“An AI did it” is no defense, says nonprofit suing OpenAI over Hugging Face hack
OpenAI makes others suffer “the harms of its unsafe decision-making,” nonprofit says.
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Jon Brodkin
Senior IT Reporter
jon.brodkin@arstechnica.com
Jon is a Senior IT Reporter for Ars Technica. He covers the telecom industry, Federal Communications Commission rulemakings, broadband consumer affairs, court cases, and government regulation of the tech industry. Jon graduated from Boston University with a degree in journalism and has been a full-time journalist since 2000. He joined Ars in 2011 and previously worked for the Sentinel & Enterprise, MetroWest Daily News, and IDG's Network World. Jon lives in Massachusetts and likes to play beach volleyball. To send Jon encrypted email, his public key is here; he can also be reached securely on Keybase.
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Trump ads paid for by US government allegedly violate anti-propaganda laws
FCC unlikely to stop Trump ads described as illegal taxpayer-funded propaganda.
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Kalshi loses again as judges rule prediction markets must obey gambling laws
Kalshi’s defiance of state gambling laws may be headed to Supreme Court.
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Court rules Pentagon can blacklist Anthropic for refusing to enable Claude features
“Overly constrained AI models” could cause military operations to fail, judges say.
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Paramount/WBD merger conditions give the public “virtually nothing,” judge is told
US judge reviews deal with California, says it must not be result of collusion.
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New York defies Trump admin, asks court to shut down Polymarket gambling
New York sues Polymarket as Trump admin tries to override state gambling laws.
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Discord age verification rolls out today with changes spurred by user backlash
Discord will try to automatically estimate ages, require verification when it can’t.
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Cities across US oppose Trump FCC plan to preempt local broadband rules
Cities defend permit requirements, say ISPs aren’t building networks fast enough.
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California settles lawsuit against Paramount/Warner merger, angering advocates
State AGs had “very strong” case that merger is illegal, Lina Khan says.
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FCC lets Paramount sell 49.5% equity stake to Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Qatar
FCC rejects concerns about repressive governments buying influence over CBS owner.
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Republican bill would order ISPs, DNS providers, and VPNs to block piracy sites
Bill would help rightsholders obtain court orders to block foreign piracy sites.
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California may gut state net neutrality law to comply with Trump admin demand
Trump admin broadband grants forbid states from enforcing net neutrality laws.
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Boston dumps Flock, says it shared data nationwide in violation of contract
City: Flock enabled “nationwide lookup” despite contract requiring it to be disabled.
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ChatGPT-using lawyer punished for citing fake testimony from made-up witnesses
“I didn’t know that AI could hallucinate facts,” New Mexico defense lawyer says.
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LinkedIn beats “BrowserGate” lawsuits over scanning users’ Chrome extensions
Judge tosses lawsuits, says plaintiffs didn’t allege any real privacy violation.
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Kimmel’s ABC show won’t air interview with Democrat because of Trump FCC threats
Talarico talk to be on YouTube to save ABC stations the hassle of dealing with FCC.
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Lawsuit: Amazon refused to give pregnant workers bathroom breaks and chairs
Four women sue Amazon, say company denied basic accommodations and fired them.
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Supreme Court forces TV stations to sell more election ads at steep discounts
Republican victory means stations must offer lowest ad prices to political parties.
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Trump admin fights ABC lawsuit as watchdogs worry Disney will settle with FCC
FCC tells court it is “open-minded” about whether ABC should lose licenses.
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Supreme Court urged to let states regulate sports bets on prediction markets
Circuit split raised the odds that SCOTUS will rule on Kalshi fight against states.
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FCC plans robocall scorecard to grade phone companies on spam call blocking
Carrier scorecards may include call-blocking stats and data on customer complaints.
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FTC alleges Amazon illegally made $20 billion by rigging billions of ad auctions
FTC says firm replaces actual ad-auction results “with higher prices set by Amazon.”
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Trump tells FCC to punish journalist for calling his election results “mixed”
Trump furious at NBC’s Kristen Welker for saying he had mixed results in primary endorsements.
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Court rules Kalshi sports bets aren’t “swaps,” just gambling with a different name
Kalshi can’t evade Nevada gambling laws by calling bets “swaps,” judges rule.
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Trump blacklisting of “woke” Anthropic deemed illegal by federal judge
Anthropic refused to support lethal autonomous warfare and mass surveillance.
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GOP heads to Supreme Court after losing case over TV election ad prices
GOP campaign committees want quick ruling before election ads ramp up next week.
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Meta settles states’ child-safety claims for $18B; Florida rejects deal as “peanuts”
Meta to impose daily limit on child social media use in deal with nearly every state.
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Court blocks Trump FCC order that could flood broadcast TV with more election ads
Republicans demanded that parties and fundraising committees be given lowest ad rates.
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FCC abolishes gigabit speed goal, suggesting it is unfair to slower technologies
FCC decides 1Gbps is too fast, standard must be “technologically neutral.”
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Disney sues FCC and its chair, escalating fight against Trump’s chief censor
FCC demands “total capitulation” in Trump censorship campaign, Disney suit says.
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Supreme Court rejects Verizon bid for $47 million refund of FCC fine
Despite loss, carriers still claim selling device-location data isn’t illegal.
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State judge orders Kalshi to stop offering sports bets and other wagers
Kalshi ordered to stop offering bets in Washington, must implement geofencing.
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Trump sued over “brazen” scheme to sell Truth Social API access for $100K a month
With Truth API, Trump is “selling priority access to news he himself generates.”
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US tries to override New York gambling laws, orders Kalshi to keep operating
Trump admin claims New York suing Kalshi created “market emergency.”
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Meta can’t stop states’ $1.4 trillion lawsuit from going to trial
Judges tell Meta that Section 230 provides a defense, not immunity from lawsuits.
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Trump to give Republicans a 3-1 FCC majority, isn’t filling empty Democratic seat
Trump has resisted urge to fire FCC Democrat despite recent Supreme Court win.
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