Sources: Infinite Reality, rebranded as Napster, told staff that $3B+ in funding from an unnamed investor is not coming, calling itself a “victim of misconduct”
Forbes : Bluesky: @mrmarketmis . Forums: Slashdot Bluesky: @mrmarketmis : So many 🚩🚩🚩 in this company [embedded post] Forums: Slashdot : Napster Said It Raised $3 Billion From a Mystery Investor. Bu...
OpenAI's Sora 2 generates copyright infringing content, including numerous AI-generated clips featuring SpongeBob, Pokémon, Mario, Rick and Morty, and Star Wars
From Dildo Ads to Furry CEOs Alex Mahadevan / Poynter : My journey into the artificial world of Sora 2 X: Paul Yacoubian / @paulyacoubian : Just found out if you try to delete your Sora app account yo...
Sources: in a meeting with UK Technology Secretary Peter Kyle, Sam Altman proposed giving ChatGPT Plus to everyone in the UK, a deal that would have cost £2B
“we'll give your entire country chatgpt plus for £2bn. please???” — also, fuck you peter kyle for even taking this meeting. Mateusz Fafinski / @calthalas : Two billion for country-wide access to Ch...
Metaverse startup Infinite Reality, which claims a $15B+ valuation, told shareholders it is rebranding as Napster, an “AI-powered digital experiences” provider
Florida-based metaverse startup Infinite Reality, which claimed to have raised one of this year's largest funding rounds …
Infinite Reality, which recently bought Napster, acquires AI customer support startup Touchcast for $500M in cash and stock, valuing Infinite Reality at $15.5B
The acquisition comes just weeks after the company said it would buy iconic 2000s music brand Napster.
3D tech company Infinite Reality acquires Napster for $207M; Infinite's CEO says that the file-sharing phenomenon will be used for marketing in the metaverse
A quarter century ago, Napster was notorious on the internet for allowing people to swap songs for free, long before the music industry …
The RIAA sues AI music services Suno and Udio over alleged mass copyright infringement and claims they are trying to “hide the full scope of their infringement”
here's what it means Ben's Bites : Major labels are suing AI music startups Suno and Udio Andy Maxwell / TorrentFreak : RIAA Sues Suno & Udio AI Music Generators For ‘Trampling’ on Copyright Markus Ka...
OpenAI and others will likely face more copyright lawsuits as systems like DALL-E produce copyright-infringing materials without attribution or informing users
including movie, TV, and computer game scenes and characters. Reductio ad absurdam: trademark-infringing output from a two word prompt ("animated toys"): https://garymarcus.substack.com/ ... … Neil B...
OpenAI and others will likely face more copyright lawsuits as systems like DALL-E produce copyright-infringing materials without attribution or informing users
A full of spectrum of infringement — At around the same time as news of the New York Times lawsuit vs OpenAI broke … Threads: @carnage4life and @thebrianpenny Mastodon: @cstross@wandering.shop , @ar...
The NYT sues OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement, alleging they used millions of its articles to train AI, the first major US media outlet to sue
community responds Gaurav Girotra / Tech in Asia : NYT files copyright suit against OpenAI, Microsoft Jacob Oliver / CryptoSlate : New York Times sues Microsoft, OpenAI for alleged copyright infringem...