September 2024 – Chat GPT Is Eating the World

Judge Tigar grants leave to file interlocutory appeal to Ninth Circuit on DMCA CMI claims in Doe 1 v. Github

Judge Tigar issued his order granting the plaintiffs’ motion for leave to file an interlocutory appeal on his dismissal of the DMCA copyright management information (CMI) claims under 17 U.S.C. s. 1202(b). Second, the Court finds there is substantial ground for difference of opinion on thequestion at issue. 28 U.S.C. § 1292(b). To determine whether…
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Gov. Newsom writes letter vetoing AI safety bill SB 1047 — using Century Gothic font

Governor Newsom wrote a letter to the California State Senate explaining why he vetoed SB 1047, the AI safety bill. But what he didn’t explain is why he wrote the letter in Century Gothic font, see below. Century Gothic font is a modern (Sans-serif) font not typically used in professional or legal letters. As ChatGPT…
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Unofficial English translation of German court’s decision Kneschke v. LAION under TDM exception

The Hamburg Regional Court just issued an important decision finding that the nonprofit’s collection of photographs of Robert Kneschke from the Internet (in the process of scraping online content) for inclusion in LAION’s dataset (used by others to train AI models) fell within the exception in German law for noncommercial text and data mining (TDM),…
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Lehrman v. Lovo first amended complaint adds copyright claim

Plaintiffs Paul Lehrman and Linnea Sage (the “Voice Actor Plaintiffs”), on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, and John Doe (the “Consumer Plaintiff”) on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated (collectively “Plaintiffs”), filed their first amended complaint against Lovo, Inc. The first amended complaint adds claims of copyright infringement for the…
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Jason Allen v. Shira Perlmutter complaint. Seeks declaration AI-prompted Théâtre D’opéra Spatial is work of authorship

We finally have a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Copyright Office’s misguided approach denying authorship in AI-generated works under the obscure requirement of “traditional elements of authorship,” a term that no federal court has ever used in a copyright decision. Jason Allen, whose initial version of the work Théâtre D’opéra Spatial (on the left) was denied…
Read more: Jason Allen v. Shira Perlmutter complaint. Seeks declaration AI-prompted Théâtre D’opéra Spatial is work of authorship
Review: Meta AI Voice impresses with voice of Judi Dench and other celebrities. But did it just spy on me?

I’ve never used Siri. But, this week, I tested out Meta AI Voice and OpenAI’s Advanced Voice. Today, I will give you my first impressions of Meta AI Voice. In short, I found Meta AI Voice very impressive. First impressions I played around with Meta AI Voice for a couple days. Initially, I found it…
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Meta hired Dame Judi Dench, Awkwafina, Keegan-Michael Key, John Cenna, and Kristen Bell for voices people to select in Meta AI

Mark Zuckerberg had an impressive rollout of new technologies Meta is releasing. Of course, the splashiest was the second-generation Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses, with augmented reality, called Orion. But also noteworthy was the announcement that Meta AI’s assistant can speak in voices from Awkwafina, Dame Judi Dench, John Cena, Keegan-Michael Key, and Kristen Bell. That…
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James Cameron, famed director, joins Stability AI board

James Cameron, the director of Avatar, Titanic, Terminator 2, and other movies, has joined the Board of Directors of Stability AI. From the press release: James Cameron, Chair of LIGHTSTORM and Board Member of Stability AI, said: “I’ve spent my career seeking out emerging technologies that push the very boundaries of what’s possible, all in…
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OpenAI CTO Mira Murati leaves company, adding to departures of top executives

CTO of OpenAI Mira Murati just resigned after 6 years at the company. She adds to the growing list of top executives, some of whom had concerns about AI safety, leaving OpenAI. Murati’s departure is quite striking as it comes on the heels of Sam Altman’s prediction that superintelligence is only a few thousands of…
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Status of all 30 copyright lawsuits v. AI (Sept. 25, 2024): David Boies firm added to represent plaintiffs in Kadrey v. Meta after Judge Chhabria chastised Joseph Saveri Firm. They now get to depose Mark Zuckerberg.

Here’s the latest on all 30 copyright lawsuits against AI companies. New developments since last week’s report are indicated with an asterisk*. Visit our Master List of all 30 copyright cases with attorneys and claims listed. Case name Jurisdiction Judge Latest status Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH et al v. ROSS Intelligence Inc. D. Del. Bibas *ORAL…
Read more: Status of all 30 copyright lawsuits v. AI (Sept. 25, 2024): David Boies firm added to represent plaintiffs in Kadrey v. Meta after Judge Chhabria chastised Joseph Saveri Firm. They now get to depose Mark Zuckerberg.

Month: September 2024