IT総合 OpenAI inks strategic tie-up with UK’s Financial Times, including content use
OpenAI, maker of the viral AI chatbot ChatGPT, has netted another news licensing deal in Europe, adding London’s F...
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IT総合 IT総合 ChatGPT’s ‘hallucination’ problem hit with another privacy complaint in EU
OpenAI is facing another privacy complaint in the European Union. This one, which has been filed by privacy rights nonpr...
IT総合 Shein to face EU’s strictest rules for online marketplaces
Ultra-fast fashion ecommerce giant Shein will be subject to an additional layer of governance rules targeted at very lar...
IT総合 Meta could face further squeeze on surveillance ads model in EU
Meta’s tracking ads business could be facing further legal blows in the European Union: An influential advisor to ...
IT総合 TikTok pulls feature from Lite app in EU over addiction concerns
TikTok suspended a gamification feature in the European Union following an intervention by the bloc. With attention on T...
IT総合 European police chiefs target E2EE in latest demand for ‘lawful access’
In the latest iteration of the neverending (and always head-scratching) crypto wars, Graeme Biggar, the director general...
IT総合 Apple pulls WhatsApp, Threads from China App Store following state order
Apple has removed the Meta-owned end-to-end encrypted messaging app WhatsApp from its App Store in China following a gov...
IT総合 Adtech giants like Meta must give EU users real privacy choice, says EDPB
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has published new guidance which has major implications for adtech giants like...
IT総合 ByteDance gets 24 hours to show EU a DSA risk assessment for TikTok Lite
TikTok owner ByteDance is facing fresh questions about its compliance with the European Union’s Digital Services A...
IT総合 EU privacy body adopts view on Meta’s controversial ‘consent or pay’ tactic
Incoming guidance by an expert steering body for European Union data protection law could have major implications for Me...
IT総合 Apple opens web distribution option for iOS devs targeting EU
Apple is opening up web distribution for iOS apps targeting users in the European Union from today. Developers who opt i...
IT総合 Big Tech’s ad transparency tools are still woeful, Mozilla research report finds
"We feel there are major gaps between the spirit of the EU regulation and these repositories in practice," the report au...
IT総合 Meta’s ‘consent or pay’ tactic must not prevail over privacy, EU rights groups warn
Ahead of a full meeting of the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) this week (April 16 and 17), which is expected to p...
IT総合 UK’s antitrust enforcer sounds the alarm over Big Tech’s grip on GenAI
The UK’s competition watchdog has sounded a warning over Big Tech’s entrenching grip on the advanced AI mark...
IT総合 Meta will auto-blur nudity in Instagram DMs in latest teen safety step
Meta has announced it’s testing new features on Instagram intended to help safeguard young people from unwanted nu...
IT総合 Elon Musk accused of profiting from tragedy as study finds X rewards hate targeting Israel-Gaza war
A few weeks after defeating Elon Musk’s attempt to silence it in court, anti-hate research nonprofit, the Center f...
IT総合 Alternative browsers report uplift after EU’s DMA choice screen mandate
A flagship European Union digital market regulation appears to be shaking up competition in the mobile browser market. I...
IT総合 Proton picks up Standard Notes to deepen its pro-privacy portfolio
By adding Standard Notes to its portfolio of apps, Proton will deepen its reach with an engaged community of pro-privacy...
IT総合 Neurotech startup Neurovalens gets FDA clearance for noninvasive anxiety treatment
A 2019 rule-change by the U.S. medical devices regulator aimed at encouraging innovations targeting insomnia and anxiety...
IT総合 Meta’s new AI deepfake playbook: More labels, fewer takedowns
Meta has announced changes to its rules on AI-generated content and manipulated media following criticism from its Overs...
IT総合 US and EU commit to links aimed at boosting AI safety and risk research
The European Union and United States put out a joint statement Friday affirming a desire to increase cooperation over ar...
IT総合 EU and US set to announce joint working on AI safety, standards & R&D
The European Union and the US expect to announce a cooperation on AI at a meeting of the EU-US Trade and Technology Coun...
IT総合 Your cut out & keep guide to Big Tech talking points in a new age of antitrust
With tech giants facing new laws and enforcements aimed at cutting their empires down to size, a lobbying frenzy replete...
IT総合 Uber Eats courier’s fight against AI bias shows justice under UK law is hard won
On Tuesday, the BBC reported that Uber Eats courier Pa Edrissa Manjang, who is Black, had received a payout from Uber af...
IT総合 Amazon will have to publish an ads library in EU after all
Amazon will have to provide information about the ads running on its platform in a publicly accessible online archive af...
IT総合 Amazon fined in Poland for dark pattern design tricks
Amazon has been fined in Poland for misleading consumers about the conclusion of sales contracts on its online marketpla...
IT総合 EU publishes election security guidance for social media giants and others in scope of DSA
The European Union published draft election security guidelines Tuesday aimed at the around two dozen (larger) platforms...
IT総合 Metyos is building a biowearable to monitor chronic kidney disease
Alexandre Boulanger is better know for building self-balancing exoskeletons at Wandercraft. For his next trick the Paris...
IT総合 Apple, Google and Meta face first formal investigations under EU’s DMA
What’s the collective noun for investigations on Big Tech? Because the European Union has just announced a pile of...
IT総合 The DOJ’s case against Apple adds to a growing pile of antitrust problems for Cupertino
On home turf Apple has enjoyed many years of relatively light regulatory scrutiny compared to Big Tech peers. The US Dep...