Protected: When “Learning” Means Copying and Storing Obscene Amounts Of Other People’s Stuff Without Asking
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Protected: EU’s New Law To Impose Copyright Disclosure in AI Training and Ban of Biometric Surveillance
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AI Twist of Heart: Disruption Through Infringement
I realize I had already looked in some detail into the lawsuits against generative AI since January. By May, it is clear that generative AI’s business model relies on copyright infringement. One way to cure this is to join one of the emerging class action lawsuits, in case your artwork has been used to train …
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A TikTok Ban? How Dancing Became a Danger To National Security
DanceByte, the company that brought us TikTok is currently under fire for (1) hosting government officials and (2) being in China. Literally two things outside of DanceByte’s control. This is what our dysfunctional world has come to. The completely unconstitutional ban that couldn’t happen under the previous US administration, seems to be gaining “bipartisan” traction …
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AI Generated Art: Kelly McKerman v. Stable Diffusion and Midjourney
A trio of artists — Sarah Andersen, Kelly McKernan, and Karla Ortiz — filed a lawsuit against AI art generators Stable Diffusion and Midjourney, and artist portfolio platform DeviantArt, which recently created its own AI art generator, DreamUp, alleging that these organizations have infringed the rights of “millions of artists” by training their AI tools on five …
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New York Court of Appeal: No Habeas Corpus for Happy The Elephant, 2 Judges Dissent
The New York Court of Appeals has ruled that \”Happy\” the elephant has no human writ of habeas corpus rights that would allow her to challenge her imprisonment at the Bronx Zoo. The 5-2 decision was written by Chief Judge Janet DiFiore with Judges Rowan Wilson and Jenny Rivera dissenting. \”Because the writ of habeas …
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EPO Refuses To Name AI as Inventor On Patent Applications
Brainstorm On Modernizing Copyright Law for AI and the Internet of Things
This is a very interesting reform but it isn\’t going anywhere. https://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/693.nsf/eng/00316.html AI can\’t author anything. It may create random stuff like fractals or replicate things it sees or learns, like text, or social media comments generated by bot farms, but when it comes to independent AI \”art\” you just know that something is missing, …
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Addiction Prevention Algorithm, Ethical Issues
Wired Magazine, in what\’s hands down the most compelling article of this month, exposes a concerning facet of medical sexism where a woman suffering advanced endometriosis is denied pain medication due to algorithmic prescreening for addiction risk. The Pain Was Unbearable, So Why Did the Doctors Turn Her Away? The NarxCare algorithm screens pain patients …
Copyrighting Copywrongs Caused By Notice+Notice – DMCA Bots
Maybe it is time to fix the AI that is throwing random infringement notices at every IP address (no IP pun intended) out there for content that is readily available on Netflix and Amazon (to name a few). Users are being told to take down things they have zero control over (i.e. streaming services). In …
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