The Download: Europe's AI crackdown, and Iran's internet resistance

What's happening: The EU is creating new rules to make it easier to sue AI companies for harm. A bill unveiled last week, which is likely to become law in a couple of years, is part of Europe's push to prevent AI developers from releasing dangerous systems. The details: The goal of the bill is to hold AI companies accountable for potential damage and discrimination caused by their systems by making it easier for consumers to launch EU-wide class actions. The new bill, called the AI Liability Directive, will add teeth to the EU's AI Act, which is set to become EU law around the same time, and would require extra checks for "high risk" uses of AI that have the most potential to harm people, including systems for policing, recruitment, or health care. The response: While tech companies complain it could have a chilling effect on innovation, consumer activists say it doesn't go far enough.