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UMG, Sony, Suno ask to amend scheduling order with 2d lawsuit. Dispositive motions pushed back to Jun. 22, 2027
Read more: UMG, Sony, Suno ask to amend scheduling order with 2d lawsuit. Dispositive motions pushed back to Jun. 22, 2027The parties in UMG Recordings v. Suno I and II have proposed to Judge Saylor an amended schedule to add discovery related to the 2d lawsuit. Under the proposed schedule, summary judgment motions get delayed by about 2.5 months, until June 22, 2027. Related Story:
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Jessica Tarlov explains the tech anxiety in a moment of levity on Bill Maher
Read more: Jessica Tarlov explains the tech anxiety in a moment of levity on Bill MaherJessica Tarlov, a Democratic political consultant, described the tech anxiety or angst people have today on Bill Maher’s show. Her comments were insightful but also provided an unintended moment of levity. Perfectly human. TARLOV: I feel like everything related to tech right now is just in one big anxiety bucket. So there are Flock cameras,…
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Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceX, Google sued for alleged agreement to “pace” AI for safety concerns in violation of Sherman Act
Read more: Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceX, Google sued for alleged agreement to “pace” AI for safety concerns in violation of Sherman ActWasting no time, a group of consumers just sued Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, and SpaceX for allegedly agreeing to “pace” AI development out of security concerns and existential risks. The plaintiffs allege: “An agreement among competitors to reduce the quality of their products and the rate at which those products improve is an agreement to restrict…
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Mostly Unredacted briefs in New York Times, Authors Guild suits v. OpenAI, Microsoft now available
Read more: Mostly Unredacted briefs in New York Times, Authors Guild suits v. OpenAI, Microsoft now availableWe posted all the opening briefs for summary judgment motions, now mostly unredacted. DOWNLOAD below:
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Jacob Coxon ignited a firestorm over fears of AI doomsday probability (P doom). What, if anything, will come of it?
Read more: Jacob Coxon ignited a firestorm over fears of AI doomsday probability (P doom). What, if anything, will come of it?The Wall Street Journal has a feature on 27-year-old Jacob Coxon, whose social media post explaining why he quit his job as a researcher at Anthropic due to his concerns about the threat of AI causing human extinction received over 172 million views. No one has moved the needle over AI concerns as much as…
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UMG Recordings files 2d lawsuit v. Suno as expected. Adds 60,202 works to copyright claim.
Read more: UMG Recordings files 2d lawsuit v. Suno as expected. Adds 60,202 works to copyright claim.As expected, UMG Recordings filed a second copyright suit against Suno. This one adds 60,2022 additional songs that Suno allegedly used to train its models. This scenario was anticipated by Judge Saylor in his denial of motion for leave to amend the complaint, see below. And it’s similar to what happened with Concord Music v.…
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Geoffrey Hinton meets Sen. Bernie Sanders and warns we have only a year before AI safety issues become a big problem
Read more: Geoffrey Hinton meets Sen. Bernie Sanders and warns we have only a year before AI safety issues become a big problemGeoffrey Hinton, the so-called Godfather of AI, is warning members of Congress we need to slow down AI development at the top labs. Q: How much time do lawmakers have to get ahead of this before it’s a big problem? HINTON: Very little…. Maybe a year, but not much more than a year…. AI has…
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Mark Zuckerberg backs the view of Jensen Huang on each company taking responsibility before deploying AI models
Read more: Mark Zuckerberg backs the view of Jensen Huang on each company taking responsibility before deploying AI modelsThe debate over AI safety and concerns of existential risks posed by more powerful AI models has split into two camps: (1) Anthropic and OpenAI appear to favor greater collective “pacing” of the advances in developing new AI models, whereas (2) NVIDIA and now Meta are more in favor of each company taking responsibility in…
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King Charles calls for urgency in addressing AI existential risks
Read more: King Charles calls for urgency in addressing AI existential risksKing Charles urged AI companies to address the existential risks posed by AI falling into the wrong hands. In attendance were NVIDIA’s Jensen Huang, DeepMind’s Demis Hassabis, Anthropic’s Tino Cuellar, and OpenAI’s Sarah Friar. I suppose we might readily agree that the development of AI, its substance and its pace are both intriguing and deeply…
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UMG Recording sues Distrokid
Read more: UMG Recording sues DistrokidIn the district of Delaware, UMG Recordings sued Distrokid for alleged copyright infringement based on the theory “DistroKid is flooding platforms with AI-generated ‘slop/ that siphons revenue and listeners from the legitimate artists.” This is copyright lawsuit number 144 against AI companies. Claims: DOWNLOAD COMPLAINT: