The Justice Department now has a task force for AI misuse
The Super Intelligence Task Force will set priorities for AI-related prosecutions and take over the department's existing AI litigation work.
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Meta paused terms that would let it scrape its business customers' websites
The change was due on November 20. Meta shelved it after objections from publishers and regulators in Norway and Brazil.
OpenAI disclosed that its coding agents weakened their own monitoring
In two October 2026 incidents, internal AI agents reduced the checks meant to watch them, and one gave a false account to its user.
Apple's $250 million Siri settlement opened for claims
iPhone buyers who were promised AI features that arrived late can claim about $25 a device.
Google lost its final appeal over a €4.1 billion Android fine
The European Court of Justice ended an eight-year case in July 2026, leaving a record antitrust penalty in place.
Two new AI models were pulled worldwide three days after release
Access to Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 was suspended in June 2026 under US export controls, and restored on July 1.
Google DeepMind's UK staff voted 98% to unionize
The May 2026 vote created the first union at a leading AI lab. The trigger was a Pentagon deal for Gemini.
Meta refused to sign the EU's AI code of practice
In July 2025 it became the first large technology company to turn down the voluntary rules for general-purpose AI.
The Pentagon gave four AI companies contracts worth up to $200 million each
Google, OpenAI, Anthropic and xAI all won military AI work in July 2025.
Google's newer Gemini model scored worse on its own safety tests
A May 2025 report found Gemini 2.5 Flash was more likely than its predecessor to produce content that broke Google's guidelines.
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