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Co-founder Sutskever, Jan Leike, & safety employees leave OpenAI. Must they sign non-disparagement agreements, or accept potential loss of millions in equity?
OpenAI is losing key employees, left and right, including co-founder Ilya Sutskever, superalignment co-leader Jan Leike, safety team member Evan Morikaw, and others. Many of the outgoing employees were responsible for safety concerns to develop responsible AI. Sutskever, who had approved the notorious removal of Sam Altman as CEO (before he was later reinstated), said Read more
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AI voice generator Lovo sued for claims of right of publicity in Lehrman v. Lovo, Inc., No. 1:24-cv-03770 (S.D.N.Y. May 16, 2024)
Lovo.ai is a “hyper realistic AI voice generator that captivates your audience.” As first reported by the New York Times, Paul Skye Lehrman and Linnea Sage, two voice actors, have filed a class action complaint against Lovo for allegedly violating their rights of publicity in their voices under New York state law and Lanham Act Read more
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Status of all 24 copyright lawsuits v. AI companies (May 17, 2024)
Here’s the latest status report in all 24 copyright lawsuits against AI companies. This week’s new developments from the last 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 Trial on the copyright issues will begin Read more
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Jobiak LLC v. Botmakers tests copyright claim in AI based platform’s job postings
A copyright case filed in October 2023 raises an interesting claim of copyright infringement of Jobiak, an automated AI-based platform for job postings, and a competitor’s alleged unauthorized scraping and copying of Jobiak’s database. Jobiak claims that “Defendant Tarta.Ai operates in a similar line of business as Plaintiff, utilizing AI technology to assist in job Read more
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OpenAI strikes licensing deal to include Reddit content to ChatGPT
As announced by OpenAI and Reddit, here are the key parts of their parternship: Reddit stock is up following the news. Read more
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USA Today, other Gannett owned newspaper to get AI-generated “key points” to summarize articles
According to the Verge, Gannett owned newspapers, including the USA Today, will incorporate AI-generated “key points”–similar to the bullet points some media, such as Business Insider, already feature–at the top of articles. Sample of Key Points of article in USA Today: There is a disclosure statement of the use of AI at the bottom of Read more