Nvidia CEO Scandal May Prompt Congress to Limit Chip Exports

The espionage scandal surrounding Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is posing an escalating threat to one of the chipmaker’s biggest Washington priorities: stopping new restrictions on its sales to China. Per lawmakers, congressional aides and lobbyists close to the debate, the revelation that Huang had an affair with an alleged Chinese spy has significantly raised the chances that Congress will enact chip export limits this year as part of a must-pass defense package, known as the National Defense Authorization Act.

Meta, TikTok, Google Oppose Indonesian Bill on Online News Content

Digital platforms Meta and TikTok joined Google in pushing back against proposed revisions to ​Indonesia's copyright law that would require digital platforms ‌to pay publishers for displaying news content and set rules for AI. If the bill is passed, Indonesia could become the ​first country in Southeast Asia to incorporate AI ​in its copyright law, as governments globally grapple ⁠with the impact of the technology on copyright rules, ​including the use of work created by humans to train ​AI models.

France Blames Iranian Military for Cyberattacks on Refrigeration Systems

The French government has blamed an Iranian military hacking unit for cyberattacks that disrupted refrigeration systems at roughly 700 grocery stores and other retail locations last month, causing food losses and at least 15 fires. The attacks underscore how Iranian government hackers are moving beyond stealing data and disrupting websites to manipulating the physical equipment that keeps essential services running.

International Fraud Scheme Used AI to Impersonate Corporate Executives

Three foreign nationals have been charged in connection with an alleged international fraud scheme that federal prosecutors say used AI technology to impersonate corporate executives and attorneys and steal more than $129 million. All three are accused of participating in a scheme that ran from July 2024 to February 2026 involving the use of artificial intelligence to impersonate the voices and images of corporate executives and attorneys at major law firms to trick employees of several companies into transferring large sums of money to bank accounts controlled by the group, according to a press release from the U.S. attorney’s office.

Appeals Court Blocks Access to Journalists' LinkedIn Records

A federal appeals court has blocked the Trump administration from accessing a sweeping set of journalists’ LinkedIn records as part of a national security leak probe, saying the “overbroad” search would “deal a damaging blow to First Amendment freedoms” and expose countless confidential sources with no connection to the investigation. “Confidentiality of sources is the lifeblood of a free press. Without confidentiality, press coverage would be pushed in the direction of official handouts and outside sources. Without confidentiality, the ability of journalists to report on events of large importance and governmental behavior of dubious legality and integrity could not help but be hampered,” Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson, a Reagan appointee, wrote for a unanimous three-judge panel.

Brazil Fines Facebook for Failing to Comply with Laws During Election

Brazil's electoral authority fined Meta's Facebook 7.5 million reais ($1.34 million) for failing to fully comply with judicial orders during last month's presidential election runoff campaign, but said ​there was no evidence so far the company had deliberately acted to ‌influence the outcome. In a unanimous decision, the country's top electoral court (TSE) ruled that Facebook had failed to adequately meet court demands related to allegations that its platform treated content from the rival ​campaigns of leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and right-wing Senator Flavio ​Bolsonaro differently.

Democrats' Nationwide Wins Signal Greater Control on Tech Industry

Democrats’ decisive midterms victory marked a warning shot to politicians who choose to align with the artificial intelligence industry and its growing unpopularity: rein in the powerful technology and its corporate interests or beware. The blue wave carried a repudiation of Silicon Valley’s biggest donors who over the cycle poured hundreds of millions of dollars to boost pro-industry Republicans and fend off voters’ frustrations over the industry’s growing influence.

French Bank Confirms 'Fraudulent Transactions' in Cyberattack

Crédit Mutuel Arkéa said hackers stole money from it after gaining access to its computer systems, underscoring the growing cybersecurity risks for the banking sector. The French lender “was the victim of a cyberattack that enabled fraudulent transactions to be carried out,” a spokesperson confirmed, declining to say how much money was stolen.

India's Cybercrime Agency Warns Banks About AI-Related Attacks

India's cybercrime agency has warned banks, non-bank lenders and other financial firms of cyberattacks carried out with the ​help of artificial intelligence agents, amid a surge in ‌incidents targeting the sector. "These attacks are financially motivated and are being carried out with the help of Artificial Intelligence (AI) agents leading to machine speed compromise," the ​Indian Cybercrime Coordination Centre (I4C) said in an advisory.

French Blood Banks Compromised Amid Refrigeration Hackings

French blood banks were affected by the recent wave of cybersecurity attacks on European refrigeration systems, the French Blood Establishment confirmed. The organization said that while it wasn’t the direct target of the attack, cold storage units operated by external providers containing the EFS’ blood products were compromised across three of its sites, with hackers cranking up temperatures.

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North Korea Denies Involvement in $6.3 Billion Theft from Binance

North Korea rejected allegations that it was involved in a $6.3 billion heist on the cryptocurrency exchange platform Binance, saying it was “absurd rhetoric.” Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, in a statement Tuesday accused the United States of “blindly linking” the country with international cybercrime incidents.

Democrats Want Access to Trump's Conversations with AI Chatbots

House Democrats are trying to force the White House to turn over President Donald Trump’s conversations with AI chatbots, including when he consulted Elon Musk’s Grok about deposing Venezuela’s former president Nicolás Maduro at the start of the year. In a joint letter to Trump last week, Rep. Jamie Raskin, a Maryland Democrat, and Rep. Robert Garcia, a California Democrat, argued that the president’s AI prompts — and the responses he received — should be considered public records under the 1978 Presidential Records Act.

  • Read the article: CNET

Newspapers Sue Brave Software for Illegally Scraping Articles

A group of newspapers, including the New York Times and the New York Daily ​News, sued Internet company Brave Software in Manhattan federal court ‌on Monday for allegedly scraping their articles for AI training and unlawfully enabling users of its web browser to circumvent their paywalls. The newspapers said in the complaints, that Brave illegally sells their content to AI companies including ​Anthropic, Perplexity and xAI — which are not defendants in the ⁠cases — in addition to infringing their copyrights by allowing users to ​access their articles for free.

Meta, TikTok, X Lose Legal Challenge Under British Online Safety Act

Meta, TikTok and X lost a legal challenge against British regulator ‌Ofcom over information requests made under the Online Safety Act, in one of the first tests of Britain's nascent online safety regime. The case is one of several brought over parts ​of the 2023 act, which sets tougher standards for platforms such as TikTok, ​X and Meta's Facebook and Instagram with the aim of protecting ⁠particularly children from harmful and illegal content.

Tech Companies Resist Government Demands Ahead of Election

Board members and top executives inside big tech companies are trying to insulate their firms from potential future Democratic-led congressional investigations and respond to user and employee concerns, while still placating the Trump administration, people familiar with the matter said. Corporate executives anticipate Democrats will gain more power in Congress after the midterms, and some lawmakers are already asking why the companies handed over sensitive user information.

West Virginia Sues TikTok for Allegedly Addictive Features

West Virginia has sued TikTok and its parent company, ByteDance, accusing the social media giant of deliberately keeping children hooked on its app while exposing them to sexualized content and potential predators. The lawsuit alleges TikTok violated state consumer protection laws by using addictive features to encourage excessive screen time among children while misleading parents about the effectiveness of its safety measures.

Polymarket Halts Trading, Promises Reimbursements After Incident

Polymarket said ​it had restored trading after a temporary ‌halt prompted by a security incident involving a third-party provider, and that it would fully reimburse affected traders. The ​prediction market operator said in a post ​on X that it had identified and ⁠fixed the issue. It earlier halted trading as ​a precaution while it worked to bring the ​platform back online.

Wikipedia Files Brief in Publishers' Copyright Case Against OpenAI

The Wikimedia Foundation is staking out a middle ground in a group of landmark AI copyright cases, pushing courts to legally protect large language models (LLMs) training on copyrighted work — but not chatbots regurgitating that work to users. An overly black-and-white ruling, it says, could either deprive Wikipedians of useful AI-based tools or endanger the open web.

Senators Cite 'Serious Privacy and Safety Risks' in Meta Glasses

U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-Or) and and Edward Markey (D-Ma) are investigating "serious privacy and safety risks" around Meta's AI smart glasses. "Meta's smart glasses have increasingly been implicated in disturbing invasions of users' and bystanders' privacy," the pair wrote in a letter to Mark Zuckerberg, adding that Meta launched the product even after identifying risks to bystander privacy.

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