Author: Florian Mueller
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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
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.
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Five proportionality considerations concerning New York Times’ copyright lawsuit over ChatGPT
The New York Times Company’s copyright action against Micosoft and OpenAI will be decided with proportionality considerations in mind (three of the four fair use factors; damages; injunctive relief).
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New York Times alleges copyright infringement by Microsoft and OpenAI
The New York Times has sued Microsoft and OpenAI alleging copyright infringement because of the use of many of its articles for AI training purposes.
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Antitrust authorities’ preliminary investigations of Microsoft-OpenAI partnership come at counterintuitive point
The U.S. FTC, UK CMA and EU Commission are trying to establish whether Microsoft’s partnership with OpenAI would have to be investigated as if it were a traditional merger. What apparently ignited their interest, however, should actually have been viewed as reassuring that Microsoft neither has nor seeks control over OpenAI.
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ai fray sees the light of day
ai fray goes live, simultaneously with two other websites (games fray and ip fray). Readers will find a mix of quick summaries and deep analysis.