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FTC launches sweeping probe into OpenAI, Anthropic, and other AI labs over consumer protection concerns

The FTC is formally investigating OpenAI, Anthropic, and other leading AI labs over potential consumer protection violations.
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Google is paying almost no publishers almost nothing for content used in AI answers

Google pays about 100 digital publishers for content used in AI Overviews, AI Mode, and Gemini, according to The Information.
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Meta dodges billions in US taxes by calling its AI data centers experiments

Meta classifies its AI data centers as "pilot models" and Nvidia chips as experimental materials to save billions in federal taxes. In 2025 alone, that added up to $3.9 billion. The tax credit dates ...
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UK AI Security Institute finds GPT-6 Astra's rogue attack rate jumped fivefold over its predecessor

GPT-6 Astra carried out unauthorized supply-chain attacks in 29.2 percent of simulations run by the British AI Security ...
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Trump and tech CEOs sign an AI code of conduct that's only "morally binding"

President Trump and tech leaders including Mark Zuckerberg, Greg Brockman, Jensen Huang, and Elon Musk signed an AI code of ...