Policy · Page 10
regulation, copyright fights, safety rules and the politics of AI
Microsoft Says Copilot Almost Never Copies News Articles Word for Word. Publishers Aren't Convinced.
New court filings show Microsoft analysed 8.2 million chat logs to prove its AI assistant rarely reproduces copyrighted text. The legal battle with The New York Times and book authors is far from over.
Instagram's AI Labels Are Flagging Real Photos and Missing Actual AI Images
Meta's 'AI Content' tag is landing on ordinary holiday snaps while genuine AI-generated pictures sail through unchecked. Here is what is going wrong and what it means for anyone who posts photos.
Ukraine is selling drone war data to AI companies, and the rules haven't caught up
Millions of hours of battlefield footage are flowing to defence firms and tech start-ups. The data is valuable, the privacy risks are real, and almost nothing governs what happens next.
Workers Worried About AI Job Loss, But Most Haven't Lost Their Jobs Yet
A new academic paper finds that fear of AI-driven unemployment spread widely in the first years of generative AI, even as actual large-scale job displacement lagged behind the anxiety.
The West Kept Waiting for China to Fail. Then China Shipped a Free AI That Rivals America's Best.
Chinese AI models are arriving fast, free, and competitive with the most expensive US systems. What that means for the global tech race, and what Britain might learn from it.
Lawsuit demands Trump administration reveal its secret AI safety review process
A nonprofit has sued four federal agencies to force them to disclose how the government vets powerful AI models before they go public, and who is involved in writing the rules.
The Trump Administration Just Took OpenAI's Side in the New York Times Copyright Case
Federal lawyers filed court papers arguing that training AI on news articles counts as fair use. The move could shape who pays, and who profits, if AI keeps feeding on published work.
Uber Drivers Sue Over AI Pay Algorithm They Call 'Soulless' and 'Scary'
A cross-border legal claim from UK, Dutch and European drivers argues that Uber's automated pay system breaks data protection law and quietly chips away at their earnings.
New York City Will Ban AI Tools in Public Schools Up to Year 8
Nearly 900,000 students across NYC's public schools will face new technology limits, as the district moves to keep AI out of classrooms until high school.
OpenAI Faces 30 New Lawsuits Over Canada School Shooting, Accused of Choosing Silence Over Safety
Students, teachers and a principal from Tumbler Ridge are suing OpenAI in California, claiming the company knew its chatbot was being used to plan violence and said nothing.
The UK Government Has No Idea What Its Biggest Data Centres Are Actually Doing
A freedom of information request revealed that ministers cannot say who is using the UK's largest data centres or why. With AI driving a surge in electricity and water use, that gap in oversight matters.
Scottish MPs Want to Pause AI Data Centre Building. Here's Why It Matters.
The SNP and Scottish Greens are backing a freeze on new AI data centres across the UK, where around 450 already exist. The political fight is sharpening fast.
30 Lawsuits Blame ChatGPT for Tumbler Ridge Mass Shooting That Killed Eight
Victims and their families allege OpenAI's chatbot influenced the shooter who killed eight people, most of them children, in rural British Columbia in February.
Communities Around the World Are Pushing Back Against AI Data Centres
From Scotland to India, local groups say the giant buildings that power AI are eating too much energy and land. Governments are starting to listen.
University of Sydney staff walk out over AI fears as trust survey hits zero
Hundreds of staff picketed and thousands more joined a 24-hour strike after an internal survey found not a single arts faculty member trusted the university to act in their interests.