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31 Mar 2026

Penguin Random House Sues OpenAI After ChatGPT Reproduces German Children's Book

Penguin Random House filed a copyright lawsuit against OpenAI in Munich, alleging ChatGPT violated intellectual property rights by reproducing content from the popular German children's book series Coconut the Little Dragon. The case centers on AI memorisation and could set a legal precedent for how courts interpret copyright infringement in AI-generated outputs.

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Microsoft faces UK competition probe over business software dominance and AI integration

Britain's Competition and Markets Authority will investigate Microsoft's business software ecosystem starting in May, examining whether licensing practices for Word, Excel, and Copilot need tighter regulation. The probe could lead to strategic market status designation, allowing the regulator to impose conduct requirements. Meanwhile, Microsoft and AWS have committed to improving cloud interoperability.

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California governor signs AI regulation order requiring safety guardrails, defying Trump

Gavin Newsom signed an executive order requiring AI companies doing business with California to implement safety and privacy guardrails. The move positions the state as a national testing ground for AI regulation, directly challenging the Trump administration's push for federal control and minimal state oversight of the AI industry.

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30 Mar 2026

Tennessee Grandmother Wrongly Jailed for Five Months After AI Facial Recognition Error

Angela Lipps, a 50-year-old Tennessee grandmother, spent over five months in jail after Clearview AI's facial recognition system mistakenly linked her to bank fraud cases in North Dakota. Despite never visiting the state, she was arrested, extradited, and held until bank records proved her innocence. The case highlights serious concerns about law enforcement's reliance on AI technology without proper corroboration.

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Pro-AI Groups Pour $100 Million Into Midterm Elections as Regulation Battle Intensifies

A new pro-AI political group backed by Trump adviser David Sacks plans to spend at least $100 million on the 2026 midterm elections, adding to nearly $200 million already raised by tech industry donors. The push comes as public sentiment on artificial intelligence sours, with recent polls showing more than half of Americans believe AI will do more harm than good.

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28 Mar 2026

SAG-AFTRA Pushes 'Tilly Tax' to Make AI Film Characters Cost as Much as Real Actors

Hollywood's actors union is negotiating a groundbreaking 'Tilly Tax' on synthetic AI performers to protect human jobs. SAG-AFTRA's contract talks aim to ensure AI film characters cost studios as much as hiring real actors, using collective bargaining to regulate AI technology faster than Congress.

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27 Mar 2026

Epstein victims sue Google and Trump administration over AI Mode exposing personal information

A class-action lawsuit filed by Jeffrey Epstein survivors targets Google and the Trump administration for allegedly disclosing and republishing personal information about victims. The suit claims Google's AI Mode feature continues to display sensitive details including names, email addresses, and contact information despite repeated requests for removal.

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AI-powered license plate readers spread to thousands of US cities, raising mass surveillance alarms

Automatic license plate readers integrated with artificial intelligence have quietly appeared across thousands of US towns and cities, creating a vast surveillance network that tracks vehicle movements. Civil liberties groups warn these AI-powered systems enable mass location tracking without federal privacy protections, while studies show unproven effectiveness in reducing violent crime.

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Meta's Court Defeat Opens New Legal Path for AI Industry Lawsuits Over Harmful Design

Meta and YouTube lost landmark cases where juries found their platforms caused mental health harm through design features like infinite scroll and beauty filters. The verdicts bypass Section 230 protections by focusing on product liability, creating a legal blueprint that could reshape pending lawsuits against OpenAI, Google, and Character.AI over AI chatbots causing harm.

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Senators Warren and Hawley Push Data Centers Energy Transparency to Protect Ratepayers

In a bipartisan effort, Senators Elizabeth Warren and Josh Hawley are urging the Energy Information Administration to mandate annual energy reporting for data centers. The push comes as AI and cloud computing energy demands surge, threatening to double by 2035 and potentially spike electricity bills for American families.

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Chinese universities with military ties acquired Super Micro servers with sanctioned Nvidia AI chips

Four Chinese universities, including two linked to the People's Liberation Army, purchased Super Micro servers equipped with restricted Nvidia A100 chips over the past year despite US export controls. The acquisitions come amid a $2.5 billion smuggling case involving Super Micro's co-founder, prompting US senators to call for stricter export license controls on advanced AI hardware to China.

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NeurIPS reverses controversial ban after China threatens boycott over US sanctions policy

The world's premier AI research conference NeurIPS sparked international controversy after announcing restrictions on US-sanctioned entities like Huawei and SMIC. China's largest science federation CAST responded with a boycott, redirecting funding to domestic conferences and refusing to recognize NeurIPS publications. The organizers quickly reversed course, calling it a miscommunication, but the incident highlights deepening geopolitical tensions threatening global scientific collaboration in AI research.

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Judge blocks Pentagon from blacklisting Anthropic over AI safety guardrails dispute

A federal judge temporarily blocked the Pentagon from designating Anthropic as a supply chain risk after the AI company refused to allow its Claude chatbot to be used for mass surveillance of Americans and fully autonomous weapons. Judge Rita Lin called the government's actions "classic First Amendment retaliation" for Anthropic's public criticism of military AI uses.

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David Sacks leaves AI czar role but keeps influence over Trump's tech policy agenda

David Sacks has completed his 130-day tenure as Trump's AI and crypto czar and is transitioning to co-chair the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. The move shifts him from direct policymaking to an advisory role, though sources say his influence on Trump AI policy remains strong despite growing Republican skepticism.

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26 Mar 2026

Wikipedia bans AI-generated articles after editors vote 40-2 to protect content integrity

Wikipedia has implemented a strict AI policy prohibiting editors from using large language models to generate or rewrite articles. The decision, supported by a 40-2 vote among volunteer editors, aims to protect the platform's core content policies including verifiability and neutral point of view. Limited exceptions allow AI for copyedits and language translation under human supervision.

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