OpenAI and others could pay millions / billions in licensing fees, or just buy the media outlets for less and scrap the dying advertising models that are barely sustaining journalism. Maybe AI saves journalism in an ironic twist. But then we have to trust these companies to
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Legal Training Arguments: AI Learning vs Human Learning Comparison
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The legal arguments between “training” and “learning” will be intriguing. I could definitely see a path forward in which the courts allow the training / learning because the AI companies succeed at convincing the judge(s) it’s not really different from humans. But the companies
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AI Learning from Copyrighted Material: Legal Arguments and Implications
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Also not a lawyer, but I’ll be fascinated to see legal arguments for 1) below. The AI learns from copyrighted material like humans (except it can learn more and do it faster), and synthesizes that information to create outputs, also like humans. Should that be illegal?
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NYT Lawsuit Against OpenAI Microsoft Over Copyright Training Data
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After reading the @nytimes lawsuit against @OpenAI and @Microsoft
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(1) Claims, among other things, that OpenAI and Microsoft used millions of copyrighted NYT articles to train their models
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DMCA Safe Harbor Implications for AI Platform MJ
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DMCA doesn't distinguish the details of what's being sold by MJ. They don't qualify for Safe Harbor. The *interface* is like a search engine. You can ignore related caselaw but that's not very scholarly of you considering you're building legal AI. Good luck with it!
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DMCA Safe Harbor Implications for AI-Generated Content Sales
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They are hosting the files as well. The text interface is like a search engine so there's precedent there. Furthermore, Safe Harbor provisions don't even apply in this case because MJ is selling the outputs — and couldn't comply with the rest of the DMCA even if they wanted to.
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Meta Reports Chinese Fake Accounts Impersonating Americans Online
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4,789 Facebook Accounts in China Impersonated Americans, Meta Says: The company warned that the inauthentic accounts underscored the threat of foreign election interference in 2024. https://
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AI Companies Liability for Infringing Generated Outputs
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1) not necessary here because the outputs alone are infringing. 2) See caselaw about hosting infringing images. If there is doubt about the legality (and MJ claiming Fair Use is intentional choice that takes on the risk), it doesn't absolve companies of responsibility.
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Getty Lawsuits Force AI Image Providers Toward Legal Settlements
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Past lawsuits by Getty and settled by Google Images suggests significant concessions will be necessary by providers in order for them to continue operations. Since you also agree it's infringement, it's indeed a question how much the providers are liable.
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AI Copyright Infringement: Legal and Ethical Implications
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> ask for a "screencap"
> get a verbatim reconstruction of Copyrighted material that infringement proponents suggest is not supposed to happen FTFY For someone working on legal AI you seem to be having a surprisingly hard time grasping the essence of the problem here.