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Elon Musk: human coding will be gone by end of 2026
Read more: Elon Musk: human coding will be gone by end of 2026All signs are pointing in the same direction: AI agents will replace human coding of computer programs. Elon Musk even predicts it will be over for human coding by the end of 2026. This prediction seems consistent with how rapidly Anthropic, the maker of Claude Code, is letting its AI write all the lines of…
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Kirkland & Ellis partner Erica Berthou demos firm’s AI engine for private equity. Is this the future of law practice? VIDEO
Read more: Kirkland & Ellis partner Erica Berthou demos firm’s AI engine for private equity. Is this the future of law practice? VIDEOIn the past 6 months, Legal AI, or the use of AI in law practice, has really accelerated. Kirkland & Ellis recently made waves in announcing it is investing $500 million to build its own proprietary AI platform. According to Reuters, the firm planned to “invest the funds over the next three to four years,…
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Is turnabout fair play?defendant Nanoble sues Disney, Universal, Warner for allegedly violating terms of use of AI generator Hailuo AI to produce allegedly infringing outputs for suit v. Nanoble. Counterclaim asserts movie studios must indemnify Nanoble under terms of use if it loses suit to studios.
Read more: Is turnabout fair play?defendant Nanoble sues Disney, Universal, Warner for allegedly violating terms of use of AI generator Hailuo AI to produce allegedly infringing outputs for suit v. Nanoble. Counterclaim asserts movie studios must indemnify Nanoble under terms of use if it loses suit to studios.Is turnabout fair play? Defendant Nanoble must think so. In answering the copyright claims filed by Disney, Universal City Studios, and Warner Brothers against Nanoble and other companies associated with the Hailuo AI generator, Nanoble has filed two counterclaims against the movie studios. Yes, Nanoble is suing the movie studios, which are suing Nanoble for…
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Should AI companies pause frontier AI development to assess risk of AI’s ability to improve itself without human involvement?
Read more: Should AI companies pause frontier AI development to assess risk of AI’s ability to improve itself without human involvement?The Anthropic Institute’s Marina Favaro and Jack Clark have suggested the idea of the leading AI companies agreeing to pause their development of the state-of-the-art AI models that can improve themselves without human intervention, what they call “recursive self-improvement.” The idea of an AI industry pause isn’t new. The Future of Life Institute helped to…
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American Federation of Musicians v. Warner Music Group COMPLAINT
Read more: American Federation of Musicians v. Warner Music Group COMPLAINTAmerican Federation of Musicians sued Warner Music Group and Universal Music Group for settling their claims against Suno and Uncharted Labs allegedly in violation of their collective bargaining agreement. The CBA “contains a ‘new use‘ provision that requires music companies to notify the AFM of licenses and other transfers of rights in music that is…
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AI makes strange bedfellows: Pres. Trump proposes US government stake in AI companies similar to Bernie Sanders’ proposal. Video.
Read more: AI makes strange bedfellows: Pres. Trump proposes US government stake in AI companies similar to Bernie Sanders’ proposal. Video.How do you know AI is a disruptive technology? Well, it’s when in the same week President Trump and Senator Bernie Sanders both propose that the U.S. government should take an ownership stake in U.S. AI companies. President Trump just floated the idea of doing something similar to the federal government’s recent 10% stake in…
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Judge Noel Wise assigned Kwon v. Anthropic
Read more: Judge Noel Wise assigned Kwon v. AnthropicJudge Noel Wise was assigned the book author lawsuit Kwon v. Anthropic. At the moment, it’s unclear whether Judge Wise will retain this lawsuit, given the several other book author and publisher’s suits against Anthopic.
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Judge Gonzalez-Rogers ask parties in Hendrix v. Apple for schedule for possible early resolution of “the core issue of fair use.”
Read more: Judge Gonzalez-Rogers ask parties in Hendrix v. Apple for schedule for possible early resolution of “the core issue of fair use.”Judge Gonzalez-Rogers, who presided over the Musk v. Altman trial, has another big case: Hendrix v. Apple. Notably, in her order this week, Judge Gonzalez-Rogers “further instructed to discuss and consider whether earlier summary judgment motions on the core issue of fair use are possible as part of the scheduling decision.” Apple already teed up…
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Suno opposes UMG Recordings’ request to file a 2d Amended Complaint to add add 61,026 more works
Read more: Suno opposes UMG Recordings’ request to file a 2d Amended Complaint to add add 61,026 more worksSuno filed its opposition to UMG Recordings’ motion for leave to file a Second Amended Complaint, adding 61,026 more works allegedly infringed as well as DMCA anti-circumvention claim. Excerpt:
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Is Anthropic’s Boris Cherny just abandoning copyright for computer programs of Anthropic?
Read more: Is Anthropic’s Boris Cherny just abandoning copyright for computer programs of Anthropic?It’s been fascinating to listen to Claude Code head Boris Cherny over the past few months. In each new video, Cherny touts how much less coding he does because Claude Code just does it for him. Well, in the latest video, Cherny now even says he no longer writes the prompts to Claude Code for…