Month: June 2024
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Perplexity AI ignores New York Times’s scraping ban (robots.txt), summarizes copyrighted article on EURO soccer match
Context: The use of copyrighted material by AI providers has already given rise to several infringement complaints, and the New York Times (NYT) is arguably the highest-profile media outlet to sue (June 12, 2024 ai fray article). One would assume that AI providers would be particularly cautious about potentially infringing NYT material. But no: What’s…
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New York Times would like to pick up where Elon Musk left off, seeks discovery into OpenAI’s departure from non-profit
The New York Times tells a court that OpenAI refuses to provide information on its creation of a for-profit entity. Meanwhile, Elon Musk has dropped his California lawsiut over that structural question.
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UK CMA influenced heavily by Amazon, Google in software licensing part of cloud services market investigation
The UK Competition & Market Authority mentioned AI in connection with its cloud services market investigation, but the focus is drifting in all sorts of different directions.