Labeling

• The European Union's AI Act, the first comprehensive legislation of its kind, officially entered into force in August 2024. • Starting next month, new labeling rules will require developers and deployers of AI chatbots and agents to clearly disclose that users are interacting with artificial intelligence. • These regulations aim to ensure transparency and protect users by preventing them from being misled about the nature of their digital interactions.

• Scale AI raised $2.5 billion in fresh funding on April 19, 2026, at a $15 billion valuation, backed by Meta and Tiger Global. • Capital expands US data annotation workforce to 50,000, focusing on synthetic data for autonomous vehicles and LLMs. • Funding counters labor-intensive bottlenecks in AI training, vital for US competitiveness.

• U.S. District Judge Rita Lin ruled in favor of AI firm Anthropic, temporarily blocking the Pentagon from branding it a supply chain risk after failed defense contract talks. • The ruling also halts President Trump's directive for federal agencies to stop using Anthropic's Claude AI, following a hearing on March 24 in San Francisco federal court. • Judge Lin criticized the measures as punitive rather than protective, noting the government could simply cease using Claude without broader actions.