WHAT IS COPYRIGHT
Canadian news media are suing OpenAI for copyright infringement, but will they win?
The lawsuits claim that OpenAI "scraped" large amounts of content from media sites without permission. They have also claimed that the AI company is not compensating the original creators for the profit made. The company on the other hand insists that this is not a violation but "fair dealing" under the copyright law.
'Worst leak in streaming history': Hackers disrupt Netflix¡¯s biggest shows; Here's what it means for the future of streaming
Netflix is taking legal and technical steps to address a major content leak that impacted several blockbuster series, including Squid Game and Arcane. The breach, linked to post-production studio Iyuno, led to the release of unreleased episodes online. Netflix has secured a court order compelling Discord to share details about a user allegedly involved in the leak. Both Netflix and Iyuno are actively investigating the incident to prevent future breaches and protect intellectual property.
After Nayanthara, husband Vignesh Shivan hits back at Dhanush's legal notice; shares controversial clip amid legal drama
Nayanthara and her husband, director Vignesh Shivan, have found themselves embroiled in a legal dispute with actor-filmmaker Dhanush. The controversy began when Dhanush filed a Rs 10 crore copyright infringement case after the trailer of Nayanthara¡¯s upcoming Netflix documentary featured a 3-second clip from the film Naanum Rowdy Dhaan, which he produced. In retaliation, Vignesh shared the controversial clip on his Instagram stories and mocked Dhanush¡¯s legal notice, urging followers to watch it "for free."
Former OpenAI researcher says the company broke copyright law
In August, Balaji, 25, left OpenAI because he no longer wanted to contribute to technologies that he believed would bring society more harm than benefit. "If you believe what I believe, you have to just leave the company," he said during a recent series of interviews with The New York Times.
AI holds potential to transform lives but poses threat if mishandled: UNESCO Education ADG
UNESCO's Stefania Giannini highlights the transformative potential and risks of AI, comparing it to the discovery of fire. She emphasizes the need for robust frameworks to regulate AI in education, addressing issues like curriculum content, assessment systems, and data privacy. The focus is on ensuring technology benefits humanity while minimizing risks.
OpenAI denies infringement allegations in author copyright cases
OpenAI has defended itself in a California court against accusations of misusing the works of authors such as Michael Chabon and Sarah Silverman to train its AI. The company argues that it employs fair use of copyrighted material to create new, original content with its chatbot ChatGPT.
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Can tech executives be held responsible for what happens on their platforms?
And on Saturday, Pavel Durov, who founded the online communications tool Telegram, was arrested in France as part of an investigation into the platform's complicity in crimes including possession and distribution of child sexual abuse imagery.
Authors sue Claude AI chatbot creator Anthropic for copyright infringement
The lawsuit filed Monday in a federal court in San Francisco alleges that Anthropic's actions "have made a mockery of its lofty goals" by tapping into repositories of pirated writings to build its AI product. "It is no exaggeration to say that Anthropic's model seeks to profit from strip-mining the human expression and ingenuity behind each one of those works," the lawsuit says.
Copyright group takes down Dutch language AI dataset
The dataset included information collected without permission from tens of thousands of books, news sites, and Dutch language subtitles harvested from "countless" films and TV series, BREIN said in a statement. In Denmark, a copyright protection group called Danish Rights Alliance forced the take-down of a huge dataset known as "Books3" last year.
Music labels' AI lawsuits create new copyright puzzle for US courts
??The big record labels are worried too, Sony Music, Universal Music Group and Warner Music sued Udio and another music AI company called Suno in June, marking the music industry's entrance into high-stakes copyright battles over AI-generated content that are just starting to make their way through the courts.
Stand up to breaking news
AI summaries, including Google's feature, pose some key challenges for society and news publishers. For starters, they have issues with accuracy. Unlike Wikipedia, they don't have human oversight or verification, and can pick up unreliable or unverified information from articles as facts. A user who doesn't know better, or can't easily spot issues, may accept it as news.
US news publishers sue Microsoft, OpenAI: All you need to know
US news publishers sue Microsoft and OpenAI for copyright infringement in training AI models. OpenAI responds by emphasizing support for news organizations. Indian news publishers seek fair compensation for gen AI model training.
World Book and Copyright Day 2024: Theme, history, significace and more
World Book and Copyright Day celebrates reading's impact globally, honoring renowned writers like Shakespeare and Cervantes. The 2024 theme 'Read Your Way' emphasizes nurturing a love for reading across all ages.
How AI-generated music is shaking up the industry and why artists are wary
The use of AI in music exploded with the entry of tech giants and powerful AI-first firms. One of the pioneers was OpenAI¡¯s Jukebox. Released in 2020, it generated raw audio that approximated the inputs you gave like a certain musician or a particular genre.
New AI law will guard rights of content creators: experts
Experts hailed the proposed AI law as "timely" given the explosive growth of AI-generated content. This rapid development has the potential to disrupt the publishing industry and raise copyright infringement concerns, they said.
OpenAI unveils AI technology that recreates human voices
The high-profile artificial intelligence startup said Friday that a small group of businesses was testing a new OpenAI system, Voice Engine, that can re-create a person's voice from a 15-second recording. If you upload a recording of yourself and a paragraph of text, it can read the text using a synthetic voice that sounds like yours.
ETtech Explainer: Nvidia hit with AI copyright lawsuit
Three authors are suing Nvidia, a leader in graphics processing units (GPUs), claiming the company used their written works without permission to train its AI platform, NeMo. Here's an explainer of what the Nvidia lawsuit says and what these concerns are.
ETtech Explainer: Legal tussle between OpenAI and NYT
New York Times had accused OpenAI of "wide-scale copying" and using millions of articles published by it for training chatbots. OpenAI has refuted some of these allegations and claimed that the fair use doctrine of copyright laws will apply in its case.
New feeding habits for AI: The Reddit-Google deal could show how content will be produced, owned and consumed on internet
Reddit signs a $60 million deal with Google to mine its content for training AI models. The deal raises questions about copyright laws, IPR, fair-use doctrine, and algorithmic bias.
OpenAI gets partial win in authors' US copyright lawsuit
U.S. District Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin on Monday granted most of Microsoft-backed OpenAI's motion to dismiss many of the writers' claims for now, rejecting their arguments that the content generated by ChatGPT infringes their copyrights and that the company unjustly enriched itself with their work.
Indian publishers seek rules for copyright protection against generative AI models
Digital News Publishers Association (DNPA) has sent a letter and made representations to the ministries of electronics and information technology and information and broadcasting, seeking protection from likely copyright violations by AI models.
OpenAI and its discontents: Why countries need laws to combat AI exploitation
The New York Times accuses Microsoft-owned ChatGPT of using copyrighted material without permission and attributing false information. The legal case involves copyright violation and compromising content integrity. The investigation reveals that 'common crawl', a dataset used in training GPT-3, has www.nytimes.com as a highly represented source. Should OpenAI be allowed to profit from copyrighted and unprotected content? The arts and entertainment industry in India also faces copyright issues. AI-generated music and propaganda pose threats to the industry and society. Protective laws may be necessary.
Anthropic fires back at music publishers' AI copyright lawsuit
Artificial intelligence company Anthropic asks Tennessee federal court to reject music publishers' bid to stop it from using song lyrics in its chatbot Claude; Anthropic argues that publishers failed to prove irreparable harm and brought lawsuit in wrong cour.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Salesforce's Mark Benioff disagree on AI¡¯s use of copyrighted content
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff accuses AI companies of stealing training data, including content from Time and New York Times. OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, is in negotiations with publications like Time to license their news work. The New York Times has already sued OpenAI and Microsoft Corp. for unauthorized use of its articles.
ETtech Explainer: OpenAI¡¯s response to NYT¡¯s copyright lawsuit
OpenAI has refuted some of these allegations and claimed that the fair use doctrine of copyright laws will apply in its case. ET explains the case and its ramifications.
OpenAI and Microsoft face another lawsuit over alleged copyright infringement by authors; here's what you need to know
OpenAI and Microsoft face a class-action lawsuit by authors alleging copyright infringement for using their works in AI development. Filed by Nicholas Basbanes and Nicholas Gage, seeking up to $150,000 per infringement, the suit accuses the companies of utilizing written material without consent. This adds to OpenAI's prior legal battles with prominent authors and The New York Times, raising ethical concerns about AI's use in news creation and its potential impact on media and technology industries.
Mickey Mouse stars in horror film as copyright comes to an end. Can you envision this?
Mickey Mouse embraces horror as copyright ends, starring in a chilling film. Steamboat Willie's expiry unleashes creative freedom. Gaming also dives into darkness. Disney's iconic character transforms, marking a significant shift in pop culture.
It¡¯s an important case; we should stay tuned: MoS IT on NYT lawsuit against OpenAI, Microsoft
Last Wednesday, New York Times sued OpenAI and Microsoft over copyright infringement, alleging that millions of its articles were used without consent to train chatbots and AI models, which now compete with it.
ETtech Explainer | NYT vs OpenAI: Why news publishers are fighting Big Tech over LLMs
Last week¡¯s copyright infringement lawsuit by The New York Times ( NYT) against ChatGPT- maker OpenAI has opened another battlefront between big technology companies and news publishers.
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