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How AI and copyright turned into a political nightmare for Labour

How AI and copyright turned into a political nightmare for Labour

How an initially uncontroversial data bill became a political football — and radicalized Elton John.

June 4, 2025 7:00 am CET
The game plan of Zelenskyy’s powerful chief of staff
UK tech secretary dined by Sam Altman… on the cheap
UK minister admits ‘regret’ over AI and copyright row
EU sails past deadline to tame AI models amid vocal US opposition
Trump’s movie tariff threat puzzles Europe
OpenAI, Google reject UK’s AI copyright plan
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UK plans fresh round of talks to take sting out of AI copyright proposals

Ministers hope they can find a technical solution that keeps everyone happy.

April 3, 2025 4:15 am CET

Birkenstock sandals not ‘works of art,’ German court says in denying copyright bid

Federal Court of Justice rules Birkenstock is not entitled to damages from cut-price imitators of its footwear.

February 20, 2025 7:57 pm CET

EU rules for advanced AI are step in wrong direction, Google says

Google and Meta are leading the charge against a “code of practice” governing tools like Gemini, ChatGPT and Llama.

February 10, 2025 4:28 am CET

UK could offer celebs protection from AI clones

New ‘personality right’ comes as UK creative industries lobby hard against copyright shake-up that would help AI firms.

December 13, 2024 6:42 pm CET

Europe’s press goes after Musk’s X

Media organizations turns up the heat on X amid cries of ‘toxic’ content.

November 15, 2024 2:10 pm CET

5 things to know about EU tech security chief Henna Virkkunen’s hearing

Elon Musk and Europe’s tech gaps show the Finnish nominee has a major task at hand.

November 13, 2024 1:13 am CET

‘Blade Runner 2049’ producers: Elon Musk ripped us off at robotaxi launch

Elon Musk allegedly used images from the movie despite not having permission to do so.

October 22, 2024 1:46 pm CET

Why the UK government’s love-in with Taylor Swift is coming to an end

The music industry has cosied up to Britain’s new government. But relations could soon sour as ministers prepare to reform the rules protecting creative work from AI.

October 15, 2024 4:22 am CET

Commission calls on tech companies, experts and activists to help write rules for powerful AI

The AI Office, an arm of the European Commission overseeing the implementation of the bloc’s artificial intelligence rulebook, is asking tech companies, academics and activists to help …

July 30, 2024 1:58 pm CET
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July 9, 2024 4:46 pm CET

Polish media outlets protest ‘threat of domination’ by Big Tech

Tweaks in copyright law means publishers can’t bargain better deals with Google, Facebook, local media warn.

July 4, 2024 3:55 pm CET

Will American AI kill European culture?

EU is building chatbots to save its languages.

April 9, 2024 6:00 am CET
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Trump to Taylor Swift: Don’t be ungrateful

Endorsing Joe Biden would “be disloyal to the man who made her so much money,” Trump posted.

February 11, 2024 8:19 pm CET

Billionaire-backed think tank played key role in Biden’s AI order

Researchers from the RAND Corporation — which took more than $15 million this year from a group financed by a Facebook co-founder — were a driving force behind the White House’s sweeping new AI reporting requirements.

December 16, 2023 1:52 pm CET

France’s AI hopes collide with French love of regulating tech

Many companies fear that regulating advanced AI models could deter innovation.

December 6, 2023 6:00 am CET

Ousted OpenAI CEO Altman welcome in France, digital minister says

ChatGPT creator fired Altman on Friday, saying the company had lost confidence in him.

November 18, 2023 6:30 pm CET
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Seeding the future: A discussion on new genomic techniques

Q&A: The seed sector is agile and dynamic, but revised rules for new genomic techniques might influence the European market, says Felix Büchting, CEO of plant breeding company KWS.

November 15, 2023 5:00 am CET

Every bill in the King’s Speech, reviewed and rated

POLITICO combs through Rishi Sunak’s legislative agenda — as read out by King Charles III — so you don’t have to.

November 7, 2023 12:49 pm CET

Sweeping new Biden order aims to alter the AI landscape

The White House is poised to make an all-hands effort to impose national rules on a fast-moving technology, according to a draft executive order.

October 28, 2023 7:00 am CET
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October 26, 2023 5:00 am CET

How Silicon Valley doomers are shaping Rishi Sunak’s AI plans

‘If it’s not utopia, it’s annihilation’: Britain’s AI policy reflects existential fears of the controversial ‘Effective Altruism’ movement.

September 14, 2023 7:04 pm CET

Eminem to Ramaswamy: Please don’t stand up

There’s a long history of artists telling candidates to turn down the music.

August 29, 2023 3:10 pm CET

French publishers accuse Elon Musk of trying to dodge EU copyright rules

World’s richest man wants to remove headlines and text from news stories shared on social platform X.

August 22, 2023 3:38 pm CET

US Senator Mark Warner: China leads the world on AI rules

There’s a global race to build guardrails for how governments tap artificial intelligence — and China is setting the pace of development, Sen. Mark Warner warned Thursday. “Many of …

June 15, 2023 7:16 pm CET
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