AI laws and regulations
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OpenAI's GPT-4 Allegedly Contains Large Amount of Copyrighted Content, Up to 44%
Recently, Patronus AI, which focuses on evaluating large-scale language models (LLMs), released an attention-grabbing report. The report states that OpenAI's GPT-4 model is filled with a large amount of copyrighted content, accounting for a whopping 441 TP3 T. This finding has sparked a wide-ranging discussion about the use of copyrighted material in AI models. In order to measure...
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OpenAI Responds to New York Times Copyright Lawsuit: Accuses It of Hiring Hackers to Attack ChatGPT
In a new twist to the highly publicized New York Times v. OpenAI and Microsoft copyright infringement case, OpenAI, in a Feb. 26 filing in U.S. federal court, refuted seven copyright lawsuit allegations made by The New York Times and accused the latter of hiring hackers to obtain evidence...
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Google CEO says "unacceptable" for Gemini AI to generate biased content
Google CEO Sundar Pichai recently told employees via an internal memo that the company found inaccurate and biased images and text content generated by its AI model Gemini "unacceptable." The content involves misrepresentations of historical events, such as showing racially diverse Nazi German soldiers or non-white...
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FCC considers legislation to ban AI-generated voices for phone scams
According to a recent TechNews report, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is looking into whether it should legislate a ban on the use of AI-generated voices for automated phone scams.In a recent statement, FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel noted that AI-generated voices carry a very high risk of fraud, and that spoofing between humans...
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Unanimous support for EU's Artificial Intelligence Bill: a major step towards legislating AI regulation
Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- Representatives of the European Union's 27 countries voted unanimously in favor of the text of the Artificial Intelligence Bill on Feb. 2, marking an important step in the EU's efforts to legislate and regulate artificial intelligence, Xinhua reported. The adoption of this bill will set clear standards and guidelines for the development and application of AI within the EU and add...
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Meta's Chief AI Scientist on AI legislation: too early to focus on product level
In today's ever-changing technology, artificial intelligence (AI), as a strategic technology leading the future, is attracting global attention for its development and application. However, with the continuous breakthroughs in AI technology, the risks and challenges it brings are also becoming more and more prominent. At the recent Davos Forum, the potential and risks of generative AI became a hot topic...
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Google faces multibillion-dollar patent lawsuit over AI technology, sources say
Recently Google faced a patent lawsuit involving AI technology in Boston, USA, with the plaintiff being Singular Computing, a company founded by Massachusetts computer scientist Joseph Bates. Singular Computing is accusing Google of infringing its patents, claiming that Google copied their technology and used it...
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Google's "Robot Constitution AutoRT" released to the public, aims to ensure human safety and efficient operation of robots
Recently, the Google DeepMind Robotics team announced three new developments designed to help robots make faster, better, and safer decisions in natural environments. The most notable of these is AutoRT, a 'robot constitution' system drafted by the team.The system aims to ensure that AI robots work...
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AI needs a brand new law to effectively manage and fight crime, say UK experts
Recently, Jonathan Hall KC, the UK's independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, suggested that new laws are needed in order to combat AI chatbots that could lead to radicalization of users. Hall's argument stems from his in-depth observation of the potential risks of AI technology. He has attempted to communicate with a number of AI chatbots, which...
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Domestic AI copyright case: AI-generated images enjoy certain copyrights
The Beijing Internet Court recently concluded a case on the copyright of AI-generated images, clarifying the attributes of AI-generated images as "works" and the identity of users as "creators". This is China's first copyright case on AI "text-generated images". In this case, the plaintiff used the AI tool Stable Diffusion to generate...
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South Korea: AI-generated content not protected by copyright regulations
The Korean government recently made it clear that AI-generated content will not be protected by copyright. This decision was made in order to avoid copyright issues from creating a barrier to the widespread use of AI technology and to promote South Korea as a powerhouse in the copyright industry. South Korean Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Yoo In-chun published "Four Strategies for Realizing a Powerful Copyright Nation" in...
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Journalism Officially Challenges AI: New York Times Sues Microsoft and OpenAI for Copyright Infringement
The New York Times recently filed a lawsuit against Microsoft and OpenAI for copyright infringement and misuse of intellectual property. According to reports, the NYT believes that Microsoft and OpenAI illegally copied and used millions of the newspaper's articles while training its Large Language Model (LLM), and are now directly competing with the newspaper. This incident...
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UK Ruling Declares AIs Not Allowed to Be Listed as "Inventors" in Patent Applications
The UK Supreme Court ruled on December 20 that artificial intelligence (AI) cannot be listed as an "inventor" in a patent application. The ruling was based on two patent applications filed by U.S. technologist Stephen Sailer, in which the inventor of the applications was not Sailer himself, but an AI called DABUS...