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Sep 30, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Jon Brodkin

    "An AI did it" is no defense, says nonprofit suing OpenAI over Hugging Face hack (opens the original)

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    OpenAI’s hack of Hugging Face in July 2026 has spurred a lawsuit demanding that the company stop accessing third-party computer systems and halt AI development practices that can harm the public. The lawsuit was filed by Legal Advocates for Safe Science & Technology (LASST), which said yesterday that the hack in which OpenAI “agents stole credentials, uploaded malicious files, and gained control over key parts of Hugging Face’s internal systems… is unquestionably illegal under California law.” C

  2. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Jon Brodkin

    Trump ads paid for by US government allegedly violate anti-propaganda laws (opens the original)

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    Broadcasters should be ordered to stop running Trump commercials that appear to violate US laws, consumer advocacy group Public Citizen said today in a complaint to the Federal Communications Commission and Federal Trade Commission. The ads appear to violate laws against using taxpayer funds for propaganda and a law that restricts political activity by federal government employees, the group said. “The most recent of these taxpayer-funded campaign ads, entitled ‘The Final Battle,’ is a copied ve

  3. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · Jon Brodkin

    Court rules Trump can blacklist Anthropic for refusing to enable Claude features (opens the original)

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    A US appeals court today approved the Trump administration’s blacklisting of Anthropic technology. Judges decided the US had authority to blacklist Anthropic for withholding certain AI features even if Anthropic had no malicious intent. In a 2-1 ruling issued by the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, a panel of judges said the “case raises profoundly difficult questions about the appropriate military uses of an almost unimaginably powerful new technology.” The US “raises t

  4. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · Jon Brodkin

    Paramount/WBD merger conditions give the public "virtually nothing," judge is told (opens the original)

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    Free speech and media advocacy groups urged a judge to block a California settlement with Paramount Skydance that would let the company finalize its $111 billion merger with Warner Bros. Discovery. Twelve states led by California sued to block the deal in July and were able to delay it when US District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín ruled that Paramount combining with Warner Bros. would likely reduce competition substantially and violate antitrust laws. Despite that initial victory, California At

  5. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · Jon Brodkin

    New York defies Trump admin, asks court to shut down Polymarket gambling (opens the original)

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    New York sued Polymarket today, alleging that it runs an “illegal gambling operation” through its prediction market. “By running an unlicensed gambling operation, Polymarket has done more than just knowingly violate state law, they have put New Yorkers at risk, especially those underage who are most vulnerable to problem gaming,” Governor Kathy Hochul said in a press release announcing the lawsuit. Polymarket is “sidestepping its obligation to pay taxes like licensed casinos and mobile sports ga

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