Music publishers warn Australia against weakening copyright
The International Confederation of Music Publishers has warned policymakers in Australia about the dangers of weakening copyright laws to benefit AI model training without individual licenses. The confederation cited works by prominent Australian artists such as Kylie Minogue and Nick Cave to highlight the exploitation of protected lyrics and songs.
Character.AI removes Disney animated characters from its platform
In the latest round of conflict between Hollywood and AI companies, startup Character.AI has removed numerous chatbots embodying famous Disney characters after receiving a cease-and-desist letter from the entertainment giant accusing it of copyright infringement.
The Arab League discusses the establishment of a unified intellectual property registry
At the General Secretariat of the Arab League in Cairo, the joint coordination meeting with the World Intellectual Property Organization and the Japan Patent Office commenced to discuss mechanisms for launching the Arab regional intellectual property registry, with the participation of nine Arab countries and the use of artificial intelligence to examine and protect rights.
Lawsuit filed against Figma alleging customer data misuse
Design software company Figma is facing a class-action lawsuit in California alleging it used customer designs and intellectual property without permission to train its artificial intelligence models, raising questions about privacy rights and trade secrets in the digital age.
Anthropic accuses Moonshot of hacking Claude
American artificial intelligence research company Anthropic has published a detailed investigative report accusing Chinese firm Moonshot of secretly routing nearly 300,000 user requests to Claude models without their notification. Anthropic confirmed that the Chinese company used those responses to train and improve its Kimi chatbot as part of a broad and organized knowledge distillation campaign.
Matthew McConaughey seeks to patent his image for AI protection
Matthew McConaughey has taken an innovative legal step to protect his voice and likeness with the US Patent and Trademark Office, securing his rights in the era of artificial intelligence and deepfakes.
Twitch content creators sue Amazon over AI training
A Twitch content creator has filed a class-action lawsuit against the platform and its parent company, Amazon, in California, accusing both companies of misappropriating video clips to train generative artificial intelligence models without permission or financial compensation.
Disney and OpenAI deal redefines copyright war in the AI era
Disney and OpenAI have announced a historic deal allowing the use of Disney characters in the Sora video model, with Disney investing $1 billion in the company, signaling a shift in Hollywood’s strategy.
Creation from nothing: how an AI artist invented ethical technology without data
An inspiring story of artist and researcher Terence Broad, who developed a revolutionary technique to produce AI art without using any existing data, offering a new ethical model for technical creativity that respects the rights of other artists.
SoundCloud policies: Is AI stealing creators’ music?
SoundCloud faces severe criticism after updates to its terms of service seemingly allowed user music to be used for training AI models. However, management clarifies that no such use has occurred yet, highlighting controversial SoundCloud policies.