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OpenAI announces new model GPT Turbo, custom GPTs, Copyright Shield for customers
OpenAI’s DevDay on Nov. 6 was a big hit. Sam Altman and the company announced the following: In terms of the Copyright Shield, Altman said: “We’re introducing copyright shield. Copyright shield means that we will step in and defend our customers and pay the costs incurred, if you face legal claims or on copyright infringement, Read more
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Pres. Obama talks AI copyright lawsuits with Nilay Patel on Decoder
The Decoder podcast’s Nilay Patel scored an interview with President Barack Obama. President Obama on copyright lawsuits and broader questions Patel: The thing that will stop AI in its tracks in this moment is copyright lawsuits, right? You ask a generative AI model to spit out a Barack Obama speech and it it will do Read more
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Comment of Professor Edward Lee to Artificial Intelligence Study by The United States Copyright Office
Comment of Prof. Edward Lee to U.S. Copyright Office regarding the copyrightability of AI generated works. Download the Comment here. Abstract This Comment was submitted to the Copyright Office in its study of artificial intelligence to answer the questions related to the copyrightability of AI generated works. The Copyright Office should return to the first Read more
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Judge Orrick rejects “21st century collage tool” theory of Sarah Anderson’s lawsuit v. AI text to image generators
Judge Orrick’s order dismissing, with leave to the defendants to amend their complaint, rejected the theory of the plaintiffs Sarah Anderson et al. that all of DeviantArt’s Output Images are infringing derivative works because DeviantArt’s AI program was allegedly trained on copyrighted images. Sarah Anderson’s theory of collage tool: “The resulting image is necessarily a Read more
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Judge Orrick dismisses copyright claims v. DeviantArt, Midjourney in Anderson case
In a partial victory for the defendants DeviantArt and Midjourney, Judge Orrick granted their motions to dismiss the copyright claims against them brought in the Sarah Anderson v. Stability AI proposed class action. However, Stability AI’s motion to dismiss was denied. Judge Orrick granted the defendants leave to amend their complaint. Read more
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The Copyright Office’s approach to AI is wrong. Here’s why.
At long last, I have posted a preprint draft of my article Prompting Progress: Authorship in the Age of AI, 76 Fla. L. Rev. (forthcoming 2024). You can download it from SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4609687 The Article explains why the Copyright Office’s recent guidance and position denying the copyrightability of AI generated works is wrong. It follows Read more