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More News Publishers Sue OpenAI Over Copyright Claims As Legal Strategy Shifts
As battle lines are being drawn between artificial intelligence companies and news publishers, a trio of media companies have taken a legal shot at OpenAI and Microsoft. Two lawsuits — one filed by The Intercept and another by Raw Story and Alternet in New York federal court on Wednesday — accuse the firms of taking […]
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AI’s New Job? All-Purpose Hollywood Crewmember
Picture this: In a future not too far away, HBO is mulling whether to greenlight a new Game of Thrones spinoff but is on the fence about the project. So instead of dumping tens of millions of dollars to shoot a pilot it might wind up passing on, it uses a generative artificial intelligence system […]
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OpenAI Marches on Hollywood With Video Creation Tool
OpenAI has unveiled a generative artificial intelligence tool capable of creating hyper-realistic videos, marking the San Francisco startup’s first major encroachment onto Hollywood. The system can seemingly produce videos of complex scenes with multiple characters, an array of different types of shots and mostly accurate details of subjects in relation to their backgrounds. A demonstration, […]
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Sarah Silverman, Authors See Most Claims Against OpenAI Dismissed by Judge
A federal judge has dismissed most of a lawsuit brought by Sarah Silverman, Ta-Nehisi Coates and other authors against OpenAI over the use of copyrighted books to train its generative artificial intelligence chatbot, marking another ruling from a court questioning core theories of liability advanced by creators in the multifront legal battle. U.S. District Judge […]
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Studios’ Now-or-Never Choice: Sue AI Companies or Score a Major IP Deal
Last year, Hollywood took stock of the potential — and dangers — of generative artificial intelligence. As use of the human-mimicking chatbots evolved into a sticking point in the strikes, creators took to the courts, accusing AI firms of mass-scale copyright infringement after their works were allegedly used as training materials. In the backdrop of […]
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AI Threats Emerge In Music Publishers’ Battle With Big Tech (Guest Column)
The threat of artificial intelligence to creators, and its value to big tech, is one of the most pressing concerns in the legal and music fields. Current litigation will ultimately shape how AI will be developed and implemented across entertainment with copyright infringement at the forefront of such disputes. In October 2023, three major music […]
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The New York Times Brings Receipts in Lawsuit Against OpenAI
In April, The New York Times reached out to OpenAI and Microsoft to explore a deal that’d resolve concerns around the use of its articles to train automated chatbots. The media organization, after the highly publicized releases of ChatGPT and BingChat, put the companies on notice that their tech infringed on copyrighted works. The terms […]
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The New York Times Sues OpenAI and Microsoft After Impasse Over Deal to License Content
As artificial intelligence products from tech giants threaten to upend the media landscape, major newspaper and magazine companies have faced a dilemma: take the money from AI giants in a licensing deal or fight with a lawsuit. On Wednesday, The New York Times chose the latter, filing a lawsuit in the U.S. Southern District of […]
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More AI, Less Metaverse: A Hollywood Consultant’s 2024 Forecast
Generative AI was one of the biggest topics of debate in Hollywood and beyond over the past year, and heated discussions are expected to continue in 2024. As the Americas media & entertainment leader at major accounting and consulting firm EY, John Harrison tracks changes, opportunities and challenges in the industry closely. “Media companies in […]
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As Media Reckons With AI Giants, Another Major Publisher Takes the Money
Axel Springer became the latest media company to partner with AI, as news organizations grapple with how best to use the technology while protecting jobs and their financial position. The German media company announced a partnership Wednesday with OpenAI’s ChaptGPT, in which ChatGPT will pull from content from Axel Springer’s brands, including Politico, Business Insider, […]
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OpenAI Bringing Back Sam Altman as CEO Days After Firing
In another plot twist, artificial intelligence start-up OpenAI, the parent company of ChatGPT, said that co-founder Sam Altman was set to return as its CEO after days of drama following a showdown between him and the company’s board that fired him. “We have reached an agreement in principle for Sam Altman to return to OpenAI as CEO with […]
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New Lawsuit Ropes Microsoft Into OpenAI’s Legal Battle With Authors Over Training Data
A new lawsuit from an author whose work was used to train OpenAI’s artificial intelligence model spotlights the company’s partnership with Microsoft to create ChatGPT. The suit, filed in New York federal court on Tuesday, thrusts the tech giant into the unfolding legal battle for the alleged “rampant theft” of copyrighted material to fuel one […]
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