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San Francisco sues popular AI sites to “undress,” “nudify” women & girls.
Read more: San Francisco sues popular AI sites to “undress,” “nudify” women & girls.San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu filed a lawsuit on behalf of the People of the State of California against various AI websites that enable users to “nudify” or “undress” women and children in images by using AI, without the consent of the persons depicted. According to the Complaint (PDF below), “The primary purpose of…
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Has Andersen v. Stability AI order given life to active inducement claims in other AI suits?
Read more: Has Andersen v. Stability AI order given life to active inducement claims in other AI suits?Active inducement claims The Supreme Court’s decision in MGM Studios, Inc. v. Grokster, Ltd., attempted to draw a line between (i) developing a new technology and (ii) trying to actively induce others to commit copyright infringement using the technology. The Court held: “that one who distributes a device with the object of promoting its use…
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Thomson Reuters redacted reply regarding copyrightability of headnotes. Does Thomson unintentionally bolster the claim of authorship in AI generated works involving human input?
Read more: Thomson Reuters redacted reply regarding copyrightability of headnotes. Does Thomson unintentionally bolster the claim of authorship in AI generated works involving human input?The redacted version of Thomson Reuters’ reply to ROSS Intelligence’s list of Westlaw headnotes that it argued are not copyrightable is now available (see PDF below). Judge Bibas has already ruled that the jury should determine copyrightability of the headnotes, including their overall selection and arrangement in judicial decisions. But Thomson Reuters’ reply is fascinating…
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Comparison of NO FAKES bill & U.S. Copyright Office recommendation to protect digital replica
Read more: Comparison of NO FAKES bill & U.S. Copyright Office recommendation to protect digital replicaWe compared the provisions of the NO FAKES bill proposed in the Senate and the U.S. Copyright Office’s report on digital replicas recommending the enactment of federal legislation to address deepfakes. Both proposals would recognize an exclusive right in digital replicas that depict an identifiable person’s likeness or voice. The NO FAKES bill is described…
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Google Pixel camera enhanced with AI to Reimagine every photo with text prompts
Read more: Google Pixel camera enhanced with AI to Reimagine every photo with text promptsThe convergence of AI with the smartphone continues. Google just announced a new Pixel 9 series camera, with AI features, including a text-to-image editing feature that enables you to Reimagine your photos using text prompts. The breakdown of such an image can be written as the following formula: Your photo + Reimagine elements using AI…
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Did comments by former Stability AI CEO Emad Mostaque and Midjourney CEO David Holz come back to bite them in Sarah Andersen case?
Read more: Did comments by former Stability AI CEO Emad Mostaque and Midjourney CEO David Holz come back to bite them in Sarah Andersen case?In his order partly denying the motion to dismiss the copyright claims in Sarah Andersen v. Stability AI, Judge Orrick found it plausible that the alleged comments of former Stability AI CEO Emad Mostaque supported the plaintiffs’ theory that Stable Diffusion’s model stores “compressed copies” of the training images and the comments could even support…
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Judge Orrick denies in part motion to dismiss: Sarah Andersen copyright lawsuit survives on claim of copyright and Lanham Act
Read more: Judge Orrick denies in part motion to dismiss: Sarah Andersen copyright lawsuit survives on claim of copyright and Lanham ActIn Sarah Andersen v. Stability AI, Judge Orrick issued his order granting in part the defendants’ motion to dismiss the DMCA CMI claims, contract claims, and breach of implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing (against DeviantArt) with prejudice and unjust enrichment claim with leave to amend, but denying the motion on the key…
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Judge Bibas declines to rule on whether any headnotes are uncopyrightable, but allows ROSS to submit evidence of public benefit of generative AI at trial
Read more: Judge Bibas declines to rule on whether any headnotes are uncopyrightable, but allows ROSS to submit evidence of public benefit of generative AI at trialWith the first trial in an AI copyright lawsuit set only 2 weeks away (on Monday, Aug. 26), Judge Bibas issued some major pretrial rulings. Jury to determine copyrightability of headnotes First, he denied ROSS Intelligence’s request to have the court filter out allegedly uncopyrightable headnotes of West added to their case reports. Judge Bibas…
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Intel passed on investing $1 B for 15% stake in OpenAI in 2018. Intel now to cut 15% of employees.
Read more: Intel passed on investing $1 B for 15% stake in OpenAI in 2018. Intel now to cut 15% of employees.There are reasons why CEOs get paid a lot. One of them is that they are responsible for making decisions that can make or break a company. Sadly, it appears something of that sort might be happening to Intel. After it was reported earlier this week that Intel will layoff 15% of its workforce, reports…
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Status of all 28 copyright lawsuits plus 1 new state law suit v. AI (Aug. 7, 2024): 2d case involving YouTube videos but no copyright claim
Read more: Status of all 28 copyright lawsuits plus 1 new state law suit v. AI (Aug. 7, 2024): 2d case involving YouTube videos but no copyright claimHere’s the latest status report on all 28 copyright lawsuits against AI companies. Major developments: Other developments include: New developments since 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 *Final Pretrial Conference proceedings held before…