Judge dismisses authors' copyright lawsuit against Meta over AI training

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – A federal judge sided with Facebook parent Meta Platforms in dismissing a copyright infringement lawsuit from a group of authors who accused the company of stealing their works to train its artificial intelligence technology.

Bipartisan bill bans Chinese AI from federal agencies

WASHINGTON (AP) – A bipartisan group of lawmakers on Wednesday vowed to keep Chinese artificial intelligence systems out of federal agencies while pledging to ensure the U.S. will prevail against China in the global AI competition.

Anthropic wins ruling on AI training in copyright lawsuit

In a test case for the artificial intelligence industry, a federal judge has ruled that AI company Anthropic didn’t break the law by training its chatbot Claude on millions of copyrighted books.

UK says Google may have to offer rival search options

LONDON (AP) – Google could be forced to let British users choose whether to use rival search services, the country’s antitrust watchdog said Tuesday as it proposed using new digital regulations to boost competition.

OpenAI scrubs mention of Jony Ive partnership after judge's ruling

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – A budding partnership between OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and legendary iPhone designer Jony Ive to develop a new artificial intelligence hardware product has hit a legal snag after a federal judge ruled they must temporarily stop marketing the new venture.

Waymo's robotaxis to start carrying passengers in Atlanta

Waymo’s robotaxis will begin carrying passengers through parts of Atlanta on Tuesday in an expansion of a partnership with Uber that began earlier this year in Austin.

Musk bets 'robotaxi' will give Tesla a lift after boycotts

NEW YORK (AP) – Elon Musk promised in 2019 that driverless Tesla “robotaxis” would be on the road “next year,” but it didn’t happen. A year later, he promised to deliver them the next year, but that didn’t happen either.

Google setback in multibillion EU antitrust fine

LONDON (AP) – Google faced a big setback Thursday in its attempt to overturn a multibillion-dollar European Union antitrust penalty involving Android after a top court’s legal adviser sided with regulators.