A US federal judge temporarily halts enforcement of a pending Ohio law that would require children to obtain parental consent to use social media apps.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-10
US federal judge Ohio law requiring parental consent for children to use social media apps
A US federal judge temporarily halts the enforcement of a pending Ohio law that would require children to get parental consent to use social media apps
Associated Press · 2024-01-10 · #45
OpenAI claims training on copyrighted material constitutes fair use and argues it's effectively impossible to train state-of-the-art models without such material.
rumored 1 article 2024-01-09
OpenAI copyrighted material training data
OpenAI responds to The New York Times' lawsuit: training is fair use and there is an opt-out, “regurgitation” is a rare bug, and NYT “manipulated” its models
OpenAI · 2024-01-09 · #45
Competition among dating apps is intensifying.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-09
dating apps
A look at dating apps' rising subscription prices, as competition intensifies and spending growth slows; data.ai: consumers spent $5B+ on dating apps in 2023
Financial Times · 2024-01-09 · #13
States are suing Meta, the parent company of Instagram and Facebook.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-09
states Meta
Meta plans to start automatically restricting teen Instagram and Facebook accounts from harmful content, including posts about self-harm, in the coming weeks
Wall Street Journal · 2024-01-09 · #8
OpenAI says The New York Times' lawsuit is without merit and formally responds to the allegations.
denied 1 article 2024-01-09
OpenAI The New York Times
OpenAI responds to The New York Times' lawsuit: training is fair use and there is an opt-out, “regurgitation” is a rare bug, and NYT “manipulated” its models
OpenAI · 2024-01-09 · #45
The filing alleges Dada Nexus overstated revenue and costs by about $140M in 2023.
rumored 1 article 2024-01-09
Dada Nexus revenue costs
Filing: JD-backed Dada Nexus is investigating “suspicious practices”, including a ~$140M overstatement of revenue and costs in 2023, triggering a 46% stock dive
Bloomberg · 2024-01-09 · #34
Netflix defeated a shareholder lawsuit in federal court in California that accused the company of hiding the impact of account sharing.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-09
Netflix shareholder lawsuit
Netflix defeats a shareholder lawsuit claiming the company hid the impact of account sharing; NFLX fell ~50% from January to April 2022 after growth warnings
Reuters · 2024-01-09 · #25
Legal experts say those indemnity pledges are narrow and only extend to AI models built with the companies' oversight.
rumored 1 article 2024-01-08
Amazon Microsoft Google AI models built with their oversight
Legal experts say that pledges from Amazon, Microsoft, and Google to defend their customers from IP issues only extend to AI models built with their oversight
Financial Times · 2024-01-08 · #13
Amazon, Microsoft, and Google have pledged to defend their customers against intellectual property (IP) claims.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-08
Amazon Microsoft Google customers
Legal experts say that pledges from Amazon, Microsoft, and Google to defend their customers from IP issues only extend to AI models built with their oversight
Financial Times · 2024-01-08 · #13
Legal experts offer mixed views on how earlier copyright and fair use cases might affect the NYT's lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-07
Legal experts The New York Times' lawsuit earlier copyright and fair use cases
Legal experts offer mixed opinions about how earlier copyright and fair use cases could affect The New York Times' case against OpenAI and Microsoft
Washington Post · 2024-01-07 · #21
Groups of non-fiction authors file class-action lawsuits alleging OpenAI and Microsoft infringed copyright by using their works to train AI models, mirroring the NYT case.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-07
Non-fiction authors Authors (class) OpenAI Microsoft
Legal experts offer mixed opinions about how earlier copyright and fair use cases could affect The New York Times' case against OpenAI and Microsoft
Washington Post · 2024-01-07 · #21
The New York Times files a federal copyright lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft over use of its content in AI training.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-07
The New York Times OpenAI Microsoft
Legal experts offer mixed opinions about how earlier copyright and fair use cases could affect The New York Times' case against OpenAI and Microsoft
Washington Post · 2024-01-07 · #21
Commentators argue the NYT and related suits could potentially shake or rebalance the generative AI industry, though outcomes are uncertain and hinge on fair use interpretations.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-07
Commentators (e.g., Will Oremus) generative AI industry
Legal experts offer mixed opinions about how earlier copyright and fair use cases could affect The New York Times' case against OpenAI and Microsoft
Washington Post · 2024-01-07 · #21
Use of Midjourney v6 and DALL-E 3 could expose users to copyright infringement claims due to the models producing plagiaristic outputs.
rumored 1 article 2024-01-07
Users of Midjourney v6 and DALL-E 3
How Midjourney v6 and DALL-E 3 produce “plagiaristic outputs”, even when not directly asked to do so, which could expose users to copyright infringement claims
IEEE Spectrum · 2024-01-07 · #3
The Google Books ruling — that scanning books for search was lawful without permission — is cited as precedent that could favor AI companies in fair use debates.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-07
Google Books ruling (legal precedent) AI companies
Legal experts offer mixed opinions about how earlier copyright and fair use cases could affect The New York Times' case against OpenAI and Microsoft
Washington Post · 2024-01-07 · #21
A Mastodon user alleges Midjourney 'plays fast and loose' with intellectual property, suggesting it uses freely scraped online images rather than licensing large image sets.
rumored 1 article 2024-01-07
Midjourney online images
Hands-on with Midjourney v6: creates images that sometimes seem more detailed in an unrealistic way, a different approach to prompting compared to v5, and more
Ars Technica · 2024-01-07 · #17
Merck settles its cyberattack insurance dispute with insurers over denial of coverage for NotPetya losses; settlement amount was not disclosed.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-06
Merck insurers
Merck settles its cyberattack insurance dispute with insurers over denying coverage for NotPetya losses due to “Warlike Action”; the amount was not disclosed
Bloomberg Law · 2024-01-06 · #24
Sources say the DOJ may file an antitrust lawsuit targeting Apple's strategies to protect iPhone dominance as soon as H1 2024.
rumored 1 article 2024-01-06
US DOJ Apple iPhone
Sources: the US DOJ may file an antitrust lawsuit against Apple that targets the company's strategies to protect the dominance of the iPhone as soon as H1 2024
New York Times · 2024-01-06 · #7
Justice Department officials are reportedly in late-stage antitrust investigation of Apple, focusing on how the company protected iPhone dominance.
rumored 1 article 2024-01-06
US DOJ Apple iPhone
Sources: the US DOJ may file an antitrust lawsuit against Apple that targets the company's strategies to protect the dominance of the iPhone as soon as H1 2024
New York Times · 2024-01-06 · #7
A California judge allows a lawsuit by relatives of deceased children to move forward against Snap, permitting the case to proceed.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-05
California judge Snap relatives of deceased children
A California judge lets a lawsuit against Snap from relatives of dead kids move forward, saying Section 230 doesn't apply due to disappearing messages and more
Techdirt · 2024-01-05 · #22
The judge finds Section 230 does not apply to Snap in this case—citing disappearing messages and related features—thereby denying Section 230 immunity for the claims.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-05
California judge Snap Section 230
A California judge lets a lawsuit against Snap from relatives of dead kids move forward, saying Section 230 doesn't apply due to disappearing messages and more
Techdirt · 2024-01-05 · #22
A cottage industry of lawyers helps Amazon marketplace sellers reactivate suspended accounts.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-03
lawyers Amazon marketplace sellers
SoftBank is suing IRL alleging fraud.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-03
SoftBank IRL
Former employees at IRL, which is being sued by SoftBank for fraud, detail problems that were apparent from the start, such as outages and inflated user metrics
Financial Times · 2024-01-03 · #22
The platforms exert downward pricing pressure that forces suppliers to keep prices low, resulting in razor-thin margins.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-03
Shein Temu suppliers
A look at Shein's and Temu's Chinese supply chain: a lifeline to suppliers, but the margins are razor-thin, prices must stay low, and some drown in unsold stock
Wall Street Journal · 2024-01-03 · #10
The SEC filed a lawsuit against Dozy Mmobuosi, a development noted as preceding the criminal charges.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-03
SEC Dozy Mmobuosi
US federal prosecutors charge Tingo Group founder Mmobuosi Odogwu Banye with securities fraud in New York for allegedly inflating Tingo's financial statements
Bloomberg · 2024-01-03 · #8
US federal prosecutors in New York charge Tingo Group founder Mmobuosi Odogwu Banye with securities fraud for allegedly inflating Tingo's financial statements.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-03
US federal prosecutors (New York) Mmobuosi Odogwu Banye securities fraud Tingo Group
US federal prosecutors charge Tingo Group founder Mmobuosi Odogwu Banye with securities fraud in New York for allegedly inflating Tingo's financial statements
Bloomberg · 2024-01-03 · #8
Legal cases about AI-generated art (e.g., DALL·E) will test fair use boundaries for generated images of copyrighted characters.
rumored 1 article 2024-01-02
DALL·E 3 AI image generators copyright
The lawsuits against tech companies could shape what copyright means for AI, or simply serve as leverage for plaintiffs to secure more favorable licensing deals
New York Times · 2024-01-02 · #26
Miyamoto is the creator of Mario and The Legend of Zelda, widely credited with shaping modern gaming.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-02
Shigeru Miyamoto Mario The Legend of Zelda
A profile of Mario and Zelda creator Shigeru Miyamoto, who joined Nintendo in 1977 and says he has no plans to retire as representative director at the company
The Guardian · 2024-01-02 · #6
Apple faces key US court cases in 2024 that could materially affect the company.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-02
Apple US court cases (2024)
A look at the future of Apple's $85B/year services business, as the company faces key US court cases in 2024 and prepares to allow iOS app sideloading in the EU
Financial Times · 2024-01-02 · #7
Ongoing lawsuits against tech companies could shape how copyright law is interpreted for AI training and outputs.
rumored 1 article 2024-01-02
Lawsuits against tech companies copyright meaning for AI
The lawsuits against tech companies could shape what copyright means for AI, or simply serve as leverage for plaintiffs to secure more favorable licensing deals
New York Times · 2024-01-02 · #26