Euractiv reports the European General Court ruled the European Commission had incorrectly decided how to assign fees to Meta and TikTok under the EU Digital Services Act. The lower court said the body should have adopted the supervisory fees using…
OpenAI signed a USD300 billion deal with Oracle to use its computing power to continue to develop its AI technology, The Washington Post reports. The deal is one of the largest cloud contracts, though Oracle is “concentrating a large chunk…
France’s data protection authority, the Commission nationale de l’informatique et des libertés, released guidance for parents on the potential risks of sharing videos or images of their children. The CNIL said it does not recommend sharing any content related to…
Reuters reports a French lawmaker is calling for a criminal probe into TikTok after a French parliamentary committee released the results of a study looking into the platform’s psychological effects on children. The panel recommended children under age 15 be…
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen promised to retain Europe’s technology sovereignty and affirmed the bloc’s priorities for AI and children’s online safety during a State of the Union address. “We set our own standards. We set our own…
The U.K. Biometrics and Forensics Ethics Group conducted a study on the technical, ethical and legal use of voice recognition technology in the public sector. The report looks at potential use cases in both law enforcement and government user services…
The Hamburg Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information published a draft discussion paper titled “The Bridge Blueprint,” which offers recommendations for harmonizing regulations between the EU General Data Protection Regulation and AI Act. The paper “shows how the…
Liz Kendall replaced Peter Kyle as secretary of the U.K. Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, ComputerWeekly reports. Kendall, who previously served as the Department for Work and Pensions secretary, said she believes the “department can help build the future…
The U.K. National Cyber Security Centre advised on AI developers plans to run Safeguard Bypass Bounty Programmes and Safeguard Bypass Disclosure Programmes, which are similar to bug bounty programs in cybersecurity. The NCSC said, before implementing SBBPs and SBDPs, developers…
Cindy Cohn announced she will leave the Electronic Frontier Foundation after 25 years with the organization, Wired reports. Cohn said, although she is leaving EFF, she is “still interested in fighting when national security arguments are used as cover for…