In this article: Artist Jason M. Allen asked a Colorado federal court on Thursday to reverse a U.S. Copyright Office decision that rejected copyright protection for an award-winning image he created with artificial intelligence. Allen said in a lawsuit, that he should receive a copyright for his image “Theatre D’opera Spatial” because it was an […]
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In this article: Lawsuit Dismissed: The court dismissed a lawsuit by photographer Robert Kneschke, who claimed his images were used without consent to train AI models in LAION’s datasets. Copyright Exception: The court ruled that LAION’s use of the images fell under an exception in Section 60(d) of German copyright law, which allows certain uses […]
In this article: Morgan Stanley surveyed a group of CIOS to understand the sources of AI budget. If hyperscalers deploy $100b in capex on AI this year & legions of software vendors hawk AI solutions, the money to justify it must come from somewhere. 41% of CIOs said net new spend. 35% said existing software […]
In this article: Sparked by concerns over deepfakes, the California Legislature sprang into action, and California Governor Gavin Newsom subsequently signed a suite of three bills into law on September 17. The laws aim to protect voters from “deepfakes” – fake photorealistic images or videos of real people. In signing the bills, Newsom stated, “Safeguarding […]
In this article: National cloud policy to focus on four key areas, Malaysia PM says National AI office to coordinate initiatives, set up regulatory framework within 12 months, PM says Google says Malaysia investments to create 26,500 jobs, add $3 bln to GDP https://www.reuters.com/technology/google-says-its-investments-will-add-3-bln-malaysias-gdp-by-2030-create-26500-2024-10-01/
In this article: In this Euronews Debates co-produced with CGTN, an international panel of experts discussed the potential benefits, risks and regulatory challenges of AI. The panel, which included Yi Zeng of the Beijing Academy of Sciences, Dr Amr Awadallah of Vectara, Srikant Chakravarti of Curio AI and Rose Luckin of UCL Knowledge Lab, discussed […]
In this article: As AI systems become more complex, companies are increasingly exposed to reputational, financial and legal risks from developing and deploying AI systems that do not function as intended or that yield problematic outcomes. The risks of AI, and the legal and regulatory obligations, differ across industries, and depend on whether the company […]
In this article: Investment: Google is investing 36 billion Thai baht (around $1 billion) to build its first data center in Thailand and expand cloud infrastructure. Focus on AI: This investment is part of Google’s larger strategy to strengthen its presence in Asia, emphasizing artificial intelligence as a core element in competing with companies like […]
In this article: Vetoed Bill: Governor Newsom vetoed SB 1047, which aimed to regulate AI model development. Bill Author: State Senator Scott Wiener authored the bill, focusing on requiring safety protocols for AI models. High Threshold: The bill would have applied only to AI models costing over $100 million and utilizing 10^26 FLOPS during training. […]
In this article: The European Commission has today announced the list of independent experts from the EU, US and Canada tasked to lead work on drafting a Code of Practice on General Purpose Artificial Intelligence, which includes language models such as ChatGPT and Google Gemini. The 13 experts set to lead four different workstreams that […]
