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How to Comply With the EU’s AI Act: EU issues code of practice to help AI developers follow AI Act regulations
The European Union published guidelines to help builders of AI models to comply with the AI Act, which wasenacted last year.
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California Reframes AI Regulations: California proposes new guidelines to balance AI innovation and regulation
A committee convened by California Governor Gavin Newsom proposed principles intended to balance AI innovation with careful governance. The group sought to rethink AI regulation after Newsom vetoed earlier proposed legislation.
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Hollywood Joins AI Copyright Fight: Disney and Universal sue Midjourney, alleging the image generator violates their intellectual property rights
Hollywood studios joined the record companies, publishers, and artists in the fight against companies that have trained AI models on their copyrighted works.
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Did GPT-4o Train on O’Reilly Books?: Study shows OpenAI’s model can identify verbatim excerpts from paywalled books
A study co-authored by tech-manual publisher Tim O’Reilly shows that OpenAI trained GPT-4o on parts of his company’s books that were not made freely available.
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U.S. to Supply Middle Eastern AI Hubs: Nvidia, AMD, Amazon, and others strike deals with Saudi Arabia’s Humain and G42 in the UAE
The United States government announced sweeping agreements to sell tens of billions of dollars worth of AI technology and services to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
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EU Loosens AI Regulations: European regulators move to relax some AI Act rules on developers’ liability, other provisions
The European Union made an abrupt U-turn away from its stringent AI regulations. Meta promptly adjusted to the loosening restrictions.
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U.S. Tightens Grip on AI Chips: U.S. makes new rules for AI chip export rules to China, launches Nvidia investigation
The U.S. government escalated its long-running effort to block China’s access to cutting-edge AI hardware.
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Some AI-Generated Works Are Copyrightable: U.S. Copyright Office says that no new laws are needed for AI-generated works
The United States Copyright Office determined that existing laws are sufficient to decide whether a given AI-generated work is protected by copyright, making additional legislation unnecessary.
Tech & Society
DeepSeek-R1 Uncensored: Perplexity launches uncensored version of DeepSeek-R1
Large language models built by developers in China may, in some applications, be less useful outside that country because they avoid topics its government deems politically sensitive. A developer fine-tuned DeepSeek-R1 to widen its scope without degrading its overall performance.
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Judge Upholds Copyright in AI Training Case: U.S. court rejects fair use defense in Thomson Reuters AI lawsuit
A United States court delivered a major ruling that begins to answer the question whether, and under what conditions, training an AI system on copyrighted material is considered fair use that doesn’t require permission.
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World Powers Move to Lighten AI Regulation: Global AI summit reveals deep divisions on regulation and governance
The latest international AI summit exposed deep divisions between major world powers regarding AI regulations.
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White House Orders Muscular AI Policy: U.S. shifts AI strategy to remove regulations and reinforce global leadership
Under a new president, the United States reversed its approach to AI regulation, seeking global dominance by reducing restrictions.