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'''June 25, 2026''' β AI law coverage included New York prosecutors charging a former New York City Council candidate over allegedly AI-generated campaign posts and a new publisher copyright lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft, and a federal automated-vehicle rulemaking proposal.<ref name="ap-rinaldi-ai-forgery" /><ref name="cns-newspapers-openai-msft" /><ref name="tc-nhtsa-av-brake" /> == Contents == # [[#Former New York City Council candidate charged over allegedly AI-generated campaign posts|Former New York City Council candidate charged over allegedly AI-generated campaign posts]] # [[#Newspapers sue OpenAI and Microsoft for alleged mass copyright infringement|Newspapers sue OpenAI and Microsoft for alleged mass copyright infringement]] # [[#NHTSA proposes removing manual-control requirements for automated-driving-system vehicles|NHTSA proposes removing manual-control requirements for automated-driving-system vehicles]] ---- == Former New York City Council candidate charged over allegedly AI-generated campaign posts == A former New York City Council candidate was charged with forgery over allegations that he used artificial intelligence to post fake endorsements and fake news articles on social media.<ref name="ap-rinaldi-ai-forgery">[https://apnews.com/article/rinaldi-ai-gemini-facebook-meta-new-york-995585d736361c976611f8846db171a2 AP News, "New York City Council candidate charged with forgery over AI posts"], June 25, 2026.</ref> The charge makes the matter a local election-law and criminal-enforcement example of allegedly deceptive AI-generated political content.<ref name="ap-rinaldi-ai-forgery" /> ---- == Newspapers sue OpenAI and Microsoft for alleged mass copyright infringement == A nationwide group of print and digital publishers that own and operate nearly 400 newspapers sued OpenAI and Microsoft in Manhattan, alleging that the companies scraped publisher content without permission or compensation to train ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot.<ref name="cns-newspapers-openai-msft">[https://courthousenews.com/newspapers-sue-openai-microsoft-for-mass-copyright-infringement/ Courthouse News Service, "Newspapers sue OpenAI, Microsoft for mass copyright infringement"], June 25, 2026.</ref> The complaint, led by Long Island-based Richner Communications, accuses the companies of three counts of copyright infringement and seeks statutory damages, actual damages, restitution of profits, and attorney fees.<ref name="cns-newspapers-openai-msft" /> The publishers allege that copyright-management information such as author credits, publication names, terms of use, and copyright notices was stripped during the defendants' ingestion pipeline.<ref name="cns-newspapers-openai-msft" /> ---- == NHTSA proposes removing manual-control requirements for automated-driving-system vehicles == The U.S. Department of Transportation proposed changing federal vehicle rules to remove a manual brake-pedal requirement for vehicles designed to be driven exclusively by automated driving systems.<ref name="tc-nhtsa-av-brake">[https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/25/trump-admin-proposes-axing-brake-pedal-requirement-for-avs-in-a-boost-for-tesla/ TechCrunch, "Trump administration proposes axing brake-pedal requirement for AVs in a boost for Tesla"], June 25, 2026.</ref> TechCrunch reported that the proposal would also affect other human-control requirements for purpose-built autonomous vehicles and was published as part of the Trump administration's Department of Transportation rulemaking agenda.<ref name="tc-nhtsa-av-brake" /> The proposal is significant for AI law because it would change federal motor-vehicle safety requirements for vehicles operated by automated driving systems rather than human drivers.<ref name="tc-nhtsa-av-brake" /> == References == <references /> [[Category:Deepfakes]] [[Category:New York]] [[Category:Consumer Protection]] [[Category:Copyright Litigation]] [[Category:Publishing Industry]] [[Category:Cases Against OpenAI]] [[Category:Southern District of New York]] [[Category:Federal Regulation]] [[Category:Sector-Specific Regulation]]
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