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Oregon ArtsWatch | Oregon Arts & Culture News
2 weeks ago
Film

FilmWatch Weekly: 'The People's Joker,' 'Sasquatch Sunset,' 'I Like Movies,' and more

The People's Joker faced legal challenges for its parody of DC Universe characters but eventually secured a theatrical release under fair use doctrine. [ more ]
The Economist
2 months ago
Artificial intelligence

Don't give AI free access to work denied to humans, argues a legal scholar

Fair use doctrine is the AI industry's defense in lawsuits over copyright infringement.
Copyright protection supporters argue for equal enforcement of copyright laws on AI as on humans. [ more ]
ReadWrite
2 months ago
Artificial intelligence

OpenAI faces copyright lawsuit over ChatGPT training practices

OpenAI is facing a legal battle over alleged copyright infringement in the training of its AI models.
The case could have significant implications for the AI industry's use of copyrighted materials for training purposes. [ more ]
www.fastcompany.com
3 months ago
Artificial intelligence

Why data will always be a precious commodity in the AI world

The New York Times lawsuit against OpenAI highlights the question of data ownership and fair use in training language models.
OpenAI admitted in a submission to the House of Lords that it requires access to copyrighted work to train its language models. [ more ]
ComputerWeekly.com
3 months ago
Artificial intelligence

GenAI tools 'could not exist' if firms are made to pay copyright | Computer Weekly

Using copyrighted content in AI training data is claimed to be fair use
Music publishers are demanding damages from Anthropic for copyright infringement [ more ]
TheStreet
3 months ago
Artificial intelligence

New platform seeks to prevent Big Tech from stealing art

Generative AI technology has led to an increase in copyright infringement lawsuits against AI companies.
Tech companies argue that scraping data for AI models falls under fair use, while media companies believe they should be entitled to part of the value generated. [ more ]
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ReadWrite
2 months ago
Artificial intelligence

OpenAI claims New York Times misused ChatGPT to fabricate lawsuit evidence

OpenAI seeks dismissal of copyright lawsuit parts
Debate on fair use of copyrighted materials in AI training [ more ]
www.theguardian.com
2 months ago
Artificial intelligence

OpenAI claims New York Times hacked' ChatGPT to build copyright lawsuit

OpenAI accuses New York Times of hacking its chatbot for misleading evidence in a copyright lawsuit.
Legal battle between AI tech companies and copyright owners over the use of copyrighted material for training AI systems. [ more ]
Futurism
3 months ago
Artificial intelligence

OpenAI Says It's Fine to Vacuum Up Everyone's Content and Charge for It Without Paying Them

OpenAI argues that training its models on the New York Times' work is fair use under US copyright law.
OpenAI is trying to drum up support among other news organizations and has partnered with the Associated Press, Business Insider's parent company, and New York University. [ more ]
Ars Technica
3 months ago
Artificial intelligence

OpenAI says it's "impossible" to create useful AI models without copyrighted material

AI models like ChatGPT and DALL-E heavily rely on copyrighted material for their development
OpenAI claims that training AI models exclusively on public domain content would not meet modern needs [ more ]
The Verge
3 months ago
Artificial intelligence

OpenAI claims The New York Times tricked ChatGPT into copying its articles

OpenAI responds to New York Times copyright lawsuit, calling it without merit and expressing hope for partnership.
OpenAI argues that the Times manipulated prompts to include regurgitated excerpts of articles, and claims its models don't typically behave the way the Times suggests. [ more ]
www.theguardian.com
3 months ago
Artificial intelligence

Impossible' to create AI tools like ChatGPT without copyrighted material, OpenAI says

OpenAI says access to copyrighted material is necessary to develop AI tools like chatbots.
OpenAI argues that limiting training data to public domain materials would not produce adequate AI systems. [ more ]
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time.com
3 months ago
Artificial intelligence

A New Nonprofit Is Seeking to Solve the AI Copyright Problem

Companies are training AI models on copyrighted work without permission, leading to legal battles and resignations from employees.
The issue of using copyrighted work to train AI systems is sparking debates about fair use and the reliance of creators on copyright. [ more ]
Theregister
3 months ago
Media industry

Congress told AI firms should pay for copyrighted content

Tech companies should compensate news publishers for using their copyrighted content in training AI models.
The legality of generative AI models using copyrighted content is disputed, with developers arguing for fair use. [ more ]
Hugh Stephens Blog
3 months ago
Artificial intelligence

There's a Good Reason it's not called "Artificial Creativity"

AI developers argue that their actions constitute fair use, similar to an art student studying and creating their own work.
The argument that AI-created content is just a new combination of existing knowledge may be flawed. [ more ]
Above the Law
5 months ago
Law

Elon Says Copyright/AI Lawsuits Don't Matter Because 'Digital God' Will Arrive Before They're Decided

Using copyright to regulate AI can lead to bad outcomes
Both Andrew Ross Sorkin and Elon Musk made misleading claims in the interview [ more ]
www.fastcompany.com
5 months ago
Artificial intelligence

Stability AI's high-profile resignation got lost in the OpenAI chaos

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. [ more ]
www.bbc.com
5 months ago
Artificial intelligence

AI chief quits over 'exploitative' copyright row

Senior executive at Stability AI resigns over company's view on using copyrighted work without permission
Many AI firms argue that taking copyright content is 'fair use' [ more ]
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The Atlantic
3 months ago
Artificial intelligence

The Flaw That Could Ruin Generative AI

AI models rely on copyrighted books and articles for their training data, potentially infringing on fair use.
Lawsuits against AI companies for reproducing copyrighted texts may threaten the future of generative AI technology. [ more ]
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BBC News
5 months ago
Artificial intelligence

AI chief quits over 'exploitative' copyright row

A senior executive at Stability AI has resigned over the company's use of copyrighted work without permission.
Many AI firms argue that using copyrighted content falls under 'fair use' exemption to copyright rules.
The US copyright office is studying generative AI and policy issues. [ more ]
TNW | Deep-Tech
5 months ago
Artificial intelligence

VP of UK's top generative AI firm resigns over 'fair use' controversy

Ed Newton-Rex has resigned from his role as VP of audio at Stability AI over the company's use of copyrighted content in generative AI models.
The company claims that using copyrighted content without permission is fair use, but Newton-Rex opposes this argument.
Newton-Rex highlights the legal and moral issues of using copyrighted content without permission in generative AI models. [ more ]
Engadget
5 months ago
Artificial intelligence

AI music pioneer quits after disagreement over 'fair use' of copyrighted works

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. [ more ]
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Futurism
3 weeks ago
Artificial intelligence

New Law Would Force AI Companies to Reveal Copyrighted Training Data

The Generative AI Copyright Disclosure Act would require businesses to disclose copyrighted content in training data sets.
The bill has sparked a debate over fair use of copyrighted material in AI training data sets. [ more ]
The Verge
2 months ago
Artificial intelligence

How AI copyright lawsuits could make the whole industry go extinct

Copyright lawsuits against AI companies for using generative AI are on the rise
AI companies are relying on the defense of fair use in these copyright cases [ more ]
WIRED
3 months ago
Artificial intelligence

Congress Wants Tech Companies to Pay Up for AI Training Data

Lawmakers in Washington, DC believe that AI companies should pay media outlets for using their work in AI projects.
There is growing consensus that using journalistic content without licensing agreements is not protected by fair use. [ more ]
WIRED
4 months ago
Artificial intelligence

The Generative AI Copyright Fight Is Just Getting Started

Creators are challenging the practice of using copyrighted material to train AI models, claiming it violates fair use.
The use of copyrighted material in AI training could potentially harm professions like writing and art. [ more ]
Cointelegraph
5 months ago
Artificial intelligence

Artists aim to thwart AI with data-poisoning software and legal action

The use of AI in art and design is posing challenges to intellectual property rights and the definition of plagiarism.
AI-driven platforms are utilizing copyrighted material for training without explicit permission, raising questions about fair use. [ more ]
Theregister
5 months ago
Artificial intelligence

Stability AI VP quits in 'fair use' copyright protest

The VP of audio at Stability AI has resigned due to disagreement with the company's opinion on training AI models on copyrighted works.
AI startups argue that training on copyrighted data is legally fine since it can be considered fair use. [ more ]
IPWatchdog.com | Patents & Intellectual Property Law
3 weeks ago
Data science

The Licensing Vector: A Fair Approach to Content Use in LLMs

LLMs may unintentionally include strings of copyrighted text, leading to legal implications.
Some GenAI companies incorporate copyrighted materials for their AI products, leading to copyright-related lawsuits and debates on fair use. [ more ]
www.nytimes.com
3 months ago
Photography

Richard Prince to Pay Photographers Who Sued Over Copyright

Richard Prince has agreed to pay at least $650,000 to two photographers in a copyright dispute over their images incorporated into his own work.
The judgments awarded damages to the photographers and barred Prince from reproducing the images in question as part of his New Portraits installation. [ more ]
Forbes
4 months ago
Business intelligence

Data Privacy And Ownership To Remain Key Concerns In Web Scraping Industry Next Year

Web scraping for AI development raises concerns about data privacy and ownership.
Ethical questions arise regarding the fair use of public data by AI companies. [ more ]
Electronic Frontier Foundation
4 months ago
Law

Internet Archive Files Appeal Brief Defending Libraries and Digital Lending From Big Publishers' Legal Attack

A 1998 federal law criminalizing access to digital works for lawful purposes is unenforceable and violates the First Amendment.
Technical standards incorporated into public law can be freely disseminated without liability for copyright infringement. [ more ]
Acm
5 months ago
Books

Saving Digital Libraries and the Internet Archive

The Internet Archive is appealing a decision in a copyright infringement suit brought by Hachette Book Group and other publishers.
The suit claims that the Internet Archive's controlled digital lending (CDL) system is illegal.
CDL operates under digital rights management (DRM) and proponents argue it is legal under U.S. copyright principles of fair use. [ more ]
The Verge
5 months ago
Artificial intelligence

Who owns AI art?

AI-generated images are raising questions about artists' rights and copyright law.
The US Copyright Office has rejected one of the first copyright applications for an AI-generated image.
The use of AI tools in creating art is a new frontier for copyright law and fair use. [ more ]
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