# NRW Warns on Data Use. AI Avatars Amplify Politics. Court Allows AI Comic Conversion. Vercel Breach Spurs Admin Checks.

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Podcast: [AI News Daily - Your Daily AI Briefing in 5 Minutes](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ai-news-daily-your-daily-ai-briefing-in-5-minutes-7185510)
Published: 2026-04-20T03:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

The AI news for April 20th, 2026 Here are the details of the day's selected top stories: The NRW Data Protection Officer warns against data usage at any price. Source: https://www.heise.de/news/NRW-Datenschutzbeauftragte-warnt-vor-Datennutzung-um-jeden-Preis-11263297.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag AI influencers in the U.S. election campaign: hundreds of fake accounts support Trump on social media. Source: https://the-decoder.de/ki-influencer-im-us-wahlkampf-hunderte-fake-accounts-unterstuetzen-trump-in-social-media/ The court allows AI transformation of a photo into a comic, provided that only the subject matter is carried over. Source: https://the-decoder.de/gericht-erlaubt-ki-umwandlung-von-foto-in-comic-wenn-nur-das-motiv-uebernommen-wird/ Cloud development platform Vercel was hacked Source: https://www.theverge.com/tech/914723/vercel-hacked

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