EU to crack down on AI deepfakes, illicit imagery and hacking with new team in BrusselsThe European Union has launched a new team to regulate AI companies worldwide. This initiative aims to track AI model usage for violations ...
31 Jul, 2026, 06.11 PM IST
WhatsApp turns admin, puts fee on business chats powered by AI modelsBeginning October 1, AI conversations on WhatsApp powered by third-party models could cost businesses nearly twice as much as those handled...
03 Jul, 2026, 05.52 PM IST
EU antitrust chief meets Google, Meta, OpenAI, Amazon CEOs amidst AI scrutinyEU antitrust chief Teresa Ribera, who has voiced concerns about Big Tech extending its dominance into artificial intelligence, will meet th...
24 Mar, 2026, 10.23 PM IST
OpenAI to appeal against Italy's privacy watchdog decisionThe authority fined on Friday OpenAI 15 million euros ($15.58 million) after closing an investigation into use of personal data by the gene...
21 Dec, 2024, 09.28 AM IST
Italy fines OpenAI 15 million euros over privacy rules breachItaly's privacy watchdog fined OpenAI 15 million euros for using personal data to train ChatGPT without a legal basis and violating transpa...
20 Dec, 2024, 05.07 PM IST
AI deals between Microsoft and OpenAI, Google and Samsung, in EU crosshairsEuropean Commission assesses tech partnerships for merger control compliance, focusing on potential market concentration effects. Regulator...
29 Jun, 2024, 08.28 AM IST
OpenAI's ChatGPT targeted in Austrian privacy complaintChatGPT, which kickstarted the GenAI boom in late 2022, can mimic human conversation and perform tasks such as creating summaries of long t...
29 Apr, 2024, 11.16 AM IST
Microsoft-OpenAI's $13-billion deal set to dodge formal EU merger probeEU regulators had said in January that the deal may be subject to merger rules in the region. Microsoft, which has a non-voting position on...
18 Apr, 2024, 01.03 AM IST
Italy's data watchdog looks into OpenAI tool that turns text into videoThe regulator, known as Garante, asked Open AI to clarify whether the way it informs users and non users about the data it employs for its ...
08 Mar, 2024, 10.24 PM IST
Italy watchdog says OpenAI's ChatGPT breaches privacy rulesThe Italian watchdog, known as Garante - one of the European Union's most proactive in assessing AI platform compliance with the bloc's dat...
29 Jan, 2024, 04.42 PM IST
DOJ, FTC push to investigate Microsoft's OpenAI partnership: reportMicrosoft's tie-up with the ChatGPT maker has raised antitrust scrutiny after the US software giant committed to invest over $10 billion in...
20 Jan, 2024, 01.47 PM IST
Microsoft's OpenAI investment risks EU merger probe, EU regulators sayMicrosoft's financial backing for ChatGPT maker OpenAI may be subject to EU merger rules, EU antitrust regulators said on Tuesday, undersco...
09 Jan, 2024, 10.13 PM IST
EU examines Microsoft investment in OpenAIThe European Union's competition regulator said Tuesday it was looking into Microsoft's investment into ChatGPT developer OpenAI to see if ...
09 Jan, 2024, 05.33 PM IST
Governments race to regulate artificial intelligence toolsRapid advances in artificial intelligence (AI) such as Microsoft-backed OpenAI's ChatGPT are complicating governments' efforts to agree law...
24 Oct, 2023, 09.12 PM IST
OpenAI's ChatGPT back in Italy after meeting watchdog demandsMicrosoft Corp-backed OpenAI took ChatGPT offline in Italy last month after the country's data protection authority temporarily banned the ...
28 Apr, 2023, 11.58 PM IST
Italy's ChatGPT ban attracts EU privacy regulatorsWhile European parliamentarians disagree over the content and reach of the EU AI Act, some regulators are finding that existing tools, such...
04 Apr, 2023, 12.22 PM IST
Germany could block ChatGPT if needed, says data protection chiefMicrosoft-backed OpenAI took ChatGPT offline in Italy on Friday after the national data agency banned the chatbot temporarily and launched ...
03 Apr, 2023, 10.30 PM IST