OpenAI Secretly Trained GPT-4 With More Than a Million Hours of Transcribed YouTube Videos
OpenAI's latest text-to-video generator, Sora, may have been trained using publicly available and licensed data, including transcribed YouTube videos.
AI companies like OpenAI and Google are using murky and potentially copyright-infringing data to train their models, leading to lawsuits and accusations of misattributing practices. [ more ]
Alleged Bad Boy Loses Business Deals Over Criminal Charges
Diddy's businesses faced challenges before legal issues, including struggling school and outdated brand. Racism allegation and market competition contributed to the decline of partnerships. [ more ]
Quinn Emanuel Proposes Using Time Travel To Avoid Sanctions Motion
Elon Musk's legal team is trying to correct errors in a sanctions motion by proposing a time machine, showing negligence and unauthorized practice of law. [ more ]
Ajax woman 'blindsided' as government questions her Canadian citizenship 30 years later | CBC News
Arielle Townsend, a Canadian citizen since infancy, faced citizenship revocation due to alleged discrepancies. The prolonged uncertainty has left her in limbo, unable to travel. [ more ]
The Financial Times deal with OpenAI highlights an uneasy future for both media and tech
Media outlets like Financial Times are licensing journalistic content to tech firms like OpenAI for training data, offering hope amidst challenging times. [ more ]
The charges against 57 University of Texas at Austin students involved in a pro-Palestinian protest were dropped due to flawed arrest affidavits. [ more ]
A Principal Confronted a Teenage Girl. He Could Face 10 Years in Prison.
A high school principal in New Jersey faced legal charges following a brief encounter with a Black student, sparking division and controversy in the community.
The incident at Columbia High School has become a focal point for discussions on race and justice in a racially mixed school district. [ more ]
House Votes to Extend-and Expand-a Major US Spy Program
The controversial US wiretap program Section 702 of FISA has been extended for two years, permitting government wiretapping of communications between Americans and foreigners overseas. [ more ]
California Republican wants more penalties for buying child sex. She claims bill got 'hijacked'
California Sen. Shannon Grove wants to increase penalties for buying sex with children, while opponents argue the bill could penalize teenagers having consensual sex. [ more ]
Oakland International Airport will include San Francisco Bay in name - legal war looms
Combining Oakland Airport with San Francisco Bay aims to boost the local economy and raise Oakland's profile despite facing potential legal challenges. [ more ]
The A.C.L.U. Said a Worker Used Racist Tropes and Fired Her. But Did She?
Kate Oh, a lawyer at the ACLU, known for criticizing her superiors, was fired over accusations of using racist stereotypes against Black colleagues.
The ACLU alleges that although Kate Oh never used racial slurs, her choice of phrases and words demonstrated a pattern of anti-Black sentiment. [ more ]