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Judge McMahon gives 2 week extension to OpenAI to reply to Raw Story Media’s motion to file 1st Amended Complaint
Read more: Judge McMahon gives 2 week extension to OpenAI to reply to Raw Story Media’s motion to file 1st Amended ComplaintOpenAI received an extension until December 20, 2024 to reply to Raw Story Media’s motion to file a First Amended Complaint after Judge McMahon dismissed the original complaint due to lack of standing, or an alleged injury in fact under Article III of the Constitution.
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Magistrate Judge Wang denies OpenAI’s discovery motion seeking New York Times’ use of AI
Read more: Magistrate Judge Wang denies OpenAI’s discovery motion seeking New York Times’ use of AIIn a major ruling in the New York Times lawsuit against OpenAI, Magistrate Judge Ona Wang denied OpenAI’s motion to compel discovery of information relevant to New York Times’s own use of AI. OpenAI sought from the New York Times information related to “(1) the Times’s use of nonparties’ generative artificial intelligence (“Gen AI”) tools;…
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Asian News International (ANI) sues OpenAI for copyright infringement in India
Read more: Asian News International (ANI) sues OpenAI for copyright infringement in IndiaOpenAI is being sued for copyright infringement yet again. This time by the Asian News International (ANI) in India in a New Delhi court. As the Hindu Business Online reports, “The news agency is seeking initial damages of ₹20 million ($236,910), its lawyer Sidhant Kumar said.” From the report, ANI asserts infringement by OpenAI’s alleged…
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Big ruling: Judge McMahon dismisses Raw Story’s complaint v. OpenAI on lack of standing for DMCA claim
Read more: Big ruling: Judge McMahon dismisses Raw Story’s complaint v. OpenAI on lack of standing for DMCA claimOn November 7, 2024, Judge McMahon in the Southern District of New York issued a major ruling dismissing Raw Story Media’s complaint for failure to have standing–for both damages and injunctive relief–to assert a DMCA CMI claim under 1202(b) without an allegation that OpenAI disseminated copies of Raw Story Media’s articles from which CMI had…
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Miles Brundage leaves OpenAI
Read more: Miles Brundage leaves OpenAIThe exodus of high-level executives at OpenAI continues. Miles Brundage announced his departure from the company. He had worked there since 2018.
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OpenAI valued at $157 billion in $6.6B funding round
Read more: OpenAI valued at $157 billion in $6.6B funding roundOpenAI was valued at $157 billion in its latest funding round that raked in $6.6 billion for the company. The investors included Thrive Capital, Khosla Ventures, MGX, the new Abu-Dabhi investment firm, Microsoft, Softbank, and NVIDIA. Apple chose not to join.
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OpenAI CTO Mira Murati leaves company, adding to departures of top executives
Read more: OpenAI CTO Mira Murati leaves company, adding to departures of top executivesCTO 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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Has Andersen v. Stability AI order given life to active inducement claims in other AI suits?
Read more: Has Andersen v. Stability AI order given life to active inducement claims in other AI suits?Active inducement claims The Supreme Court’s decision in MGM Studios, Inc. v. Grokster, Ltd., attempted to draw a line between (i) developing a new technology and (ii) trying to actively induce others to commit copyright infringement using the technology. The Court held: “that one who distributes a device with the object of promoting its use…
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Intel passed on investing $1 B for 15% stake in OpenAI in 2018. Intel now to cut 15% of employees.
Read more: Intel passed on investing $1 B for 15% stake in OpenAI in 2018. Intel now to cut 15% of employees.There are reasons why CEOs get paid a lot. One of them is that they are responsible for making decisions that can make or break a company. Sadly, it appears something of that sort might be happening to Intel. After it was reported earlier this week that Intel will layoff 15% of its workforce, reports…