The European Union Parliament and Council last week reached agreement on a comprehensive set of rules for AI development.  The rules ban several applications, such as scraping of facial images from public sources, and impose obligations on developers of high-risk systems.  Formal votes are still required in both Parliament and Council for the rules to become law.

Free Press is an activist organization dedicated to individual and press freedoms, so you won’t be surprised that they’re highly critical of how social media platforms are handling misinformation.   Still, this study provides a good overview of the many ways those platforms have failed to act responsibly in the past year.  They offer suggestions for how the platforms and government can make things better, although the chances for adoption are slim.

It barely feels like news when industry giants add AI features, since that’s what they’re expected to do. But lots of people use their products, so their announcements are probably of higher interest than most. With that in mind, let’s note that Adobe has just announced general availability of agents for audience creation, journey orchestration, experimentation, journey insights, website optimization and agent support.