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Anthropic’s attorney from Latham: fictitious source was “an honest mistake” due to Latham’s using Claude to format the citations.
Read more: Anthropic’s attorney from Latham: fictitious source was “an honest mistake” due to Latham’s using Claude to format the citations.Ivana Dukanovic, an associate from Latham & Watkins, the attorney for Anthropic in the lawsuit filed by Concord Music, is taking the blame for the erroneous citation of an article that does not exist, to support the analysis of Anthropic’s own data scientist, Olivia Chen. That article was cited as [bold added to indicate the…
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NYT article: college students want refund of tuition based on their professors’ use of AI and ChatGPT to create course materials
Read more: NYT article: college students want refund of tuition based on their professors’ use of AI and ChatGPT to create course materialsThe New York Times published a fascinating article on one Northeastern University’s student’s efforts to get a refund of her tuition. Ella Stapleton allegedly discovered that one of her professors used ChatGPT to generated the class notes that he distributed to the class on Canvas. Said the NYT: “Ms. Stapleton filed a formal complaint with…
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The Atlantic uses AI generated voice via ElevenLabs for some articles
Read more: The Atlantic uses AI generated voice via ElevenLabs for some articlesSurprised to see that The Atlantic uses AI-generated narration via ElevenLabs’ AI for some of The Atlantic’s articles, such as this one on “The End of the Rule of Law.” ElevenLabs is currently facing a DMCA CMI lawsuit filed by voice actors led by Karissa Vacker. Ironically, The Atlantic published an article on ElevenLabs.
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Judge Wu grants extension for Alcon Entertainment to file amended complaint, to facilitate settlement
Read more: Judge Wu grants extension for Alcon Entertainment to file amended complaint, to facilitate settlementIn Alcon Entertainment v. Elon Musk, Judge Wu granted a 2 week extension, until Jun. 2, for the plaintiff to file a second amended complaint. Apparently, the parties are engaged in settlement negotiations.
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New York Times accuses OpenAI of destruction of output log data. Magistrate Judge Wang to hold hearing.
Read more: New York Times accuses OpenAI of destruction of output log data. Magistrate Judge Wang to hold hearing.Magistrate Judge Wang is holding a hearing on May 27, 2:30 PM, to consider New York Times’ allegation that OpenAI has destroyed output log data in a way that might be spoliation of evidence. “News Plaintiffs’ request to compel OpenAI to identify the output logs it has destroyed since The Times filed its Original Complaint…
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My paper on “Fair Use and the Origin of AI Training.” Or why the Copyright Office Report is wrong about fair use and why courts should reject its view.
Read more: My paper on “Fair Use and the Origin of AI Training.” Or why the Copyright Office Report is wrong about fair use and why courts should reject its view.I am happy to share my latest law review article, “Fair Use and the Origin of AI Training,” forthcoming in Houston Law Review in the fall. Download a preprint copy of my paper at SSRN by following this link. Main points in my article, “fair use and the origin of ai training” The origin of…
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Anthropic’s own data scientist submits declaration apparently with hallucinated citation. Oh my.
Read more: Anthropic’s own data scientist submits declaration apparently with hallucinated citation. Oh my.Apparently, the hallucinations keep rolling. At today’s discovery hearing in Concord Music v. Anthropic, the lawyer for the plaintiffs informed the court of their suspicion that Anthropic’s declaration on statistical sampling from their own data scientist Olivia Chen contained a citation to a fake source on p. 3, as highlighted below: According to Annelise Levy,…