The legal battle over AI training and its implications for intellectual property rights continues to unfold globally. While the UK government is conducting controversial public consultations on the proposal to allow AI companies to use protected works for training AI, new initiatives are offering content creators methods to cash in on the demand for AI training data.
Since 2014, the ...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit affirmed the district court’s decision refusing copyright registration of an artwork created by Artificial Intelligence.
The appellant, Stephen Thaler, is no stranger to court cases focused on the copyrightability of AI-generated works. The computer scientist has repeatedly petitioned to have his various AIs legally recognized as authors, creators, or inventors for ...
Following the record-breaking $1.3 billion fine imposed by the Irish Data Protection Commission on Meta in 2023, two of Meta’s institutional shareholders, both pension funds, have filed suit against the company due to “improper handling of user data”.
The plaintiffs assert “credible suspicions” that the board of directors and senior leadership are responsible for the privacy violations, which resulted in ...
Tech giants Google and Apple have recently lost court cases related to anti-competitive practices in their platforms and applications.
In Brazil, Apple has been facing scrutiny over its practice of allowing iOS apps to be available exclusively through the App Store, barring new competitors from entering the app distribution market. The Administrative Council for Economic Defense (Cade) issued an injunction ...
Recent developments underscore a growing global trend towards increased protection for minors using the Internet. Virginia is amending its Virginia Consumer Data Privacy Act to limit minors’ social media use to one hour per day per platform unless otherwise determined by a parent. Social media companies are also required to verify user age or obtain parental consent when necessary.
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Despite the Israeli Supreme Court’s landmark ruling last month which criticized the irresponsible use of generative AI to draft documents in legal proceedings, litigants continue to submit court filings citing AI-hallucinated court cases.
Several days after the previous ruling on the same subject matter, the Supreme Court outright rejected a petition that once again included AI hallucinations. The rejected petition ...
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