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New York Times sues Microsoft, OpenAI for alleged copyright infringement (download Complaint & Exhibit J)
Read more: New York Times sues Microsoft, OpenAI for alleged copyright infringement (download Complaint & Exhibit J)The New York Times filed a copyright lawsuit in the Southern District of New York against Microsoft and OpenAI alleging copyright infringement (direct and secondary infringement based on vicarious and contributory infringement), misappropriation, and trademark dilution. The Complaint seeks the following relief: 1. Awarding The Times statutory damages, compensatory damages, restitution, disgorgement, and any other…
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Status of all copyright lawsuits v. AI
Read more: Status of all copyright lawsuits v. AIAs 2023 comes to a close, we checked in to see where all the 14 copyright lawsuits against AI companies stand. Below is a summary: Status of U.S. Copyright Lawsuits v. AI Cos. Case name Jurisdiction Judge Latest status Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH et al v. ROSS Intelligence Inc. D. Del. Bibas Trial on…
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Artist Sarah Anderson files first amended complaint in copyright suit v. AI cos.
Read more: Artist Sarah Anderson files first amended complaint in copyright suit v. AI cos.Judge Orrick dismissed a number of the claims in Sarah Anderson’s proposed class action suit against Stability AI and other AI companies on Oct. 30, 2024. In sum, Judge Orrick ruled: This week, Anderson filed her First Amended Complaint to address the court’s reasons for dismissal, such as the need to identify specific works allegedly…
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Elon Musk: By time copyright lawsuits are decided, we’ll have a digital god. [Video]
Read more: Elon Musk: By time copyright lawsuits are decided, we’ll have a digital god. [Video]Elon Musk was interviewed by Andrew Ross Sorkin yesterday. One interesting exchange was over the copyright lawsuits against AI companies. Here’s what Musk said: Elon Musk: I don’t know except to say that, by the time these lawsuits are decided, we’ll have a digital god. We’ll have a digital god at that point. These lawsuits…
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OpenAI Sam Altman defends training AI to learn from copyrighted works, but open to compensation to artists
Read more: OpenAI Sam Altman defends training AI to learn from copyrighted works, but open to compensation to artistsIn a fascinating interview before the OpenAI Board brouhaha, Sam Altman discussed the controversy over training AI models on copyrighted works without permission of the authors and artists. Kevin Roose: Sam, I want to ask you about something else that people are not happy about when it comes to these language uh and image models…
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New AI lawsuit: Julian Sancton v. OpenAI, Microsoft
Read more: New AI lawsuit: Julian Sancton v. OpenAI, MicrosoftIn the Southern District of New York, the author Julian Sancton filed a proposed copyright class action against OpenAI, its subsidiaries, and Microsoft. The Complaint is below: Using ChatGPT, we created a Table summarizing the 2 counts in the Complaint. Sancton v. OpenAI: Counts, Specific Allegations, and Named Defendants Count Specific Allegations Named Defendants Count…
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Judge Chhabria dismisses most of Kadrey’s claims v. Meta in AI lawsuit
Read more: Judge Chhabria dismisses most of Kadrey’s claims v. Meta in AI lawsuitAs Judge Chhabria indicated two weeks ago at a hearing in Kadrey v. Meta, he dismissed all of Kadrey’s claims except the copyright claim alleging infringement based on the Meta’s training of its large language model LLaMA. We asked ChatGPT to summarize the court’s order and it did a decent job. We made some minor…
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Judge Chhabria poised to dismiss some of Sarah Silverman’s copyright claims v. Meta
Read more: Judge Chhabria poised to dismiss some of Sarah Silverman’s copyright claims v. MetaSarah Silverman and Richard Kadrey’s lawyers faced skepticism from Judge Vince Chhabria about the theories of some their claims, in their proposed class action against Meta for its generative AI program. According to Reuters, Judge Chhabria said, “I understand your core theory. Your remaining theories of liability I don’t understand even a little bit.” Indeed,…
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Larry Lessig: AI generated works should be copyrightable but only if AI system registers it
Read more: Larry Lessig: AI generated works should be copyrightable but only if AI system registers itFascinating interview of Harvard Law Professor Larry Lessig about AI on Nilay Patel’s Decoder. “The view that I have which is surprising to people is that I absolutely think that when you use AI to create work there out to be a copyright that comes out of that…. “What we need is an efficient system…