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GEMA • 3 min read

GEMA sues OpenAI

German collecting society GEMA has sued OpenAI for copyright infringement, saying generative AI poses “fundamental legal questions that we absolutely must clarify” through litigation. It’s the first music industry lawsuit against an AI company within Europe rather than the US…

Chris Cooke • 13 Nov 2024

New York Times rejects Open AI’s unreasonable demand for journalists’ sources in copyright case

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Open AI • 2 min read

New York Times rejects Open AI’s unreasonable demand for journalists’ sources in copyright case

OpenAI wants to peek behind the curtain of NYT journalism, demanding reporters' sources in a heated copyright battle. The Times isn't having it, calling the move a threat to press freedom. As AI and media giants clash, the outcome could reshape how tech companies use content to train their models…

Chris Cooke • 05 Jul 2024

No copyright exception for AI reiterates UK government - but tech companies still lobbying for more change

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AI • 2 min read

No copyright exception for AI reiterates UK government - but tech companies still lobbying for more change

The UK government has again confirmed it is no longer planning to introduce a new data mining exception in copyright law to benefit the AI sector, but it remains under intense lobbying from tech companies that want easy access to copyright protected works to train AI models…

Chris Cooke • 15 Jan 2024

OpenAI responds to NYT lawsuit - says training is fair use, "regurgitations" are rare

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OpenAI responds to NYT lawsuit - says training is fair use, "regurgitations" are rare

OpenAI has published a blog post responding to the copyright infringement lawsuit filed against it by the New York Times. It insists - once again - that its use of existing content to train an AI model is fair use, while bigging up its collaborations with other content owners…

Chris Cooke • 09 Jan 2024

New York Times journalist slams OpenAI as "no different than any other thief" in latest copyright lawsuit

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AI • 2 min read

New York Times journalist slams OpenAI as "no different than any other thief" in latest copyright lawsuit

Two American journalists have sued OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement…

Chris Cooke • 08 Jan 2024

Authors say OpenAI's construction of 'fair use' would "entirely swallow US copyright"

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Authors say OpenAI's construction of 'fair use' would "entirely swallow US copyright"

A group of writers, including comedian Sarah Silverman, have responded to efforts by OpenAI to get various elements of a copyright lawsuit dismissed, criticising the technology firm’s interpretation of copyright law and especially fair use…

Chris Cooke • 29 Sep 2023

Meta says AI training is fair use in response to author lawsuit over LLaMA

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Metadata • 2 min read

Meta says AI training is fair use in response to author lawsuit over LLaMA

Meta has responded to a copyright lawsuit filed by Sarah Silverman and two other writers insisting that its training of generative AI model LLaMA with existing copyright-protected works is ‘fair use’…

Chris Cooke • 21 Sep 2023

Tech leaders and academics call for six month pause on development of advanced AI technologies

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AI • 3 min read

Tech leaders and academics call for six month pause on development of advanced AI technologies

A stack of tech industry bosses and founders, as well academics, researchers and lobbying organisations, have signed a letter calling…

Chris Cooke • 30 Mar 2023