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An OpenAI engineer, Abdulrahman Alfozan, was arrested after the company discovered a hidden recording device plugged into a TV in an executive conference room. OpenAI said it used its own AI models to trace the device back to the employee, who has since been fired and referred to the FBI.
US District Court Judge Leonie Brinkema declined the DOJ's request to force Google to sell parts of its ad tech business, opting for behavioral remedies to restore competition in illegally monopolized markets. Google can appeal the decision, which is part of ongoing antitrust scrutiny against major tech companies.
TikTok has agreed to pay $400 million to settle a lawsuit by the U.S. Department of Justice for allegedly violating children's privacy laws under COPPA, including immediate payment and enhanced user safeguards.
The Trump administration's DOJ is asking a court to dismiss an NAACP citizen suit against xAI over unpermitted gas turbines powering its Colossus 2 data center, arguing that citizen lawsuits threaten AI innovation and national security. This marks a significant legal effort to expand executive power over environmental enforcement.
The DOJ seized two major deepfake-nude sites, CFAKE and SOCFAKE, in the first enforcement action under the TAKE IT DOWN Act, marking a significant application of the new law against AI-generated non-consensual explicit images.
The U.S. Justice Department is attempting to block a lawsuit against Elon Musk's xAI for operating a power plant without permits, arguing that the data center's gas turbines are crucial for national security, including the war in Iran.
The US Department of Justice approved the Paramount/Warner Bros. merger, surprising its own lawyers, but multiple US states and the EU are planning legal challenges.
The Department of Justice sided with xAI in a lawsuit over unpermitted gas turbines, arguing that halting their use would harm national security and AI innovation supporting military operations.
The DOJ intervened in a NAACP lawsuit against xAI, arguing that stopping the company's unpermitted gas turbines at its Colossus 2 data center threatens national security because xAI's Grok AI model supports military operations.
The Department of Justice has sued four states for refusing to allow ICE agents to register undercover license plates, alleging constitutional violations and risks from doxing, while evidence of increased doxing from monitoring sites remains scarce.
Democrats held an unofficial hearing to criticize the DOJ's settlement with Live Nation-Ticketmaster, previewing their plans to target such antitrust deals if they regain power.
The U.S. Department of Justice is demanding that Apple and Google hand over personal data on over 100,000 users of EZ Lynk's Auto Agent app, which is allegedly used to bypass vehicle emissions controls, sparking privacy and legal concerns.