Music Business Worldwide reported that a federal judge in the Southern District of New York refused to let Sony add more than 30,000 recordings to its copyright case against Udio, holding the suit to the works originally pleaded. Days later, on 5 July, Suno urged the Massachusetts court hearing the parallel action to reject a near-identical bid to add 61,026 recordings, arguing the expansion would delay a ruling on its fair use defence.
Regulation
The Federal Trade Commission opened public comment on 1 July 2026 on a proposed policy statement concerning the suppression of accuracy in AI systems. The statement contends that AI providers who covertly distort their systems' outputs to achieve undisclosed ideological aims may be acting deceptively under Section 5 of the FTC Act, and that conflicting state measures such as Colorado's Artificial Intelligence Act are impliedly preempted, with comments due by 31 July 2026.
Academia
arXiv posted Taxing Artificial Intelligence by Juliette Faivre and Sarah H. Cen of Carnegie Mellon University on 2 July 2026. The paper examines whether tax instruments can address AI-related harms such as environmental costs and labour displacement, and how taxation might fund regulatory capacity and redistribute unevenly borne costs.
Events
GovExec will host the Government & AI Summit 2026 in Washington DC on 15 September 2026. The programme convenes federal leaders, technologists and researchers, with breakout sessions on ethical AI governance and the responsible deployment of AI in public-sector operations.
Sources: Music Business Worldwide, Federal Trade Commission, arXiv, GovExec