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Meta to EU: Your Tech Rules Threaten to Squelch the AI Boom
A group of companies including Meta Platforms, Spotify and Italian luxury-fashion giant Prada warned that the European Union risks missing out on the full benefits of artificial intelligence because of the bloc’s tech regulations.
White House Memorandum on Advancing the US Leadership in AI
Explore the strategic implications of the October 24 White House memorandum on AI. The Biden administration provides a comprehensive framework for the integration of AI into national security, emphasizing ethical standards, international collaboration, and economic growth. This is essential reading for understanding the intersection of technology and policy in shaping the future of AI governance.
SDNY: North Carolina Musician Charged with Music Streaming Fraud Aided by Artificial Intelligence
A North Carolina musician, Michael Smith, was charged with using AI to create hundreds of thousands of songs and bots to stream them billions of times, fraudulently obtaining over $10 million in royalty payments from platforms like Spotify and Apple Music. This is the first criminal case involving artificially inflated music streaming. Read the statement from the Southern District of New York.
Generative AI Could Radically Alter the Practice of Law
How is AI reshaping the legal industry—and could it change the way law firms bill clients or even reduce the need for junior associates? By enhancing research, document review, and case prep, AI offers new ways for firms and solo practitioners alike to deliver fast, client-focused solutions.
Standardized nomenclature for litigational legal prompting in generative language models
With the increasing availability of commercial Artificial Intelligence, General Language Models (GLMs) have been widely explored in various domains, including law. However, to ensure accurate and standardized legal results, it is crucial to establish a consistent framework for prompting GLMs.
Five Myths About Generative AI That Leaders Should Know
Experts from Wharton and the “Magnificent Seven” tech companies debunk five misconceptions about gen AI that could stand in the way of implementation.
The text file that runs the internet
For decades, robots.txt governed the behavior of web crawlers. But as unscrupulous AI companies seek out more and more data, the basic social contract of the web is falling apart.
AI is Reinventing the Legal Industry
There are bigger patterns behind the explosive growth in AI-powered Legal Tech, and reason to believe there’s much more value yet to come.
Your Face May Soon Be Your Ticket. Not Everyone Is Smiling.
If biometric data is stolen or misused, travelers don’t have much recourse, said Alex Alben, co-founder of The AI Forum.
WA authors are teaching AI how to write — without their consent
Alex Alben, co-founder of Seattle-based think tank The AI Forum, said the main issue that should be addressed in these lawsuits is whether copyright was violated.
IRS to use AI to crack down on ultra-rich taxpayers and partnership
The Internal Revenue Service plans to use artificial intelligence to crack down on tax schemes by wealthy individuals and businesses.
What’s driving motivations behind AI copyright lawsuits?
The Inventor Behind a Rush of AI Copyright Suits Is Trying to Show His Bot Is Sentient. Stephen Thaler’s has file a series of high-profile copyright cases to demonstrate his AI is capable of independent thought.
US Copyright Office opens inquiry into who owns content generated by AI models
The agency move is part of an ongoing effort to gather public feedback on why AI can sometimes flagrantly use copyrighted materials to produce content.
Microsoft files patent for context aware AI assisted wearables
Earlier this year Microsoft filed a patent for “artificial intelligence assisted wearable”.
Companies Will Use Generative AI. But Will They Tell You About It?
Google DeepMind’s tool for identifying images generated by AI, known as SynthID, was released Tuesday as a beta version in partnership with Google Cloud. PHOTO: JONATHAN RAA/ZUMA PRESS
AI Art Copyright Ruling Invites Future Battles Over Human Inputs
A Washington, D.C., federal court’s first-of-its-kind ruling that artwork generated by artificial intelligence can’t receive the same copyright protections afforded to human-created art.