Good morning. It’s Wednesday, August 19. A coalition of 29 states heads to trial against Meta this week, arguing Instagram and Facebook were designed to hook teenagers, with potential penalties reaching into the hundreds of billions of dollars.
Today we are covering:
Twenty nine state attorneys general take Meta to trial over claims Instagram and Facebook harmed young users
OpenAI pauses parts of its Astra model development and rewrites its safety Preparedness Framework after nearing a critical cybersecurity threshold
ICE bars agents from wearing Meta smart glasses on the job over privacy and recording concerns
