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Status report on all 24 copyright lawsuits v. AI companies (Jun. 6, 2024): J.L. v. Alphabet dismissed; Nvidia hires Neal Katyal
Read more: Status report on all 24 copyright lawsuits v. AI companies (Jun. 6, 2024): J.L. v. Alphabet dismissed; Nvidia hires Neal KatyalHere’s the latest status report on all 24 copyright lawsuits against AI companies. The new developments from last week’s report are indicated with an asterisk (*). Case name Jurisdiction Judge Latest status Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH et al v. ROSS Intelligence Inc. D. Del. Bibas Trial on the copyright issues will begin on August 26, 2024,…
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DOJ to investigate NVIDIA, FTC to investigate Microsoft, OpenAI for antitrust concerns
Read more: DOJ to investigate NVIDIA, FTC to investigate Microsoft, OpenAI for antitrust concernsAntitrust has become a hot area of law under the Biden Administration. The New York Times reports that Microsoft, OpenAI, and NVIDIA are under investigation. Interestingly, the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission are working out an arrangement by which DOJ investigates Microsoft and OpenAI, while the FTC investigates NVIDIA. “After a similar deal…
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NVIDIA hires Neal Katyal for defense in AI copyright lawsuit
Read more: NVIDIA hires Neal Katyal for defense in AI copyright lawsuitNVIDIA just hit $3 trillion in market cap, the second largest amount for a U.S. public company behind Microsoft and eclipsing even Apple. NVIDIA also recently hired Neal Katyal, the former Acting Solicitor General and current partner at Hogen Lovells, to be a part of the defense team in the AI copyright lawsuit Nazemian v.…
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Sony Pictures CEO Tony Vinciquerra plans to use AI in “more efficient” movie production
Read more: Sony Pictures CEO Tony Vinciquerra plans to use AI in “more efficient” movie productionAt a conference in Japan, Sony Pictures CEO Tony Vinciquerra discussed the studio’s plans to use AI in movie production in part to gain efficiency and reduce costs. But he also stated: “The agreements that came out of last year’s strikes and the agreements that will come out of the IATSE and Teamster [negotiations] will…
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Apple reportedly strikes deal with OpenAI
Read more: Apple reportedly strikes deal with OpenAIApple is late to the AI party. But it will soon make major AI-related announcements at its WWDC conference on June 10-14. One of the key components is expected to be the inclusion of OpenAI’s AI in some aspect of the iPhone. The negotiations have been widely reported, and, now, according to The Information, a…
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Google reportedly scales back AI Overviews to fix mistakes
Read more: Google reportedly scales back AI Overviews to fix mistakesNico Grant of the New York Times reports today that Google has sharply scaled back the presence of AI Overviews for its search engine after a disastrous rollout of wrong, inappropriate, or even unsafe information being generated by AI. The AI Overviews now appear only for limited searches, apparently. The glitch with AI Overviews follows…