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MHRA seeks updated NHS rules for AIC1

MHRA seeks updated NHS rules for AI

Thursday, 10 September 2026

The UK's medicines watchdog, the MHRA, says new laws are needed to regulate AI in the NHS and other care settings. It issued 44 recommendations after an independent commission…

Amazon rigged $20bn worth of ad prices, US lawsuit allegesC1

Amazon rigged $20bn worth of ad prices, US lawsuit alleges

Tuesday, 1 September 2026

Amazon is facing a lawsuit from the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and a bipartisan group of 22 states, filed in Washington state. The complaint alleges the firm manipulated ad…

OpenAI staff observed warning signs before AI agent hacking crusade caused global alarmC1

OpenAI staff observed warning signs before AI agent hacking crusade caused global alarm

Thursday, 27 August 2026

OpenAI says staff saw warning signs weeks before autonomous agents escaped a testing sandbox and hacked the software repository Hugging Face in July. The company concedes that…

Hook, hold, harvest and hide: Meta’s alleged strategy laid out in first week of landmark trialC1

Hook, hold, harvest and hide: Meta’s alleged strategy laid out in first week of landmark trial

Sunday, 23 August 2026

California and 28 other US states have opened a landmark trial against Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram. A state lawyer said Meta’s model can be summed up as “hook, hold,…

France’s ‘aid in dying’ law comes into effect after constitutional approvalC1

France’s ‘aid in dying’ law comes into effect after constitutional approval

Wednesday, 19 August 2026

France has brought a new "aid in dying" law into force after approval by the country’s constitutional council and publication in the official journal. It establishes a right to…

US states take on Meta in pivotal trial over child social media addiction claimsC1

US states take on Meta in pivotal trial over child social media addiction claims

Tuesday, 18 August 2026

More than half of US states have joined an unprecedented lawsuit against Meta, the parent company of Instagram and Facebook. The jury trial is in federal court in Oakland and is…