Month: January 2024
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Italian authority Garante issues privacy charge sheet to OpenAI, may raise issues in EU data protection task force
Italy’s data privacy authority Garante (GPDP) lifted a ban on ChatGPT in Italy last year, subject to certain measures. After further investigation, the Garante now believes there are still issues.
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Federal Trade Commission’s AI-related inquiries have 360° angle, policy conference closer to 180°
The FTC sent out discovery letters to Microsoft, OpenAI, Amazon, Google and Anthropic about strategic partnerships. The quality of its Tech Summit was very good, but the speakers were all on the progressive side.
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First major AI patent settlement: former child prodigy sued Google for $7 billion (potentially $21B)—case history
Singular Computing sued Google in the District of Massachusetts over the allged infringement of chipset patents by AI training in Google’s data centers. Potential damages exceeded $7B. Just before jury deliberations, the parties settled.
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Lawyer defending Microsoft against New York Times lawsuit on fair use grounds lost Oracle v. Google on that basis—here’s why that’s good
Copyright lawyer Annette Hurst is defending Microsoft against the New York Times’ OpenAI lawsuit. When suing Google on Oracle’s behalf, she lost over fair use. But the result and the experience come in handy now.
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Text of EU AI Act published: last-minute inclusion of General Purpose AI Models raises questions, as do open-source exceptions
Euractiv tech reporter Luca Bertuzzi has published a previously EU-internal document that juxtaposes the positions of three EU institutions and their compromise text.
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![Game distribution platform Steam aims to approve “vast majority of games that use [AI]” with new rules](https://aifray.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Steam-AI-rules.png)
Game distribution platform Steam aims to approve “vast majority of games that use [AI]” with new rules
Valve, the operator of leading game distribution platform Steam, was previously criticized for categorically rejecting games with AI-based content and has now outlined its new approach, which will evolve further.
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Hungarian competition authority launches market investigation into AI; Portuguese counterpart published paper in November
National competition authorities of three Europan countries have looked or are still looking into AI; the UK CMA, the Portuguese AdC and now the Hungarian GVH.