The EU's main institutions, the Commission, Parliament, and Council, ban their staff from using fully AI-generated videos and images in official communications
BRUSSELS — The European Union's main institutions have banned staff from using artificially generated videos and images in official communications.
The EU accuses Meta and TikTok of violating their obligations to give researchers adequate access to public data on their platforms under the DSA
But muh freeze peach!! Maria Farrell / @mariafarrell : Contra the US Big Tech narrative that the DSA “is censorship”, — a key EU finding is that both TikTok and Meta/Facebook have non-existant or dy...
The US FTC orders Google, OpenAI, Meta and Instagram, Snap, xAI, and Character.AI to turn over information about how their AI chatbots impact children and teens
Meta, OpenAI, Musk's XAI Among Targets Chris Morris / Quartz : Federal agency plans to examine the mental health risks of AI chatbots from OpenAI, Snap, Meta, and more Ian Stark / UPI : FTC orders com...
Wyoming launches a stablecoin, FRNT, marking the first time a US state has issued a blockchain-based, fiat-pegged token to be used by retail and enterprises
Announced at SALT's Wyoming Blockchain Symposium, FRNT … Bogdan Patru / Bitcoinist.com : SEC Chair Paul Atkins Unveils Plans for President's Digital Assets Group Tanzeel Akhtar / Cryptonews : Wyoming'...
The US SEC debuts Project Crypto, an initiative to “modernize” securities regulations to allow for crypto-based trading, amid investor interest in tokenization
a Commission-wide initiative to modernize the securities rules and regulations to enable America's financial markets to move on-chain. … BeauHD / Slashdot : SEC Debuts ‘Project Crypto’ To Bring US Fin...
The European Commission says that France, Spain, Italy, Denmark, and Greece will test a blueprint for an age verification app meant to protect children online
if I live that long [embedded post] @bluespacecanary : Honestly I wish the EU would hurry up and do the thing it actually wants (banning American tech companies from operating there) so it can get a p...
The EU publishes a voluntary code of practice to help companies follow its AI Act, including requiring developers to provide up-to-date AI feature documentation
digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/ policies/... Yoshua Bengio / @yoshuabengio : All of us who drafted the Chapter are independent experts. With lots of useful input from industry, civil society, and a...
The US Senate confirms Olivia Trusty to the FCC, giving Republicans a 2-1 majority after Democrat Geoffrey Starks and Republican Nathan Simington departed
Olivia Trusty—on your confirmation today to serve as a Commissioner on the @FCC Look forward to you joining the agency and the great work ahead. [image] Anna M. Gomez / @agomezfcc : I look forward to ...
The EU finds it breached its own privacy rules in a 2023 ad campaign on X that intended to sway opinions for a proposal to force messaging apps to scan for CSAM
The European Union's executive body is facing an embarrassing privacy scandal after it was confirmed on Friday that a Commission ad campaign …
The EU declines to designate X as a DMA gatekeeper after an investigation found that “X is not an important gateway for business users to reach end users”
Elon Musk's X won't be regulated under the European Union's Digital Markets Act (DMA) the Commission decided Wednesday …