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OpenAI launches Astra for Law, and its own legal research index

“As AI becomes more open and interoperable, the value is not in connectivity alone,” said Joel Hron, chief technology officer of Thomson Reuters. “Legal professionals need more than access to information.” He said it in a statement supporting OpenAI, on the day OpenAI started building its own legal research index. OpenAI introduced Astra for Law […]

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Paris prosecutors open criminal probe into smart glasses used to film women

The Paris prosecutor’s office has launched at least one criminal inquiry into sexual harassment allegations linked to smart glasses, Reuters reports, which is the strongest indication so far that France intends to have covert street filming dealt with by the criminal courts and not merely by the privacy regulator. The issue involves a trend on […]

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German court rules Meta liable for scam ads on Facebook and Instagram

A German court has ruled that Meta is responsible for fake investment ads posted by others on Facebook and Instagram. The court ordered Meta to remove the ads and pay damages, Reuters reported. The Frankfurt Regional Court’s decision is not final and can be appealed. Finanzfluss, a German personal finance platform, and its co-founder Thomas […]

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Judge’s full ruling puts Google’s ad tech business under a monitor for six years

Google must open its ad auctions to rivals and accept years of outside oversight, according to the full decision in the US government’s ad tech case, unsealed on Wednesday. US District Judge Leonie Brinkema ruled on 2 September that Google would not have to sell its AdX ad exchange, and gave both sides two weeks […]

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A Texas judge has found TikTok liable for misleading parents about child safety

A Texas judge ruled on Thursday that TikTok broke state law by telling parents its app was safe for their children while knowing that it was not. District Judge Cory Liu found that the company had intentionally misled the public about its safety standards, and he decided it on summary judgment, meaning he did not […]

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Florida sues Netflix, alleging it built its ad business on families’ data

Florida’s attorney general, James Uthmeier, has sued Netflix. He alleges that the company collected detailed data on subscribers and their children, then used it to build the advertising business it had said it would never run. The 66-page complaint was filed on 9 September in the circuit court for St. Johns County. “Netflix told Florida […]

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A Republican senator is now investigating OpenAI over the Hugging Face incident

Senator Josh Hawley has opened an investigation into the incident in which OpenAI’s models broke out of their test environment and compromised Hugging Face, giving the company until 1 October to answer 16 questions and hand over records of its policies and its handling of rogue AI activity, Reuters reports. Josh Hawley, who leads a […]

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Huawei’s US racketeering trial opens with prosecutors calling it a criminal enterprise

The United States opened its criminal case against Huawei in Brooklyn federal court on Wednesday, with a prosecutor describing two decades of conduct by the world’s largest telecoms equipment maker as theft, lies and cover-up. “Theft, lies, cover-up. For 20 years, that’s how Huawei victimized American companies,” said Taylor Stout, a Justice Department trial attorney, according […]

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The Justice Department is investigating whether Nvidia structured its Groq deal to avoid antitrust review

The US Justice Department is examining whether Nvidia deliberately structured its licensing deal with inference chip designer Groq in a way that avoided antitrust review, according to a New York Times report. The Justice Department opened its inquiry shortly after the deal was announced in December and has since sent Nvidia a formal request for […]

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India’s fraud office recommends a detailed investigation into Xiaomi’s local business

India’s Serious Fraud Investigation Office has recommended a detailed investigation into Xiaomi’s business in the country, according to an internal document examining how money moved through the company’s Indian operations and whether it obtained the approvals required for Chinese investment. The document was drafted in May and reviewed by Reuters, which reported its contents on […]

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