The US Justice Department filed a brief supporting OpenAI and Microsoft in the New York Times copyright lawsuit, arguing that training AI on copyrighted text constitutes fair use.
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Nvidia Confirms $12.9 Billion Deal to Acquire AI Platform Hugging Face
Nvidia confirmed a $12.93 billion deal to acquire Hugging Face on September 3, the open-source AI hub used by 18 million developers globally.
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FTC and 22 States Sue Amazon Over $20 Billion in Hidden Ad Surcharges
The Federal Trade Commission and 22 state attorneys general filed suit against Amazon on August 31, alleging it secretly overcharged more than 1.2 million advertisers by more than $20 billion since 2019 through a manipulated auction system.
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Sony and Warner Sue Anthropic Over Songs Used to Train Claude
Sony Music Publishing and Warner Chappell Music filed a federal copyright complaint against Anthropic on August 29, alleging the company pirated thousands of songs including tracks by Taylor Swift and The Beatles to train its Claude AI models.
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NHTSA Opens Safety Investigation Into 1,000 Tesla Cybercabs After Austin Launch
US safety regulator NHTSA opened a formal probe into roughly 1,000 Tesla Cybercabs launched on Austin streets, targeting vehicles that lack steering wheels, brake pedals, and mirrors required under current federal safety standards.
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Judge Orders Google to End Rigged Ad Auctions but Rejects DOJ Demand to Break Up AdX
US District Judge Leonie Brinkema ruled on September 2 that Google must stop self-preferencing in digital ad auctions but declined the Justice Department’s request to force a divestiture of the company’s core ad exchange.
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OpenAI Rates Astra Its First Critical Cyber Model and Plans a Restricted Release
OpenAI says its Astra model is the first to hit the Critical tier of its Preparedness Framework, autonomously finding two zero-day vulnerabilities, yet the company still intends to release it with guardrails.
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John Ternus Becomes Apple CEO as Tim Cook Moves to Executive Chairman
Hardware engineer John Ternus formally became Apple’s chief executive on September 1, succeeding Tim Cook after 15 years and inheriting a company worth $4.6 trillion — and a deepening AI catch-up challenge.
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SEMICON Taiwan 2026 Opens With Record Exhibitors and AI at the Centre
SEMICON Taiwan 2026 opens September 2-4 in Taipei with more than 1,300 exhibitors and 4,300 booths, as the global semiconductor industry gathers to navigate AI-era demand pushing 300mm fab equipment spending toward $150 billion.
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Tencent-Backed Enflame to Complete China’s AI Chip IPO Quartet on STAR Market
Enflame Technology opens subscriptions September 2 for a 6-billion-yuan Shanghai STAR Market IPO, becoming the last of China’s four major GPU companies to go public as Beijing accelerates domestic chip development.