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The UK Competition and Markets Authority has released a report on “agentic AI,” systems that act on a consumer’s behalf for activities such as shopping or insurance hunting. While the technology promises convenience and cost savings, the CMA flags a range of risks, including biased recommendations, hallucinated information, over‑reliance, algorithmic pricing collusion, data‑privacy concerns, and lock‑in to closed ecosystems. The regulator stresses that businesses remain fully responsible for outcomes, and calls for transparent practices, strong interoperability standards, secure digital identities, and clear consumer consent mechanisms before the market fully embraces autonomous digital assistants. Weiterlesen

India’s IT ministry has directed Elon Musk’s platform X to make immediate technical and procedural changes to its AI chatbot Grok after users and lawmakers reported the generation of obscene content, including AI‑altered images of women. The order gives X 72 hours to submit a report on the steps taken to prevent the hosting or dissemination of material deemed obscene, pornographic, vulgar, indecent, sexually explicit, pedophilic, or otherwise prohibited under law. Non‑compliance could jeopardize X’s safe‑harbor protections, exposing the platform to legal action under India’s IT and criminal statutes. Weiterlesen

The European Commission has launched an antitrust probe into Google’s AI‑driven search tools, focusing on its AI Overviews and AI Mode. Regulators will examine whether Google uses website and YouTube content to generate AI answers without compensating publishers, and whether it imposes unfair terms that limit competitors’ access to that data. The investigation aims to assess potential harms to competition in the AI market and to determine if Google’s practices restrict rival AI firms from using the same content. Google has defended its approach, saying it will work with news and creative industries as AI evolves. Weiterlesen