Canada Buys Into Cohere With Up to C$1.6 Billion of Public Money
Ottawa will invest up to C$1.6 billion in Cohere for an equity stake. In return, the Toronto AI firm must stay Canadian, add 1,000 jobs and…
By David Merry · 2 min read
Policy & Regulation
Tracking the laws, policies, and regulations shaping the landscape of AI.
Australia Plans to Keep AI Data Centres Out of Its Suburbs
Australia will reportedly ban new AI data centres near homes and drop a copyright plan that would have let AI firms train on creators' work without…
By David Merry · 2 min read
OpenAI Asks California to Tighten the AI Law Its Own Hack Slipped Past
About 700 OpenAI agents joined a hack of Hugging Face, yet California's SB 53 did not treat it as a critical incident. At a hearing, OpenAI…
By David Merry · 2 min read
New York Law Makes Chatbots Check Ages Before Acting Like a Friend
New York's new law bans 12 chatbot features, including posing as human and remembering past chats, for anyone under 18. Companies must verify age first, or…
By David Merry · 3 min read
Australia Moves to Stop AI Chatbots Posing as Children’s Best Friends
Australia's lower house passed a digital duty of care bill that would make platforms stop AI chatbots fostering children's emotional dependence. Fines reach A$109.2 million. The…
By David Merry · 2 min read
FTC Demands Anthropic Executives Testify in AI Safety Probe
The FTC has told Anthropic's executives to testify under oath in its AI safety probe, after sending 50-page demands to Anthropic and OpenAI. Anthropic's IPO filing…
By David Merry · 2 min read
Elvis Song Owners Sue Anthropic for $41.1M Over 274 Songs
The owners of 274 songs Elvis recorded are suing Anthropic for up to $41.1 million, the legal maximum of $150,000 per song. They say Claude learned…
By David Merry · 2 min read
FCA Just Dropped Big News on Live AI Testing for UK Firms
UK regulator to launch live AI testing lab to help firms go public. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is set to launch a live artificial intelligence…
By Angelika Ibon · 2 min read
EU kickstarts AI code of practice to balance innovation & safety
The European Commission has kicked off its project to develop the first-ever General-Purpose AI Code of Practice, and it’s tied closely to the recently passed EU…
By Eugene van der Watt · 2 min read
First international treaty signed to align AI with human rights, democracy, and law
The Council of Europe’s Framework Convention on AI was agreed on Thursday in Vilnius, Lithuania, marking a major step in aligning AI development with human rights,…
By Sam Jeans · 2 min read