Category: AI Providers
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German music rights collecting society sues Suno over infringement of copyrights in world-famous compositions
Context: A couple of months ago, German music rights collecting society GEMA sued OpenAI in the Landgericht München I (Munich I Regional Court), alleging the AI provider’s infringement of song lyrics by GEMA’s members (November 14, 2024 ai fray article). At a subsequent press conference, GEMA explained in further detail the reasons for that enforcement…
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FTC releases Staff Report on AI Partnerships & Investments: collection of information and innuendo with unclear contours
Just prior to the transition of power in Washington, D.C., the Federal Trade Commission released a staff report on AI partnerships.
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“We want Britain to shape the AI revolution”: UK government publishes AI action plan
The new plan will make the UK “irresistible” to AI firms and includes changes such as encouraging public and private data licensing, and reforming the UK text and data mining regime so it is “at least as competitive as the EU”, British government says.
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Korea’s antitrust watchdog issues GenAI competition report, mulls merger control regime amendments
The Korea Fair Trade Commission landmark report raises concerns about Big Tech partnerships in AI, including Microsoft’s hiring of Inflection employees in March this year.
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OpenAI’s Sora latest major AI technology to be withheld from EU, UK markets — at least for now and presumably due to overregulation
OpenAI’s Sora is the latest example of a major new AI-based service that is, at least for the time being, unavailable to European users, presumably due to overregulation.
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Indian news agency seeks world’s first preliminary injunction against OpenAI over copyright infringement; court appoints experts
Context: Last week, a copyright infringement lawsuit by India’s Asian News International (ANI) against OpenAI became discoverable in the Delhi High Court (HC) (November 18, 2024 ai fray article). An initial case management conference was held the following day, and OpenAI’s counsel declared that his client had stopped training ChatGPT with ANI’s content as of…
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German music rights collecting society suing OpenAI: members are both fascinated and frightened by Generative AI
German music rights collecting society GEMA provided a background briefing for the press today on its copyright lawsuit against OpenAI that is designed to clarify key legal questions ASAP.
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Biggest non-U.S. AI copyright lawsuit filed in IP litigation hotspot Munich by German collecting society GEMA against OpenAI
German collecting society GEMA is suing OpenAI over the alleged infringement of its members’ copyrights in song lyrics. The chosen venue, Munich, is famous for strict IP enforcement.
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AI startups want to be protected by regulation, but also against overregulation: observations on a16z-Microsoft statement
A joint statement by venture investors Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and President Brad Smith