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US bill proposes AI companies list what copyrighted materials they use
A new bill would make AI companies detail which copyrighted materials they took data from.
Now it's NVIDIA being sued over AI copyright infringement
It's getting hard to keep up with copyright lawsuits against generative AI, as yet another has hit the courts.
Appeals court overturns $1 billion copyright lawsuit against Cox
An appeals court has blocked a $1 billion copyright verdict against US internet service provider Cox Communications and ordered a retrial.
Sarah Silverman’s copyright infringement suit against OpenAI will advance in pared-down form
Sarah Silverman’s lawsuit against OpenAI will advance but with some of her legal team’s claims dismissed. The comedian sued OpenAI and Meta in July, claiming they trained their AI models on her work without consent.
The New York Times is suing OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement
The New York Times is suing OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement for using published news articles to train its artificial intelligence chatbots.
A 'silly' attack made ChatGPT reveal real phone numbers and email addresses
It wasn't clear what data OpenAI's chatbot was trained on since the large language models that power it are closed-source — until now.
AI music pioneer quits after disagreement over 'fair use' of copyrighted works
Ed Newton-Rex disagrees with the company's position that copyrighted material is "fair use" for training AI models.
New tool lets artists fight AI image bots by hiding corrupt data in plain sight
A team at the University of Chicago created Nightshade to protect ideas and content.
Valve fails to get out of paying its EU geo-blocking fine
Valve has failed to convince a court that it didn't infringe EU law by geo-blocking activation keys, according to a new ruling.
Viral indie game Only Up! delisted from Steam
The developer of Only Up!, a viral indie climbing game that blew up in popularity on Twitch streams, has delisted the title from Steam. After receiving accusations of using infringing assets and promoting NFTs, the game’s creator said they plan to “put the game behind” them due to stress.
US Copyright Office opens public comments on AI and content ownership
The US Copyright Office (USCO) wants your thoughts on generative AI and who can theoretically be declared to own its outputs. The technology has increasingly commanded the legal system’s attention, and as such office began seeking public comments on Wednesday about some of AI’s thorniest issues (via Ars Technica). These include questions about companies training AI models on copyrighted works, the copyright eligibility of AI-generated content (along with liability for infringing on it) and how to handle machine-made outputs mimicking human artists’ work.
Judge rules that AI-generated art isn't copyrightable, since it lacks human authorship
A federal judge has agreed with US government officials that a piece of artificial intelligence-generated art isn't eligible for copyright protection in the country since there was no human authorship involved.
The Agence France-Presse is suing Elon Musk's X over news content payments
A 2019 French law copyrighted news publishers' content.
Instagram beats copyright infringement lawsuit involving embedded photos
A three-judge panel with the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of Meta-owned Instagram after a pair of photographers accused the social media giant of copyright infringement. The basic gist of the case was that Instagram violated copyrights by letting outside websites and publications embed images without the explicit consent of content creators.
AI-generated images from text can't be copyrighted, US government rules
The US Copyright office has issued new guidance on the copyrightability of works that contain AI-generated elements.
Riot Games sues Chinese tech giant NetEase for allegedly copying 'Valorant'
Riot Games has sued Chinese tech giant NetEase, calling its mobile game Hyper Front "a copy of substantial parts of Valorant.
Adobe accepts AI-generated stock art, with limits
Adobe now accepts AI-created stock art, but only as long as it respects certain guidelines.
Feds charge Russians linked to the 'world's largest' pirated e-book library
The US has arrested two Russians for allegedly running what they said was the largest pirated e-book library.
Getty Images bans AI-generated art over copyright concerns
Getty Images is banning AI-created stock photos over concerns they could lead to lawsuits and other copyright battles.
Is DALL-E's art borrowed or stolen?
Creative AIs are being trained on creative's work. Is that fair, or desirable?
