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20 Mar 2026

Essex Police suspend live facial recognition cameras after study reveals racial bias concerns

Essex Police has temporarily halted its live facial recognition technology after a Cambridge University study found it was statistically more likely to identify Black people than other ethnic groups. The force has worked with its algorithm software provider to update the system and now plans to resume deployments, even as the UK government pushes to expand LFR use from 10 to 50 vans nationwide.

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Trump AI Framework Seeks Federal Control While Shifting Child Safety Burden to Parents

The Trump administration released a legislative framework for AI regulation that would centralize power in Washington by preempting state AI laws. The plan prioritizes innovation over strict oversight, places significant responsibility on parents for child safety, and avoids creating new federal regulatory bodies. Critics argue it provides inadequate safeguards while limiting states' ability to act as early regulators of emerging risks.

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Musician pleads guilty to $8 million streaming royalty fraud scheme using AI-generated songs and bots

North Carolina musician Michael Smith has pleaded guilty to defrauding music streaming platforms out of over $8 million using AI-generated songs and automated bots. Between 2017 and 2024, Smith uploaded hundreds of thousands of AI-generated tracks to Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, and YouTube Music, then used over 1,000 bot accounts to stream them billions of times, diverting royalty payments from legitimate artists.

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Supermicro Co-Founder Indicted in $2.5 Billion Nvidia AI Chip Smuggling Scheme to China

Supermicro co-founder Wally Liaw and two others face federal charges for allegedly smuggling advanced Nvidia AI GPUs worth $2.5 billion to China. The Justice Department alleges they used a pass-through company in Southeast Asia, falsified documents, and deployed thousands of dummy servers with swapped serial numbers to circumvent US export controls and fool inspectors.

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18 Mar 2026

Marsha Blackburn releases first federal AI bill draft to codify Trump's AI executive order

Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) unveiled a 300-page discussion draft for federal AI legislation, marking the first concrete attempt to codify President Trump's December executive order. The TRUMP AMERICA AI Act imposes a duty of care on AI developers, addresses copyright concerns for model training, and proposes sunsetting Section 230—setting the stage for contentious debates over AI regulation in Congress.

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Judge calls Pentagon's AI ban on Anthropic 'troubling' and questions First Amendment violation

A federal judge expressed skepticism about the Pentagon's decision to label Anthropic a supply-chain risk, suggesting the Trump administration may be illegally punishing the AI company for refusing to allow unrestricted military use of its Claude technology. Judge Rita Lin said the ban appears to violate free speech protections and doesn't seem tailored to national security concerns.

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Chicken Soup for the Soul sues Apple, Google, and five others over AI training data theft

Book publisher Chicken Soup for the Soul filed a lawsuit against Apple, Google, Nvidia, Meta, OpenAI, Anthropic, and xAI in California federal court, alleging copyright infringement. The publisher claims these tech giants used pirated copies of its books from shadow libraries to train their AI systems without permission or compensation.

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Music publishers challenge Anthropic over song lyrics used to train Claude AI chatbot

Major music publishers including Universal Music Group, BMG, Concord and ABKCO are pressing forward with legal battles against AI companies over copyright infringement. The publishers argue that Anthropic illegally used copyrighted lyrics from artists like the Rolling Stones, Bruno Mars, and Beyoncé to train its Claude chatbot without authorization, rejecting the company's potential fair use defense.

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Google introduces AI opt-out controls to address UK competition concerns over search dominance

Google is developing new search controls that let websites opt out of its generative AI features, responding to Britain's Competition and Markets Authority concerns about its market dominance. The tech giant, which handles over 90% of UK search queries, also plans to simplify how users can change their default search engine as publishers report plummeting click-through rates from AI-generated overviews.

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UK government reverses AI copyright stance after artists and creative industries push back

The UK government has abandoned its controversial plan to allow AI companies to train models on copyrighted works without permission. After facing massive backlash from artists including Sir Elton John and Dua Lipa, Technology Secretary Liz Kendall confirmed the opt-out model is no longer preferred. However, the government now has no clear position on how to balance creative sector rights with AI innovation needs.

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Slotkin introduces bill to limit Pentagon AI use after Anthropic split costs millions

Senator Elissa Slotkin introduced the AI Guardrails Act to regulate military AI use, requiring human authorization for autonomous weapons and banning AI-enabled mass surveillance. The five-page bill aims to codify existing Pentagon guidelines into law following the costly split with Anthropic that will require millions in taxpayer dollars to unwind.

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UK Government Plans AI Content Labelling Requirements to Combat Deepfakes and Disinformation

Britain is considering mandatory labelling for AI-generated content as part of broader copyright reforms aimed at protecting consumers from deepfakes while balancing creative industries' rights with AI innovation. Technology minister Liz Kendall announced the government has abandoned its previous approach after extensive stakeholder consultation.

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Appeals court pauses Amazon's ban on Perplexity AI shopping agents in agentic commerce battle

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has temporarily halted a California judge's order that blocked Perplexity AI from using its Comet browser agent on Amazon's platform. The ruling keeps Perplexity's AI-powered shopping tool active while the court considers a longer-term pause, marking a significant development in the legal battle over agentic commerce and user rights to choose independent AI tools.

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17 Mar 2026

Germany plans to double data centres by 2030 to compete with US and China in AI race

Germany unveiled plans to at least double its data centre capacity and boost artificial intelligence processing fourfold by 2030. Digital Minister Karsten Wildberger proposed measures including land allocation and faster approvals to help Europe's largest economy catch up with dominant players. The strategy aims to strengthen digital sovereignty and reduce reliance on American tech giants.

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Washington Post uses AI to set subscription prices, Democrats push to ban surveillance pricing

The Washington Post has begun using an AI-driven algorithm to dynamically set subscription prices based on readers' personal data, marking a controversial shift from traditional fixed-price models. The move has drawn criticism from Democratic lawmakers who are pushing legislation to ban surveillance pricing practices, while raising concerns about invasive data collection and the future of journalism in the AI era.

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