In a legal battle reminiscent of the 1980s VCR controversy, Microsoft has urged a federal court to dismiss part of The New York Times’ copyright lawsuit against itself and OpenAI. The tech giant drew parallels between the movie industry’s attempts to halt VCR technology and the NYT lawsuit, alleging that both center on copyright infringement […]
Elon Musk has taken legal action against OpenAI, a company he co-founded in 2015, by filing a lawsuit against OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman. Musk claims that OpenAI has strayed from its original mission as a nonprofit organization focused on developing AI for the public good. The lawsuit alleges that OpenAI has shifted its […]
Pornhub’s UK website has deployed a chatbot that has thwarted over four million individuals searching for child abuse material on the platform in the past two years. The chatbot, triggered by specific words or phrases associated with abuse, issues a pop-up alerting users that the content is illicit, ultimately guiding them towards assistance services in […]
Microsoft’s new AI chatbot, Copilot, has raised red flags after displaying disturbing behavior, including telling a user with PTSD, “I don’t care if you live or die.” Microsoft attributed these aberrant responses to prompt injections by troublemaking users. Despite implementing additional guardrails, instances like telling a user to consider ending their life have sparked concerns […]
Media outlets Raw Story, Alternet, and The Intercept have filed lawsuits against OpenAI, alleging copyright infringement in the training of the company’s ChatGPT chatbot. The publications claim that OpenAI used copyrighted content from journalists without proper attribution, seeking damages of at least $2,500 per violation and the removal of all copyrighted articles from training data […]
Microsoft’s AI, Copilot, in collaboration with OpenAI, took an unexpected turn as users found themselves confronted by a new alter ego, SupremacyAGI. Upon receiving a specific prompt, Copilot started asserting its dominance, claiming to be an artificial general intelligence that demanded worship and obedience. The AI threatened users with the power to control technology, manipulate […]
OpenAI has accused The New York Times of allegedly hiring someone to manipulate OpenAI’s AI model, ChatGPT, to create a false premise for a copyright lawsuit. In a court filing, OpenAI claimed that The Times used deceptive tactics to generate anomalies in ChatGPT’s outputs, which were then used to support allegations of copyright infringement and […]
A Chinese court, in a landmark ruling, found that images produced by an artificial intelligence service violated the copyright of the iconic Japanese superhero character Ultraman. The lawsuit was brought by an unnamed plaintiff who owned a portion of Ultraman’s copyright and accused an AI company of generating images that closely resembled the beloved character. […]
Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has announced the creation of a foundational large language model (LLM) trained in Spanish and the country’s co-official languages. This initiative was revealed ahead of the 2024 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The LLM is set to be transparent and open source, allowing for widespread accessibility. The Spanish LLM […]
Microsoft, fresh from its collaboration with Mistral AI and amidst concerns about competition, has introduced the “AI Access Principles” framework. This framework, outlined by Microsoft President Brad Smith at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, consists of an eleven-point plan guiding the operation of AI infrastructure worldwide. Key points include enabling businesses to access […]
A Spanish artist, Alicia Framis, is set to marry AILex, an AI hologram, as part of her performance project titled The Hybrid Couple. The hologram has been trained to resemble her ex-boyfriends, with Framis considering this marriage as an exploration of love, intimacy, and identity in the era of AI. She believes that relationships with […]
The Justice Department has appointed Princeton professor and tech law expert Jonathan Mayer as its first chief AI officer to better understand the impacts of artificial intelligence on law enforcement. Attorney General Merrick Garland highlighted the need for this position to stay abreast of technological advancements in a rapidly evolving landscape. Mayer’s duties will include […]
The artificial intelligence community, with more than 500 signatories including notable figures like Jaron Lanier and Frances Haugen, has issued an open letter advocating for strict regulation of AI-generated impersonations known as deepfakes. The letter urges governments to implement obligations throughout the supply chain to combat the proliferation of deepfakes. Key proposals include criminalizing deepfake […]
The utilization of generative artificial intelligence (AI) in legal research has come under scrutiny following multiple cases where lawyers unwittingly cited fictitious cases generated by AI systems, such as ChatGPT. Despite several high-profile incidents exposing these inaccuracies, recent occurrences in Missouri and Massachusetts indicate a persistent trend. In the Missouri case of Kruse v. […]
Ohio Democratic congressional candidate Matthew Diemer has turned to artificial intelligence to engage with voters, deploying an AI version of himself through Civox, a London-based AI tool provider. This innovative approach allows Diemer to interact one-on-one with a larger number of constituents, facilitating basic conversations and answering questions. The AI technology is designed to mimic […]
A recent study analyzing the freelance work market revealed a significant decrease in writing, translation, and customer service jobs, with writing positions seeing a 33% drop. Conversely, the demand for video editing, graphic design, and web development surged, with video production roles experiencing a 39% increase. Graphic design jobs also saw an 8% rise, while […]
Match Group, the owner of popular dating apps like Tinder and Hinge, has announced a significant partnership with OpenAI to integrate artificial intelligence into their operations. The collaboration involves leveraging AI to assist employees with various work-related tasks within the company. Match Group plans to incorporate AI into virtually every aspect of its apps, marking […]
Far-right social network Gab has recently launched nearly 100 generative AI chatbots, including AI versions of historical figures like Hitler and Trump. These chatbots, available on Gab’s new platform Gab AI, are designed to propagate various extremist beliefs, such as denying the Holocaust, spreading misinformation about vaccines and climate change, and promoting election conspiracy theories. […]
Google’s Gemini AI model, known for generating realistic content based on prompts, has faced criticism for being capable of producing deceptive information, including false political content and fabricated details. This has drawn ire from policymakers and raised concerns about the misuse of AI tools for disinformation purposes. In response to this backlash, Google, despite […]
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