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AI companies scraping web at rapid pace pose challenge for website owners in protecting content.

Reddit's CEO criticizes tech companies for using its data without payment.

Podscan navigates the challenges of web scraping while protecting against aggressive AI scrapers, highlighting the paradox of data availability and ownership.

Major record labels sue AI companies for allegedly stealing copyrighted music to create AI-generated songs.

AI companies facing copyright infringement lawsuits

Novel defense strategy in NYT vs. Microsoft case

AI companies facing RIAA copyright lawsuit for using music to train AI models.

Condé Nast sent a cease-and-desist letter to Perplexity for using their content, highlighting growing concerns of AI companies not respecting copyright and ethical implications.

AI companies are facing legal actions for training their AIs on copyrighted works, leading to potential costly trials.

Content creators are vital for quality content online, but their livelihoods are threatened by big AI companies repurposing their work.

AI companies dominated the list of 85 most promising US startups in 2024.

San Francisco is the epicenter of artificial intelligence funding and talent, with a significant increase in funding to Bay Area startups.

News Corporation is prioritizing negotiation over litigation in their discussions with AI companies over the use of their content.

The New York Times has sued OpenAI and Microsoft over the use of its content to train AI systems.

OpenAI and FT deepen their content deal with potential FT.com links in ChaptGPT, highlighting the AI company's strategy to ingest training material and pay providers.

OpenAI developing Media Manager tool for creator control over content use in AI

Partnerships between OpenAI and publishers aim to adapt to AI-driven search experiences

Media outlets like Financial Times are licensing journalistic content to tech firms like OpenAI for training data, offering hope amidst challenging times.

Automattic in talks with AI companies to use data from Tumblr users' posts for training AI models.

Automattic plans to launch an opt-out setting for users to prevent data sharing with third parties, including AI companies.

AI companies facing challenges in obtaining high-quality training data.

Companies adopting methods in AI training that navigate copyright law ambiguities.

Automattic is in talks to sell content from its platforms to AI companies for training, causing controversy within the company.

Generative AI business is growing, but faces challenges with copyright concerns and lawsuits from major publishers.

Leading AI companies pledge to prevent AI exploitation of children for CSAM, aiming to protect children from abuse using generative AI.

AI companies dominate the Enterprise Tech 30 list, focusing on AI infrastructure and core model technologies.

30% of the ET30 2024 companies are in AI models and tools, showcasing a significant presence in the business technology sector.

The FTC is launching an inquiry into the corporate relationships of top AI companies.

The orders sent to these companies seek information on partnerships, competitive impact, and the potential distortion of innovation and fair competition.

AI companies are setting limits on the use of their technology in elections to prevent abuse and misinformation.

Companies like OpenAI, Google, Meta, and Anthropic are implementing measures such as forbidding the creation of fake chatbots, limiting AI chatbot responses, and labeling AI-generated content.

The vice president of audio at Stability AI, Ed Newton-Rex, has resigned due to his belief that training generative AI models using copyrighted content doesn't qualify as "fair use."

AI companies typically support fair use, but Newton-Rex had an issue with Stability AI's submission to the United States Copyright Office arguing for AI development falling under fair use.

Newton-Rex disagrees with the argument that using copyrighted works to train generative AI models is fair use because it can create works that compete with the copyrighted works.

Guardrails for AI are not enough to prevent potential harm within the next 5-10 years.

The development of AI is compared to the introduction of nuclear weapons, requiring urgent action.

Creating a global body similar to the IPCC is proposed as a solution to address the dangers of AI.

Ed Newton-Rex, the former vice president of audio at Stability AI, resigned over a disagreement about copyright and fair use in AI companies.

Newton-Rex disagreed with the argument that large tech companies can use data, including scraped data from the internet, without consent.

His departure from Stability AI reflects a larger issue with how AI companies approach copyright and fair use.

OpenAI's turmoil has created an opportunity for competitors to release new AI products

OpenAI's competitors like Anthropic and Stable Diffusion have rolled out new features while OpenAI was in a state of chaos

Reddit updating Robots Exclusion Protocol to block unauthorized scraping and enforce terms on AI companies and other scrapers.

Reddit updated its Robots Exclusion Protocol to combat AI companies using their content without permission.