Judge Says U.S. Ban Violated Anthropic’s First Amendment Rights

A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration violated Anthropic’s First Amendment rights by blacklisting the artificial-intelligence company as a supply-chain risk. U.S. District Judge Rita F. Lin of the Northern District of California mostly sided with Anthropic in her ruling on the company’s March lawsuit against the Trump administration, saying the government had erred in its haste to give Anthropic that designation.

Bill Gates Says AI Insiders Privately Worried About Risks

Bill Gates, the billionaire co-founder of Microsoft, is loudly warning that artificial intelligence poses a grave threat to jobs and human life, and that urgently addressing the risks should be “the world’s top priority.” In an hourlong interview with The New York Times last week, Mr. Gates said the tech industry was knowingly downplaying those threats because there was too much money on the line.

German Companies Targeted by Cyberattacks Tied to Foreign Intelligence

German companies are increasingly being targeted by cyberattacks that they suspect are linked to foreign intelligence services, a study by digital industry association Bitkom showed. More ​than one in three companies hit by cyberattacks, or 37%, said they ‌had attributed at least one incident in the past 12 months to a foreign intelligence service.

Meta to Pay Up to $18 Billion, Make Changes in Addiction Trial

Meta Platforms agreed to an $18 billion settlement with 48 state attorneys general, bringing an end to a massive federal trial over social media’s harm to teenagers and ushering in a new era of tech companies having legal responsibility for their platforms. As part of the settlement agreement, Meta will also make sweeping changes to its services, Facebook and Instagram, including implementing a default two-hour time limit on its apps for users under 18.

OpenAI Announces 'ChatGPT for Teens' with Safety Protections

OpenAI announced the launch of its new “ChatGPT for Teens” feature, unveiling an experience geared at teens under the age of 18 that will include parental controls and stronger, built-in safety protections. The program builds on previous efforts to limit teen users’ exposure to sensitive materials and alert parents if signs of distress emerge in chats.

France Fines Retailer $2.7 Million for Deceptive Discounts Online

France's consumer watchdog fined British fast-fashion retailer Boohoo €2.3 million ($2.7 million) for deceptive practices such as fake discounts on its website, it ​said. Boohoo exaggerated the discounts it was offering, ​giving shoppers a false impression of the savings they ⁠were making, the DGCCRF (Directorate-General for Competition, Consumer Affairs and ​Fraud Control) said in a statement.

In Antitrust Move, Apple to Remove Some App Store Fees in EU

Apple said that it would change its rules for app developers in the European Union, in a bid to end a long antitrust dispute with regulators there over how the company manages its App Store. Starting in October, Apple will remove several fees for those developers and take a smaller cut than its standard 30 percent from in-app purchases, with rates depending on how apps are distributed and payments are processed.

States Seek $200 Billion from Meta in Child Addiction Trial

Meta will defend itself in court again over claims it addicted young people to social media, this time in the first bellwether federal trial, brought by states seeking roughly $200 billion in damages. California, Colorado, Kentucky and New Jersey have accused the social media giant, which owns Instagram and Facebook, of harming children with technology designed to be addictive like cigarettes.

Senator Urges Trump to Encourage 'Open-Weight AI Models'

Republican Senator Jim Banks is urging the Trump administration to develop incentives to encourage U.S. tech companies to ​develop open-weight AI models, according to a letter, ‌adding to a growing debate over the industry's future. Banks, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee ​that oversees national security issues, asked U.S. President Donald Trump's administration to devise options to "limit ‌dependence" ⁠on Chinese-made open-weight models, adding that the U.S. government must also make it harder for those firms to use American semiconductors to build their products.

Meta Calls State Claims in Addiction Trial 'Unsubstantiated'

Meta is pushing back on claims made by several state attorneys general in its latest social media addiction trial, saying allegations it misled users about the safety of its apps and that the platforms' features harmed users are "unsubstantiated." "The State AGs may call this a landmark case, but their limited claims are unsubstantiated and their financial demands are vastly disproportionate," a Meta spokesperson said in a statement.

White House to Let U.S. Companies Hack Foreign Cybercriminals

The Trump administration is encouraging American companies to conduct their own cyberattacks against criminal hackers, a move that White House officials say will help address digital scourges like ransomware but that some former officials and security experts warn could lead to chaos. Under a national security memorandum that President Trump signed, select companies would work with the Justice and Homeland Security Departments to strike foreign cybercriminal groups with hacks under certain conditions.

Brazil Orders Discord to Stop Livestreaming Features, Citing Safety

Brazil's data protection authority ANPD ordered chat platform Discord to ​suspend livestreaming features, citing failures to protect children and ‌teens from exposure to content promoting violence, self-harm and suicide. ANPD said Discord must prove compliance within three business days and faces ​potential fines of up to 50 million reais ($9.67 ​million) per violation.

Supreme Court Pauses Proceedings in Apple-Epic Case

Apple Inc. won a one-day reprieve from the Supreme Court as Justice Elena Kagan paused proceedings before a California trial court in the iPhone maker’s long-running antitrust feud with Fortnite-maker Epic Games Inc. The administrative stay issued by Kagan is designed to give the high court more time to consider Apple’s request for a longer-term stop to additional lower court action in the case.

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