The US plans to open a global network of institutes focused on AI safety, partnering with national research organizations and groups like the OECD as it works to reduce risks posed by the rapidly evolving technology.

Samsara Inc. told a California federal judge its online statements about Motive Technologies Inc. aren’t defamation and are protected by litigation privilege because it filed a lawsuit accusing the competitor of infringing AI-based fleet tracking system patents.

Companies working with the US government may be required to start protecting their data and technology from attacks by quantum computers as soon as July. The rollout of the standards will kick off “the transition to the next generation of cryptography,” White House deputy national security adviser Anne Neuberger told Bloomberg in Cambridge, England on Tuesday.

Microsoft Vice Chairman and President Brad Smith will testify before the House Homeland Security Committee on June 13, at 2pm ET, panel says in statement.

A pair of brothers who helped create Cadence Bank’s wealth-management division denied a lawsuit’s claims they stole trade secrets and violated their noncompete agreements when they abruptly quit last year to form a rival firm.

A federal judge next month will consider a request by Alphabet Inc.‘s Google unit to cancel a jury trial in a US Justice Department suit that accuses the company of monopolizing the digital advertising market.