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This page tracks recent developments in AI law, including legislation, litigation, policy statements, and settlements.
Daily Consolidated Articles
The following daily digest articles consolidate multiple news stories from each day:
- April 24, 2026
- April 22, 2026
- April 21, 2026
- April 15, 2026
- April 14, 2026
- April 13, 2026
- April 10, 2026
- April 6, 2026
- April 3, 2026
- April 1, 2026
- March 31, 2026
- March 26, 2026
- March 20, 2026
- March 17, 2026
- March 13, 2026
- March 11, 2026
- March 4, 2026
- March 2, 2026
- February 10, 2026
- January 1, 2026
April 2026
- April 27, 2026 — China blocks Meta's Manus acquisition; OpenAI restructures Microsoft partnership; Supreme Court hears geofence warrant case
- April 27, 2026 — Musk v. Altman Bench Trial Begins With Advisory Jury Selection
- April 27, 2026 — DOJ Joins xAI Challenge to Colorado AI Act, First Federal Intervention in State AI Law
- April 24, 2026 — SEIU Pension Plan Master Trust Files First Shareholder Derivative Suit Over AI Training Against Adobe Executives
- April 24, 2026 — Judge Thompson Denies Most of Stability AI Motion to Dismiss in Getty Images Copyright Suit
- April 22, 2026 — Book Authors Lyon and Kleiner File Consolidated Copyright Complaint Against Adobe
- April 21, 2026 — Judge Stein Grants Stay, Shelving Encyclopaedia Britannica and Gracenote Copyright Suits Against OpenAI
- April 26, 2026 — Musk v. OpenAI: Fraud Claims Dropped Days Before Trial, Jury Selection Starts April 27
- April 26, 2026 — Disney v. MiniMax Defendants File Motions to Dismiss on Jurisdiction and Copyright Grounds
- April 25, 2026 — Utah Governor Signs Nine AI Bills Into Law, Establishing Comprehensive State AI Framework
- April 25, 2026 — Arizona SB 1786 AI Content Verification Bill Dies in Reconciliation After Legislature Adjourns
- April 25, 2026 — YouTuber Ali Spagnola Sues Runway AI Over Alleged Video Scraping
- April 24, 2026 — State AI Legislation Surge: Tennessee CHAT Act and Personhood Bill Head to Governor, Nebraska and Alabama Enact AI Laws, Hawaii Bills Enter Reconciliation
- April 24, 2026 — AI Litigation Surges to 168 Federal Cases With OpenAI Named in 71
- April 24, 2026 — Cooley Analyzes State AI Law Changes Amid Federal Preemption Pressure
- April 24, 2026 — House Homeland Security Committee Demonstrates Jailbroken AI Risks to Lawmakers, Pushes Federal Regulatory Framework
- April 24, 2026 — Minnesota House Passes HF 1606 Banning AI Nudification Technology in 132-1 Vote
- April 22, 2026 — California Legislature Advances AI Bills to Appropriations Committee
- April 22, 2026 — California SB 1119 and AB 2023 Advance Child Safety Chatbot Regulations Through Committees
- April 22, 2026 — California Advances Wave of AI Bills Through Committees on Healthcare, Chatbot Safety, Workers, and Provenance
- April 22, 2026 — California AB 2713 Adjusts AI Transparency Act Provenance Requirements, Advances to Assembly Floor
- April 22, 2026 — California AB 2653 Sweatfree AI Code of Conduct Advances Through Two Assembly Committees
- April 22, 2026 — California AB 2027 Advances to Appropriations, Banning Employer Use of Worker Data to Train Replacement AI
- April 22, 2026 — Blackburn Announces Momentum for TRUMP AMERICA AI Act with Industry Endorsements
- April 22, 2026 — California AI Bills Advance to Appropriations Committee
- April 22, 2026 — California SB 1142 Digital Dignity Act Passes Judiciary Committee
- April 21, 2026 — Colorado House Passes HB 26-1263 Conversational AI Safety Bill in 40-24 Vote
- April 21, 2026 — Florida AG Launches Criminal Investigation Into OpenAI Over FSU Shooting and ChatGPT Safety Failures
- April 21, 2026 — Tennessee Legislature Passes CHAT Act on Chatbot Safety and Data Privacy
- April 21, 2026 — Connecticut Senate Passes Comprehensive SB 5 on AI Employment, Companion Chatbots, and Workforce Development
- April 21, 2026 — New Mexico Senate Approves SB 5 Establishing AI Policy Office
- April 21, 2026 — Nevada Senate Approves SB 5 Establishing AI Policy Office
- April 20, 2026 — Missouri House Passes Taylor Swift Act Targeting Deepfakes and AI-Generated Nonconsensual Imagery
- April 17, 2026 — Alabama Governor Signs SB 63 Regulating AI in Health Insurance
- April 15, 2026 — Iowa Passes Conversational AI Safety Act (SF 2417) Protecting Minors, Awaits Governor's Signature
- April 15, 2026 — DeSantis Calls Special Session to Revive Florida AI Bill of Rights
- April 14, 2026 — Hawaii Advances Three AI Bills on Companion Safety, Disclosure, and Deepfake Protections (Updated: now in reconciliation)
- April 14, 2026 — Nebraska Enacts Conversational AI Safety Act Protecting Minors from Deceptive Chatbots
- April 13, 2026 — Maryland Sends Four AI-Related Bills to Governor, Covering Deepfakes, Education, Dynamic Pricing, and Elections
- April 13, 2026 — California SB 1000 AI Content Provenance Bill Advances Through Privacy Committee
- April 13, 2026 — Department of Education Publishes Final Rule Prioritizing AI in Education Grants
- April 13, 2026 — Warner v. Gilbarco: Michigan Federal Court Protects AI-Assisted Litigation Work Product
- April 13, 2026 — United States v. Heppner: SDNY Rules AI-Generated Documents Not Protected by Privilege
- April 8, 2026 — New Hampshire Senate Passes Bill Creating Data Protection Division in AG Office
- April 8, 2026 — California SB 1015 Expands Child Protection Laws to Cover AI Deepfake Extortion
- April 8, 2026 — California and Washington Advance New AI Bills on Disclosure, Advertising, and Deepfake Safety
- April 7, 2026 — Maine Passes LD 2082 Banning AI From Clinical Mental Health Decisions
- April 6, 2026 — Georgia Sends Two AI Bills to Governor, Covering Chatbot Safety and Healthcare
- April 6, 2026 — FBI IC3 Report Documents AI-Enabled Cybercrime for First Time, $893M in Losses
- April 6, 2026 — Tennessee Senate Passes Bill Excluding AI From Legal Personhood Definition
- April 6, 2026 — Penguin Random House Sues OpenAI Over Children's Books
- April 6, 2026 — GEMA vs. Suno: German Ruling Expected June 12, 2026
- April 6, 2026 — Indie Artist Coalition Sues Google Over Lyria 3 AI Music Model
- April 6, 2026 — Anthropic Reaches $1.5 Billion Settlement With Authors
- April 6, 2026 — Major Labels Settle AI Music Lawsuits Against Suno and Udio
- April 6, 2026 — Judge Allows Fourth Amended Complaint in Kadrey v. Meta, Adding Contributory Infringement Claim
- April 3, 2026 — California SB 813 Proposes AI Standards and Safety Commission
- April 3, 2026 — YouTubers Sue OpenAI, Apple, and Amazon for DMCA Video Scraping
- April 2026 — Kansas Governor Signs Three AI-Related Laws on Child Exploitation and Deepfakes
- April 2026 — Federal Court Denies xAI's Bid to Block California AI Transparency Law
- April 2026 — Nineteen States Pass New AI Laws Covering Chatbots, Healthcare, Education, and Child Safety
- April 2026 — UMG and Sony Hit Settlement Impasse With Suno Over AI Music Licensing Fees
- April 2026 — Author John Carreyrou Leads Opt-Out Copyright Lawsuit Against Anthropic and Other AI Companies
- April 1, 2026 — Tennessee Signs Law Banning AI From Representing Itself as Mental Health Professional
- April 1, 2026 — Idaho Enacts Conversational AI Safety Act (S 1297) With Mental Health and Minor Protections
- March 31, 2026 — Reddit v. Anthropic: Federal Court Remands AI Scraping Case to State Court, Rejects Copyright Preemption
- March 26, 2026 — Federal Judge Grants Anthropic Preliminary Injunction Blocking Trump Administration AI Ban
- March 2026 — 3D Model Artist Beaulier Files Four DMCA Suits Against NVIDIA, Meta, Microsoft, and Roblox Over AI Training Data
March 2026
- March 20, 2026 — White House Releases National Policy Framework for AI, Calling for Federal Preemption
- March 20, 2026 — Senator Blackburn Introduces TRUMP AMERICA AI Act Discussion Draft
- March 13, 2026 — California Advances Multiple AI Bills on Disclosure, Advertising, and Deepfake Safety
- March 13, 2026 — Washington Governor Signs Four AI Bills Into Law
- March 11, 2026 — Commerce Department Identifies State AI Laws as Onerous Barriers to Innovation
- March 11, 2026 — FTC Issues AI Policy Statement Applying Section 5 to AI Systems
- March 4, 2026 — Florida AI Bill of Rights Passes Senate, Stalls in House; Special Session Called for April 28
- March 10, 2026 — Gracenote Media Services Sues OpenAI for Copyright Infringement Over Music Metadata
- March 2, 2026 — Supreme Court Denies Review in Thaler v. Perlmutter AI Authorship Case
- March 31, 2026 — Oregon Signs SB 1546, Nation's First AI Companion Law With Private Right of Action
- March 30, 2026 — California Governor Signs Executive Order N-5-26 Establishing AI Procurement Standards for State Agencies
- March 27, 2026 — New York Amends RAISE Act: Frontier AI Transparency Law Narrows Developer Threshold and Reduces Penalties
- March 26, 2026 — Lawmakers Introduce AI Foundation Model Transparency Act
- March 26, 2026 — Rep. Beyer Introduces GUARDRAILS Act to Repeal Trump AI Moratorium
- March 24, 2026 — FTC Settles With Air AI Technologies for $18M Over Deceptive AI Marketing Claims
- March 17, 2026 — BMG Rights Management Sues Anthropic Over 493 Copyrighted Song Lyrics in AI Training
- March 17, 2026 — Colorado AI Working Group Proposes Disclosure-Driven Replacement for SB 24-205
- March 16, 2026 — Minors File Class Action Against xAI Alleging Grok Generated CSAM Deepfakes
- March 13, 2026 — Encyclopaedia Britannica and Merriam-Webster Sue OpenAI for Copyright and Trademark Infringement
- March 10, 2026 — European Parliament Adopts JURI Report Calling for Sweeping AI Copyright Reforms
- March 4, 2026 — Father Sues Google Over Gemini AI Chatbot's Role in Son's Suicide
- March 4, 2026 — Nippon Life Insurance Sues OpenAI for Practicing Law Without a License
Earlier 2026
- January 9, 2026 — DOJ Establishes AI Litigation Task Force to Challenge State AI Laws
- January 20, 2026 — Job Applicants Sue Eightfold AI in Landmark FCRA Class Action Over AI Hiring Tools
- February 18, 2026 — YouTuber Sues Snap Inc for DMCA Violations Over AI Video Training
- February 9, 2026 — Author Sues Adobe for Training SlimLM on Pirated Books3 Dataset
International
- EU AI Act: Implementation Milestones and August 2026 Enforcement Deadline
- March 26, 2026 — European Parliament Adopts Position on Digital Omnibus AI Act Amendments
- UK Continues Sector-Specific AI Regulation With DUAA, FCA Mills Review, and Regulatory Sandbox Expansion
- Asia-Pacific: South Korea Basic AI Act, China Cybersecurity Law Amendments, Japan APPI Draft, Vietnam Digital Technology Law