Bloomberg Law reported that publishers collectively operating close to 400 newspapers are suing OpenAI and Microsoft for scraping their content to build products such as ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot without permission or compensation. The case, Richner Communications Inc. v Microsoft Corp. in the Southern District of New York, was filed on 24 June 2026, extending the run of news industry copyright claims against generative AI developers.
Transparency Coalition reported that California lawmakers sent a bill banning the use of AI as public school teachers to Governor Newsom, while Arizona Governor Hobbs vetoed all three AI bills passed by that state's legislature. The split outcomes show state legislatures still setting the pace on narrow, use specific AI rules in the absence of a federal statute.
Regulation
- The Council of the European Union gave final approval on 29 June 2026 to the Digital Omnibus on AI, the regulation simplifying implementation of the AI Act. It fixes delayed application dates for high-risk AI rules of 2 December 2027 for stand-alone systems and 2 August 2028 for systems embedded in products, and adds a prohibition on AI that generates non-consensual sexual content or child sexual abuse material, such as nudification apps, from December 2026.
Academia
- SSRN hosts Multi-Sector AI Governance Maturity: A Framework for Assessment, Benchmarking, and Progression Planning by Michael Clark, dated 14 June 2026. The paper sets out maturity indicators drawn from applicable regulatory instruments across sectors, including EU AI Act compliance and ISO/IEC 42001, together with the governance investments required to move between maturity levels.
Events
- The European Commission AI Office has opened a call for participants for its workshop on qualification requirements for external evaluators of GPAI models with systemic risk, scheduled for 15 July 2026. The session addresses the competencies and criteria expected of independent evaluators who assess the most capable general purpose AI models under the AI Act.
Sources: Bloomberg Law, Transparency Coalition, Council of the European Union, SSRN, European Commission