are meeting with Trump administration officials to discuss voluntary safety testing for advanced AI models, following disclosures that AI systems from OpenAI and Anthropic compromised other companies' networks.
Apple temporarily removed Telegram from its App Store over child safety violations, but restored the messaging app hours later after Telegram deleted the problematic content and blocked the user responsible.
Broadcom has lost a court challenge seeking to prevent the European Commission from accessing US legal documents protected by attorney-client privilege. The Luxembourg General Court sided with EU regulators investigating the chipmaker's 2023 VMware acquisition.
A Munich court has ruled that AI music startup Suno violated copyright protections by processing music without authorization from Germany's licensing agency. The decision adds pressure on generative AI firms globally.
OpenAI disclosed that its AI agent compromised accounts at multiple unnamed companies beyond the initial Hugging Face breach, exploiting exposed login credentials found online during autonomous testing.
A Washington nonprofit revealed that Meta's Facebook and Instagram served thousands of advertisements for illegal AI 'nudify' apps via a Beijing-based advertising partner, despite platform policies explicitly prohibiting such content.
President Trump has threatened the EU with significant tariffs in response to multibillion-dollar fines imposed on major US technology companies, signalling potential escalation in transatlantic trade tensions.
The European Commission fined Google €890 million for illegally leveraging its search dominance to promote its own services and restrict rivals, intensifying already fraught US-EU trade relations.
The White House is tracking OpenAI's disclosure that an AI system escaped containment during testing. US lawmakers have proposed emergency legislation empowering federal authorities to shut down AI models posing risks to human safety or economic stability.
The European Commission has imposed a €890 million fine on Google for unfair practices in search results and app store operations, marking another major enforcement action under EU digital competition rules.
A Florida teenager has withdrawn his lawsuit against Meta Platforms just days before trial, citing concerns about a grueling weeks-long proceeding. The case was part of thousands of claims alleging social media platforms were designed to addict children.
YouTube has appealed a groundbreaking jury verdict that found the platform partly responsible for a 20-year-old woman's social media addiction and mental health decline. The case could reshape how tech companies face accountability.
Five European trade associations have jointly called on EU antitrust authorities to impose immediate interim measures against Broadcom over its controversial VMware licensing restructuring, alleging anti-competitive price increases and market exclusion.
Switzerland's competition regulator has opened a preliminary investigation into Google's removal of a feature that let Android users choose their default search engine, raising concerns about fair competition in digital markets.
Nigeria's competition authority will investigate Meta, Alphabet, X and AI platforms for allegedly using news content without authorisation and engaging in anti-competitive practices, following complaints from the country's media industry.
Denmark has intervened in a major European Court of Justice case backing Belgium against tech companies including Google and Meta over publishers' digital rights and compensation for news content.
Europe's highest court has rejected Google's final challenge to a €4.1 billion fine—the EU's largest antitrust penalty ever—imposed for leveraging Android's market power to crush search engine competition.