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Daily News and 7 other newspapers sue OpenAI, Microsoft in new copyright lawsuit v. AI (PDF Complaint)
Read more: Daily News and 7 other newspapers sue OpenAI, Microsoft in new copyright lawsuit v. AI (PDF Complaint)A group of major newspapers, including lead plaintiff Daily News, the Chicago Tribune, Orlando Sentinel, Sun-Sentinel, San Jose Mercury News, Denver Post, Orange County Register, and St. Paul Pioneer Press, filed a new copyright lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft. This now brings the total number of AI copyright lawsuits to 22 in the United States.…
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Joseph Saveri Law Firm files another AI copyright lawsuit, Zhang v. Google, on behalf of visual artists
Read more: Joseph Saveri Law Firm files another AI copyright lawsuit, Zhang v. Google, on behalf of visual artistsOn April 26, 2024, the Joseph Saveri Law Firm filed yet another copyright lawsuit against AI companies, Zhang v. Google. If our tally is correct, this brings the Saveri Law Firm’s total number of AI lawsuits brought to 8 lawsuits, making it the law firm with–by far–the most AI copyright lawsuits in the United States.…
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OpenAI gets licensing deal for Financial Times content in training AI
Read more: OpenAI gets licensing deal for Financial Times content in training AIThe Financial Times and OpenAI announced a licensing deal “to enhance ChatGPT with attributed content, help improve its models’ usefulness by incorporating FT journalism, and collaborate on developing new AI products and features for FT readers.” The Financial Times already uses ChatGPT Enterprise, “purchasing access for all FT employees to ensure its teams are well-versed…
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Judge MARTÍNEZ-OLGUÍN denies Joseph Saveri Law Firm motion to be appointed interim lead class counsel
Read more: Judge MARTÍNEZ-OLGUÍN denies Joseph Saveri Law Firm motion to be appointed interim lead class counselJudge MARTÍNEZ-OLGUÍN denied the request of the Joseph Saveri Law Firm to be appointed interim lead class counsel for the plaintiffs in the In re OpenAI ChatGPT Litigation. The Judge found no reason to depart from the typical procedure of appointing the class counsel after the decision to certify the case as a class action…
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Department of Homeland Security announced 22 members of the Artificial Intelligence Safety and Security Board, including CEOs of OpenAI, Microsoft, Google
Read more: Department of Homeland Security announced 22 members of the Artificial Intelligence Safety and Security Board, including CEOs of OpenAI, Microsoft, GoogleFrom the press release from DHS: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Department of Homeland Security announced the establishment of the Artificial Intelligence Safety and Security Board (the Board). The Board will advise the Secretary, the critical infrastructure community, other private sector stakeholders, and the broader public on the safe and secure development and deployment of…
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Status of all copyright lawsuits v. AI (April 25, 2024)
Read more: Status of all copyright lawsuits v. AI (April 25, 2024)Here’s this week’s status report of all 20 copyright lawsuits against AI companies. The biggest development this week: OpenAI brought in more legal firepower by hiring 7 trial attorneys, all partners from Keker, Van Nest & Peters, including the named partner Robert Van Nest, to represent OpenAI in at least 6 different lawsuits: The 7…
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Status of all copyright lawsuits v. AI (April 19, 2024)
Read more: Status of all copyright lawsuits v. AI (April 19, 2024)Here’s the latest status report of all 20 copyright lawsuits against AI companies. The key developments were: Please visit our Master List of all lawsuits organized by jurisdictions. The new developments from last week’s report are noted in the chart below by an asterisk* Case name Jurisdiction Judge Latest status Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH et al v.…
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Federal bill introduced (text): Future of AI Innovation Act
Read more: Federal bill introduced (text): Future of AI Innovation ActU.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, and U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.), introduced the bipartisan Future of AI Innovation Act. From their webpage announcing the bill:
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List of AI bills before Congress
Read more: List of AI bills before CongressBelow is a list of proposed bills (including as draft discussion not yet introduced) in Congress that relate to AI. The bills are listed in reverse chronological order with links to the text of the bills. Highlights: Note: this list might not capture all bills affecting AI. It focuses on the major bills that expressly…