OpenAI loses music copyright battle in German court

Suhasini Srinivasaragavan / siliconrepublic - The judgement is not final and OpenAI has said that it is considering next steps. Read more: OpenAI loses music copyright battle in German court

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3 months / siliconrepublic / Suhasini Srinivasaragavan

ChatGPT: OpenAI Loses Landmark Copyright Case Over Song Lyrics

3 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

OpenAI may not use lyrics without license, German court rules

3 months / reuters

Apple told to remove LGBTQ+ dating apps by China

Sarah Fielding / engadget - LGBTQ+ rights and acceptance have taken another hit in China, with Apple removing two of the countries biggest LGBTQ+ dating apps. Wired reports that Blued and Finka are no longer available on the iOS App Store or certain Android App Stores following orde…

#techpolicy #apple #china #government #ios #apps #asia #law #censorship #regulation

Apple Bows to China, Removes Gay Dating Apps from App Store

3 months / iphoneincanada / Nehal Malik

Apple removes popular gay dating apps from Chinas App Store

3 months / mashable

Apple bows to Chinese pressure to remove queer dating apps from its App Store

3 months / betanews / Sofia Elizabella Wyciślik-Wilson

Apple told to remove LGBTQ+ dating apps by China

3 months / engadget / Sarah Fielding

Apple Pulls China’s Top Gay Dating Apps After Government Order

3 months / wired / Zeyi Yang, Louise Matsakis

Denmark passes social media ban for users under 15

mashable - Denmark passes social media ban for users under 15

#techpolicy #government #internet #europe #law #safety #digitalprivacy #regulation

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Denmark passes social media ban for users under 15

3 months / mashable

Denmark Says It Will Ban Social Media for Users Under 15

3 months / gizmodo / Lucas Ropek

FBI subpoenas the web registrar behind Archive.is

Stevie Bonifield / theverge - The FBI is attempting to track down the identity of the owner of Archive.today and its numerous mirrors, like Archive.is and Archive.ph. As reported by 404 Media, the FBI subpoena, which was posted on the official Archive.today X account, was sent to web …

#cybersecurity #techpolicy #government #doj #internet #law #litigation #digitalprivacy #regulation

Web Archive Archive.today: FBI Subpoenas Web Registrar Tucows to Unmask Operators

4 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

FBI Subpoenas Registrar for Details on Anonymous Archiving Site Owner

4 months / slashdot / msmash

FBI subpoenas the web registrar behind Archive.is

4 months / theverge / Stevie Bonifield

FBI Tries to Unmask Owner of Infamous Archive.is Site

4 months / heise

FBI Tries to Unmask Owner of Infamous Archive.is Site

4 months / 404media / Jason Koebler

MPA orders Meta to stop using “PG-13” label on Instagram teen accounts

Aytun Çelebi / dataconomy - The Motion Picture Association (MPA) has sent a cease and desist order to Meta, demanding that Instagram stop using the “PG-13” movie rating to describe the content standards for its teen-focused accounts. The trade group, which is responsible for the U.S…

#techpolicy #meta #law #facebook #contentmoderation #instagram #digitalprivacy #advertising #regulation

MPA orders Meta to stop using “PG-13” label on Instagram teen accounts

4 months / dataconomy / Aytun Çelebi

Motion Picture Association tells Meta to stop using PG-13 to refer to Instagram teen account content

4 months / techxplore

Instagram Hit With Cease And Desist Order Over PG-13 Ratings

4 months / medianama / Prabhanu Kumar Das

Discord now lets parents control who contacts their teens, but messages stay private

Stevie Bonifield / theverge - Discord is expanding the safety controls parents and guardians have access to in its Family Center, including increased visibility of their teens’ activity, allowing guardians to control sensitive content filtering and data privacy settings, and giving th…

#dataprivacy #techpolicy #internet #apps #community #law #contentmoderation #safety #digitalprivacy

Discord’s Family Center update now lets parents monitor weekly purchases

4 months / techcrunch / Ivan Mehta

Discord now lets parents control who contacts their teens, but messages stay private

4 months / theverge / Stevie Bonifield

Discord launches new safety features following lawsuits

4 months / mashable

Discord gives parents more insight into their teens' activity through Family Center

4 months / engadget

Stability AI’s legal win over Getty leaves copyright law in limbo

Robert Hart / theverge - Stability AI, the creator of popular AI art tool Stable Diffusion, was largely victorious against Getty Images on Tuesday in a British legal battle over the material used to train AI models. The case originally looked set to produce a landmark ruling on A…

#ai #aiethics #genai #creativity #law #media #technology #litigation #intellectualproperty #copyright

UK judge rules that AI image generator Stable Diffusion is not an "infringing copy"

4 months / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

Stability AI’s legal win over Getty leaves copyright law in limbo

4 months / theverge / Robert Hart

What the Getty Images vs Stability AI decision means for tech leaders

4 months / techmonitor / Varuni Paranavitane

Getty loses major UK copyright lawsuit against Stability AI

4 months / siliconrepublic / Suhasini Srinivasaragavan

Amazon sues Perplexity's shopping bot

Marcus Schuler / implicator - Amazon sues Perplexity to block its AI shopping agent from making purchases autonomously. The first major legal clash over whether AI assistants can act as user proxies sets precedent for the $20B question: who controls the future of online commerce?

#ai #startups #ecommerce #techpolicy #amazon #antitrust #aiethics #law #litigation #perplexity

Perplexity’s Agents Crash Amazon’s Gate and Spark a Legal Showdown

4 months / pymnts / PYMNTS

Amazon Sues Perplexity Over Comet’s Agentic Shopping Capabilities

4 months / thurrott / Laurent Giret

A court battle over Perplexity’s Comet agent could define how AI is allowed to shop online for users

4 months / the-decoder / Maximilian Schreiner

Amazon warns Perplexity with cease-and-desist over AI shopping agent

4 months / techspot

Amazon sues Perplexity's shopping bot

4 months / implicator / Marcus Schuler

Perplexity shopping bot not welcome at Amazon shop

4 months / techxplore

Agentic AI to fore as Amazon sues Perplexity over purchases via Comet

4 months / siliconrepublic / Ann O’Dea

U.S. Immigration Enforcement Apparently Provides Facial Scanning Tech to Local Cops

Lucas Ropek / gizmodo - It's part of a program that essentially deputizes police into the federal mass deportation effort.

#dataprivacy #aiethics #DHS #apps #privacy #immigration #police #law

Uncle Sam wants to scan your iris and collect your DNA, citizen or not

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Uncle Sam wants to scan your iris and collect your DNA, citizen or not

4 months / theregister / Brandon Vigliarolo

U.S. Immigration Enforcement Apparently Provides Facial Scanning Tech to Local Cops

4 months / gizmodo / Lucas Ropek

US gives local police a face-scanning app similar to one used by ICE agents

4 months / arstechnica

US gives local police a face-scanning app similar to one used by ICE agents

4 months / arstechnica / Jon Brodkin

Former Vice President Dick Cheney dies at 84 amid polarizing legacy

Former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, a figure as contentious as he was influential through multiple administrations, has passed away at the age of 84. Reports highlight his complex legacy in national and international policy, reminding us of a storied career that continues to spark debate long after his time in office.

#defensetech #politics #government #trump #us #cia #law #election #regulation

Dick Cheney, Powerful Former VP, Dies at 84

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Former US Vice President Dick Cheney dies aged 84 - https-//www.semafor.com

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Former US Vice-President Cheney Dies

4 months / reuters

Studio Ghibli and other Japanese publishers want OpenAI to stop training on their work

Amanda Silberling / techcrunch - OpenAI's approach to working with copyrighted content is to ask forgiveness, not permission.

#openai #aiethics #asia #creativity #law #anime #animation #litigation #copyright #japan

Japanese Studios Ask OpenAI to Stop Using Anime and Manga for AI Training

4 months / medianama / Rohit Singh

A Trade Group That Includes Studio Ghibli Just Slapped OpenAI with… a Letter

4 months / gizmodo / Mike Pearl

Studio Ghibli and other Japanese publishers want OpenAI to stop training on their work

4 months / techcrunch / Amanda Silberling

Studio Ghibli, Bandai Namco, Square Enix Demand OpenAI Stop Using Their Content To Train AI

4 months / slashdot / msmash

Studio Ghibli, Bandai Namco, Square Enix demand OpenAI stop using their content to train AI

4 months / theverge / Stevie Bonifield

'Grand Theft Auto' Studio Accused of Union Busting After Firing Dozens

EditorDavid / slashdot - "Rockstar Games fired dozens of employees," reports Bloomberg, "in a move that a British trade union said was designed to prevent the workers from unionizing. The company said they were fired for misconduct."TheGrand Theft Automaker terminatedbetween 30 a…

#gaming #techpolicy #business #jobs #unions #law #layoffs #litigation

Labor organizers accuse Rockstar Games of 'ruthless act of union busting' after layoffs

4 months / theregister / Richard Speed

'Grand Theft Auto' Studio Accused of Union Busting After Firing Dozens

4 months / slashdot / EditorDavid

Ilya Sutskever Deposition Reveals How Sam Altman’s 2023 Firing Was Planned for Over a Year

Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - A newly public deposition from OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever reveals the plot to fire CEO Sam Altman was a year in the making, based on a secret memo.The post Ilya Sutskever Deposition Reveals How Sam Altman’s 2023 Firing Was Planned for Over a Year ap…

#ai #startups #cloud #openai #aiethics #business #governance #chatgpt #altman #law #technology #executiveorder #litigation

Former OpenAI Exec Explains Why He Tried to Do a Coup Against Sam Altman https://gizmodo.com/former-openai-exec-explains-why-he-tried-to-do-a-coup-against-sam-altman-2000680769

4 months / bsky / @gizmodo.com / gizmodo.com

Former OpenAI Exec Explains Why He Tried to Do a Coup Against Sam Altman

4 months / gizmodo / AJ Dellinger

Anthropic Tried to Absorb OpenAI in 24 Hours

4 months / implicator / Marcus Schuler

Sutskever deposition details 52-page memo behind Altman ouster

4 months / implicator / Marcus Schuler

The memos behind Altman's ousting

4 months / therundown / Zach Mink

Ilya Sutskever Deposition Reveals How Sam Altman’s 2023 Firing Was Planned for Over a Year

4 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

GitLaw Raises $3M Pre-seed Led by Jackson Square Ventures To Launch Its AI Legal companion

Kailee Rainse / startuprise - GitLaw, an AI-powered legal companion for businesses, has raised $3M in pre-seed funding led by Jackson Square Ventures, with participation from Flex Capital, Background Capital, and angel investors. Founded in 2025 by serial entrepreneur Nick Holzherr, G…

#ai #startups #vc #cloud #innovation #aiethics #business #deeptech #law #assistant #algorithm

GitLaw Raises $3M Pre-seed Led by Jackson Square Ventures To Launch Its AI Legal companion

4 months / startuprise / Kailee Rainse

GitLaw launches AI and closes $3M pre-seed led by Jackson Square Ventures

4 months / tech / Tamara Djurickovic

GTA VI developer accused of union busting in mass firings

Stevie Bonifield / theverge - Rockstar Games, the developer of Grand Theft Auto VI, fired between 30 to 40 employees on Thursday, as previously reported by Bloomberg. According to the Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain (IWGB), all of the employees fired were part of a private…

#gaming #techpolicy #business #uk #unions #us #law #layoffs

GTA publisher accused of union busting after firings

4 months / mashable

GTA VI developer accused of union busting in mass firings

4 months / theverge / Stevie Bonifield

Rockstar Games accused of union busting in the UK

4 months / engadget

Universal Music and AI song tool Udio settle lawsuit and partner on new platform, sparking backlash

techxplore - Universal Music Group and AI song generation platform Udio have settled a copyright infringement lawsuit and agreed to team up on new music creation and streaming platform, the two companies said in a joint announcement.

#ai #digitaltransformation #entertainment #aiethics #creativity #music #law #technology #copyright

Universal Music and AI song tool Udio settle lawsuit and partner on new platform, sparking backlash

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Universal Music Group rewrites its AI playbook with deals involving Udio and Stability AI

4 months / the-decoder / Maximilian Schreiner

Universal Music Group and Stability AI Partner on ‘Ethically Trained’ Music Creation Tools

4 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Universal partners with AI startup Udio after settling copyright suit

4 months / theverge / Robert Hart

Swedish legaltech Legora raises $150M Series C

Lucy Adams / tech - Legal technology company Legora has raised $150 million in a Series C funding round, valuing the company at $1.8 billion. The round was led by Bessemer Venture Partners, with participation from existi...

#startups #vc #automation #software #innovation #business #finance #law #technology

Legora Raises $150 Million for Collaborative AI Platform for Lawyers

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Legaltech AI startup Legora raises $150M at $1.8B valuation

4 months / siliconangle / Kyt Dotson

Swedish legaltech Legora raises $150M Series C

4 months / tech / Lucy Adams

Legora nabs $150M at $1.8B valuation to transform how lawyers work

4 months / techfundingnews / Sofia Chesnokova

AI legal tech Legora raises $150m at a $1.8bn valuation

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Former L3Harris Trenchant boss pleads guilty to selling zero-day exploits to Russian broker

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / techcrunch - Prosecutors confirmed Peter Williams, the former Trenchant boss, sold eight exploits to a Russian buyer. TechCrunch exclusively reported that the Trenchant division was investigating a leak of its hacking tools, after another employee was accused of invol…

#cybersecurity #infosec #government #business #cybercrime #russia #law #technology #tradesecrets

Former Trenchant exec pleads guilty to selling cyber exploits to Russian broker

4 months / therecord

Former L3Harris Trenchant boss pleads guilty to selling zero-day exploits to Russian broker

4 months / techcrunch / Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai

Ex-L3Harris Cyber Boss Pleads Guilty to Selling Trade Secrets to Russian Firm

4 months / wired / Kim Zetter

ICE’s forced face scans to verify citizens is unconstitutional, lawmakers say

Ashley Belanger / arstechnica - Videos show ICE conducting random face scans on US streets.

#dataprivacy #techpolicy #government #DHS #security #privacy #immigration #law

This one is only 20 minutes old and has no definitive answers. Reinforces my sense that people should not comply with ICE requests to scan their faces. 5/ arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

4 months / bsky / @ddelgadovive.bsky.social / ddelgadovive.bsky.social

“We should have banned government use of face recognition when we had the chance because it is dangerous, invasive, and an inherent threat to civil liberties,” EFF’s @MGuariglia.bsky.social told @404Media.co. www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp...

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ICE is using faulty and biased face surveillance technology to go after people they suspect of being undocumented. This is a direct threat to the fundamental rights of every individual and has no place in our cities.

4 months / bsky / @aclu.org / aclu.org

ICE and CBP Agents Are Scanning Peoples’ Faces on the Street To Verify Citizenship Videos on social media show officers from ICE and CBP using facial recognition technology on people in the field. One expert described the practice as “pure dystopian creep

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ICE’s forced face scans to verify citizens is unconstitutional, lawmakers say

4 months / arstechnica / Ashley Belanger

ICE and CBP Agents Are Scanning Faces on the Street to Verify Citizenship

4 months / 404media

Smile! Uncle Sam wants to scan your face on the way in – and out

4 months / theregister / Brandon Vigliarolo

ICE and CBP Agents Are Scanning Peoples’ Faces on the Street To Verify Citizenship

4 months / 404media / Joseph Cox

OpenAI's $500 billion restructuring clears California—barely

Marcus Schuler / implicator - OpenAI secured California's approval to restructure after Altman promised to stay. The deal preserves nonprofit control on paper while enabling a $500B+ IPO path. Critics note the governance paradox: the same board oversight that failed once.