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

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