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Senators introduce NO FAKES bill to prohibit unauthorized AI deepfakes, or digital replicas
Read more: Senators introduce NO FAKES bill to prohibit unauthorized AI deepfakes, or digital replicasThe Nurture Originals, Foster Art, and Keep Entertainment Safe Act of 2024, known as the NO FAKES Act, was introduced in Congress. The bill is intended “to protect the voice and visual likenesses of creators and individuals from the proliferation of digital replicas created without their consent.” Nature of the Right – The bill provides individuals with a new federal…
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Status of all 28 copyright suits v. AI (Jul. 23, 2024): ROSS gets chance to identify uncopyrightable headnotes
Read more: Status of all 28 copyright suits v. AI (Jul. 23, 2024): ROSS gets chance to identify uncopyrightable headnotesHere’s the latest status report for all U.S. copyright lawsuits against AI companies. Highlights New developments from last week’s report are indicated below with an asterisk*. Case name Jurisdiction Judge Latest status Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH et al v. ROSS Intelligence Inc. D. Del. Bibas *ORAL ORDER: ORDER Ross to submit a list of all headnotes…
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Status of all 27 copyright suits v. AI (Jul. 5, 2024): Huckabee suit revived. Michael Chabon, Ayelet Waldman to drop out of Meta suit.
Read more: Status of all 27 copyright suits v. AI (Jul. 5, 2024): Huckabee suit revived. Michael Chabon, Ayelet Waldman to drop out of Meta suit.Here’s the latest status report of all 27 copyright suits–soon to be 28 suits—against AI companies. Even with the July 4th holiday, there was plenty activity. Case name Jurisdiction Judge Latest status Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH et al v. ROSS Intelligence Inc. D. Del. Bibas *Plaintiffs’ opposition to filtration hearing due on Jul. 5,…
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Status of all 26 copyright lawsuits v. AI (Jun. 26, 2024): Music labels sue Suno, Udio
Read more: Status of all 26 copyright lawsuits v. AI (Jun. 26, 2024): Music labels sue Suno, UdioHere’s the latest status report in the 26 copyright lawsuits against AI companies. Lots of activity this past week: New developments from last week’s status report are indicated by an asterisk (*): Case name Jurisdiction Judge Latest status Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH et al v. ROSS Intelligence Inc. D. Del. Bibas *ORDER: The pretrial…
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Judge Bibas agrees to consider whether to hold a pretrial filtration hearing on copyrightability of West works
Read more: Judge Bibas agrees to consider whether to hold a pretrial filtration hearing on copyrightability of West worksJudge Stephanos Bibas granted the parties’ request to allow briefing on whether the court should conduct a filtration hearing to determine if some elements of West’s works are not copyrightable as a matter of law. The defendant ROSS Intelligence supports a filtration hearing, but Thomson Reuters, the plaintiff, opposes it. The briefing schedule is: Entertaining…
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Status of all 24 copyright lawsuits v. AI companies (Jun. 14, 2024): 1st trial in AI cases nears, Thomson Reuters v. ROSS Intelligence
Read more: Status of all 24 copyright lawsuits v. AI companies (Jun. 14, 2024): 1st trial in AI cases nears, Thomson Reuters v. ROSS IntelligenceHere’s the latest news in all 24 copyright lawsuits against AI companies. We have exciting news: The new developments from last week’s report are indicated with an asterisk*. Case name Jurisdiction Judge Latest status Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH et al v. ROSS Intelligence Inc. D. Del. Bibas *Joint Letter to The Honorable Stephanos Bibas…
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Status of all 24 copyright lawsuits v. AI companies (May 31, 2024): NYT is willing to give up use of Exhibit J at trial. What?
Read more: Status of all 24 copyright lawsuits v. AI companies (May 31, 2024): NYT is willing to give up use of Exhibit J at trial. What?A few notable developments in the copyright litigation against AI companies. Hard to believe a discovery dispute can be the most significant development this week. But it is. The new developments from last week’s report are indicated with an asterisk (*). Case name Jurisdiction Judge Latest status Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH et al v. ROSS Intelligence…
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Helen Toner, ex-Board member of OpenAI, alleges Sam Altman “didn’t inform the board that he owned the OpenAI startup fund, even though he constantly was claiming to be an independent board member with no financial interest in the company”
Read more: Helen Toner, ex-Board member of OpenAI, alleges Sam Altman “didn’t inform the board that he owned the OpenAI startup fund, even though he constantly was claiming to be an independent board member with no financial interest in the company”In an explosive interview with Bilawal Sidhu on “The TED AI Show,” ex-Board Member of OpenAI Helen Toner made some serious allegations against Sam Altman, the CEO and co-founder of OpenAI. (More from Business Insider.) Toner claims that Altman was “withholding information” from the Board and was “misrepresenting things that were happening in the company.”…
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Status of all 24 copyright lawsuits v. AI companies (May 23, 2024)
Read more: Status of all 24 copyright lawsuits v. AI companies (May 23, 2024)This week was quieter on the litigation front. Most of the attention this week was over Scarlett Johanssen’s pointed objection to OpenAI’s use of an AI voice for GPT-4o that sounded like her, after she twice declined Sam Altman’s request to do voice work for ChatGPT. The Wall St. Journal even has a front page…
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Status of all copyright lawsuits v. AI (Mar. 29, 2024)
Read more: Status of all copyright lawsuits v. AI (Mar. 29, 2024)Here’s the latest on all 20 copyright lawsuits against AI companies. There were a number of filings related to motions to dismiss. Notable developments: Please visit our Master List of all lawsuits organized by jurisdictions. The new developments from last week’s report are noted in the chart below by an asterisk*. Case name Jurisdiction Judge…