Doug Isenberg

A coalition of states has opened a wide-ranging investigation into the artificial intelligence start-up OpenAI, the company said, adding to a growing backlash over AI. State attorneys general subpoenaed OpenAI asking for internal documents on its practices, including its handling of user data, safety of minors and advertising activities, according to the company.

AI has made it trivially easy for anyone with a phone to digitally undress people and post the content online. Called explicit deepfakes, these images, and sometimes videos, are unleashing a new form of bullying and harassment among young people.

The artificial intelligence lab Anthropic said it had shut down access to its newest and most powerful models after the U.S. government banned use of the technology by foreign nationals, citing national security concerns. The San Francisco-based company said it received a letter from the government that did not specify officials’ concerns, but that it was informed that the government believed there was a method of bypassing safeguards designed to neuter the ability of its Fable model to aid computer hackers.

The U.K. will ban social media from offering services to under-16s, Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced, as governments around the world face mounting pressure to ensure child safety online. The U.K. plans to model its approach on landmark Australian legislation passed late last year, but the country will go further by introducing additional restrictions on features deemed particularly harmful to children.

The Texas State Commission on Judicial Conduct has issued a public warning for a Texas judge, in part because of public comments that she made through her court’s YouTube channel. Judge Stephanie Boyd, a judge of the 187th Criminal District Court in San Antonio, livestreams her court proceedings on YouTube and has “engaged in extrajudicial activities with viewers,” including by hosting a book club and allowing comments about current court proceedings and participants, according to the commission’s June 3 decision.

An artificial intelligence (AI)-based law firm, which was the first to receive regulatory approval in the UK, has won its first court trial. About a year after AI litigation assistant Garfield AI was created, it became a legal landmark as the first AI-based law firm to receive regulatory approval.

An Indian investigation found that Telegram is being used extensively to ​share child sexual abuse material and perpetrate financial scams, according to a report by the government, which ‌added it was "proactively monitoring" groups on the messaging app. The 35-page report by the Home Ministry's Cybercrime Coordination Centre was submitted in court as part of the government's successful defense of a one-week ban of the app after a question paper to the country's medical school exam was allegedly leaked.

Meta's Oversight Board has called on the social media company to strengthen its protection for ordinary people targeted by sexualized deepfakes. The Board recommends the addition of AI-generated impersonations in Meta's Adult Sexual Exploitation policy, arguing that those images and videos are non-consensual by default.

House lawmakers announced a bipartisan deal on a package for protecting kids online, months after negotiations on digital and social media regulation fell apart between the two parties. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Brett Guthrie (R-Ky.) and Rep. Frank Pallone (D-N.J.) said they “worked across the aisle for many months” and found “common ground on polices to significantly improve the digital environment for kids.”

The European Union is set to ramp up an investigation into Meta Platforms Inc. that alleges its products are addictive to children, as the bloc increases regulatory pressure on the U.S. social media company. The EU’s executive branch, the European Commission, is preparing to issue preliminary findings that accuse Meta’s Facebook and Instagram of using exploitative design techniques to keep young users hooked, according to people familiar with the matter.