Widely used generative AI chatbot service Character.AI and its two founders have been sued by Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman for violating the state's Consumer Data Protection Act, which took effect in the New Year, according to The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.
The nation's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU-IND) has issued new guidelines requiring all crypto entities serving Indian residents, including those operating offshore, to register and disclose specific officer details, business locations, and ownership information.
The California Privacy Protection Agency has banned Texas-based marketing firm Rickenbacher Data LLC, which operates as Datamasters, from selling Californians' personal data after peddling information from millions of individuals with medical conditions for targeted advertising purposes, BleepingComputer reports.
Google and Apple have been urged by Senate Democrats Ron Wyden of Oregon, Ed Markey of Massachusetts, and Ben Ray Lujan of New Mexico to remove the X and Grok apps owned by Elon Musk's xAI firm following the involvement of the Grok AI tool in the unconsented creation of sexualized deepfake images, according to The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) issued a statement refuting the report, emphasizing the government's commitment to user safety and data protection in the digital ecosystem.
