Ashley Belanger
Senior Policy Reporter, Ars Technica
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Judge rejects Trump’s wild claim EPA can dismiss data center pollution lawsuits
According to the description, Ars Technica reports that a court ruled the Environmental Protection Agency under the Trump administration cannot unilaterally dismiss a pollution lawsuit against SpaceXAI over its data center.
Meta drops the word "train" from its commercial TOS after AI backlash
According to the excerpt, Ars Technica reports that Meta changed its AI scraping policy by removing the word "train" from its commercial terms of service after a backlash, but will not add language respecting robots.txt.
Meta may use sweeping new commercial TOS to avoid millions in AI licensing fees
According to the subtitle, Ars Technica reports that Meta has streamlined its commercial terms of service and that legal experts warn the change could amount to an AI power grab, possibly letting Meta avoid AI licensing fees. Details were not available.
Scoop: The FTC demanded documents from AI giants over recent safety incidents
Axios reports, citing a person familiar, that the Federal Trade Commission sent civil investigative demands to Anthropic and OpenAI about recent safety incidents and consumer protection. Ars Technica, relaying the scoop, adds background on FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson's view that firms are liable for what their AI tools do.