F1 legend Michael Schumacher’s family win lawsuit over AI-generated interview
Formula 1 legend Michael Schumacher’s family has been awarded €200,000 in compensation from the publishers of Die Aktuelle. This German…
Ed Newton-Rex, ex-VP of Audio at Stability AI, announces “Fairly Trained”
Ed Newton-Rex, ex-VP of Audio at Stability AI, announced the launch of ‘Fairly Trained,’ a non-profit organization dedicated to certifying…
2024 sees anger rise over corporate misuse of AI: what’s next?
January 2024 began with talks of Midjourney, a leading force in the AI image-generation world, using the names and styles…
16,000 artist names controversially leaked as Midjourney “styles”
Over 16,000 artists’ names have been linked with the non-consensual training of Midjourney’s image generation models. The Midjourney artist database…
How will legal disputes impact the AI industry in 2024?
Was 2023 the Wild West era of AI development? Will lawsuits crack down on forms of misuse in 2024, or…
UK government embarks on U-turn surrounding AI copyright exemption
A cross-party committee of Members of Parliament (MPs) has called on the UK government to reconsider its stance on text…
AI-generated song impersonating Trump hits no. 2 in iTunes charts
If you thought AI’s strange hold over 2023 couldn’t get any weirder, then check this out: an AI-generated rap song…
Inside the battle between artists and AI image generators
Artists and creators are putting AI developers to the sword over potential copyright infringement. Type a prompt into an AI…
Leading publishers are finalizing a coalition against AI companies
News publishers discussed uniting against the unpermitted use of their news content for AI purposes in June. They’re inching closer…
Authors rally against unauthorized use of work by AI companies
Thousands of authors, including Nora Roberts, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Michael Chabon, and Margaret Atwood, have signed a letter to urge…