Media, elections and online safety
Copyright fights, deepfakes, election rules, chatbots and children online.
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OpenAI starts watermarking ChatGPT and Codex text in the EU to meet AI Act rules New
It is one of the first concrete large-scale answers to the EU's AI-content marking duties, and shows the limits: short or heavily edited text is hard to detect, and the detector is not public.
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Google DeepMind publishes SynthID Bio watermarking for AI-designed proteins in Nature New
It offers DNA-synthesis screeners a way to verify that unfamiliar sequences came from vetted models, a practical biosecurity layer for open protein design.
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Third Circuit upholds ruling that ROSS's AI training on Westlaw was not fair use New
Appellate authority now holds that copying works to build a directly competing AI product can fail fair use, a precedent plaintiffs will press against generative AI developers.
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California enacts SB 1119 requiring child-safety risk assessments for companion chatbots
Chatbot makers serving Californian minors move from disclosure duties to pre-release risk assessment and audit obligations backed by private lawsuits.
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US Justice Department backs OpenAI's fair-use defence in New York Times case
The federal government has formally put its weight behind AI developers on training-data fair use just as the leading US news case reaches summary judgment.
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EU AI Office gains powers to enforce AI Act rules on general-purpose models
Frontier labs selling in Europe now face a regulator with evaluation access and fining power over their models, not just a voluntary code.
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EU Digital Omnibus on AI enters force, delaying high-risk AI Act duties to 2027-28
Providers and public bodies deploying high-risk AI in the EU gain 16-24 months, while the new prohibitions and watermarking deadline arrive in December 2026.
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Delhi High Court refuses ANI's bid to stop OpenAI training on its news
India's first major AI-training ruling leaves model training on news content unrestrained for now while the questions go to trial and appeal.
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Court gives final approval to Anthropic's $1.5bn settlement with book authors
The largest copyright recovery on record puts a concrete price on training with pirated data, even where training itself may be fair use.
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EU finalises code of practice on marking and labelling AI-generated content
Signing is the simplest way for model providers and publishers to evidence compliance with EU labelling duties now in force.
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SAG-AFTRA ratifies four-year studio deal restricting synthetic performers
Hollywood's main unions have locked in AI consent and use limits until 2030, as workers in other sectors push for their own AI protections.
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FTC begins enforcing TAKE IT DOWN Act's 48-hour removal duty for intimate deepfakes
Any US service hosting user images or video, including AI image generators, now needs a working notice-and-removal channel or faces FTC civil penalties.
Rules that apply
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In forceEffective 20 Feb 2026
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In consultationProposed 30 Mar 2026
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In forceEffective 1 Mar 2022
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In forceEffective 1 Sep 2025
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In forceEffective 1 Sep 2025
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In forceEffective 15 Jul 2026
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In forceAdopted 15 Oct 2024