Policy & Regulation

All six DMA gatekeepers filed annual compliance reports on March 9 as the Commission prepares its first formal review of the regulation, with AI designation and transatlantic tensions at stake.

The DOJ and Live Nation struck a mid-trial deal that keeps Ticketmaster intact, but a majority of plaintiff states rejected the terms and will continue the landmark monopoly case.

With EU AI Act disclosure rules taking effect in August 2026 and California's SB 942 already in force, the industry's C2PA content credential ecosystem faces a critical adoption shortfall that could undermine the entire provenance framework.

The Trump administration's 90-day clock runs out on March 11, forcing the FTC to declare how consumer protection law applies to AI and the Commerce Department to flag state AI laws for potential DOJ litigation.

Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI, Oracle, and xAI pledge to fund their own power generation for AI data centers, but experts question enforceability as moratorium bills spread across U.S. states.

Consumer backlash follows OpenAI's DoD agreement; Claude climbs to No. 1 on U.S. App Store as QuitGPT campaign claims 1.5 million participants.

The Federal Trade Commission has filed a notice of appeal in its landmark antitrust case against Meta, challenging a November 2025 ruling that found the company is not a social media monopolist because it faces competition from TikTok and YouTube.

Dario Amodei rejected the Pentagon's 'final offer' on Claude's military use, triggering a supply chain risk designation and government-wide ban. Hours later, OpenAI struck a rival deal with identical safety principles—accepting the same terms Washington called unacceptable from Anthropic.

The U.S. and Israel launched coordinated strikes on Iran on February 28, 2026, targeting military and nuclear infrastructure across multiple cities.

As the Commerce Department's 90-day deadline approaches, a constitutional confrontation over AI governance is taking shape between the White House and state legislatures across the country.

The EU Commission's Digital Omnibus proposes narrowing GDPR's personal data definition and delaying AI Act high-risk rules by 16 months. Official data protection authorities and privacy groups are opposing the changes.

A dispute over AI guardrails for military use has put Anthropic's $200M Pentagon contract at risk, exposing a systemic tension between AI safety commitments and national security demands.