The Washington Post has entered a strategic partnership with OpenAI to make its journalism accessible through ChatGPT. According to Todd Spangler’s article for Variety, the agreement will allow ChatGPT to display summaries, quotes, and links to Washington Post reporting in response to relevant search queries. The deal covers content across politics, global affairs, business, and … Read more
OpenAI has countersued Elon Musk, accusing him of harassment and trying to harm the company through “press attacks, malicious campaigns” and legal claims. The countersuit asks a federal judge to stop Musk from further actions against the AI company and hold him responsible for damages already caused. The legal dispute centers on OpenAI’s planned transition … Read more
A new study by the AI Disclosures Project claims OpenAI likely trained its GPT-4o model on paywalled books from O’Reilly Media without a licensing agreement. Researchers Tim O’Reilly, Ilan Strauss, and Sruly Rosenblat analyzed how well different OpenAI models recognized content from O’Reilly books. As reported by Kyle Wiggers for TechCrunch, the team found that … Read more
YouTube has suspended the monetization privileges of two popular channels specializing in AI-generated fake movie trailers. According to an investigation by Jake Kanter at Deadline, the channels Screen Culture and KH Studio will no longer earn advertising revenue from their content. The Google-owned platform cited violations of its monetization policies, which require creators to significantly … Read more
Privacy advocacy group Noyb has filed a GDPR complaint against OpenAI after ChatGPT falsely claimed a Norwegian man murdered two of his children. As reported by Natasha Lomas for TechCrunch, the AI chatbot generated completely fabricated information stating that Arve Hjalmar Holmen was convicted and sentenced to 21 years in prison for killing his sons. … Read more
A federal appeals court has ruled that works created solely by artificial intelligence cannot receive copyright protection under US law. The Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit unanimously upheld the US Copyright Office’s decision to reject computer scientist Stephen Thaler’s attempt to register an artwork created by his AI system called the … Read more
Over 400 Hollywood creative leaders have signed an open letter opposing AI companies’ efforts to weaken copyright protections. According to Todd Spangler of Variety, the letter was sent to the Trump administration’s Office of Science and Technology Policy in response to submissions from OpenAI and Google. Ben Stiller, Mark Ruffalo, Cate Blanchett, and Paul McCartney … Read more
A recent discovery shows that Google’s Gemini 2.0 Flash AI model can remove watermarks from images, including those from Getty Images and other stock photo providers. According to reporting by Kyle Wiggers for TechCrunch, users on social media platforms have been sharing examples of this controversial capability. Unlike some competing AI models such as Anthropic’s … Read more
OpenAI and Google have both submitted policy proposals to the Trump administration’s upcoming “AI Action Plan,” advocating for minimal government intervention and looser copyright restrictions for AI development. These submissions follow President Trump’s revocation of Biden’s AI executive order, which had focused on safety and trustworthiness. OpenAI’s proposal emphasizes “the freedom to innovate in the … Read more
More than 1,000 British musicians, including Kate Bush, Damon Albarn, and Annie Lennox, have released a silent album to protest the UK government’s proposed changes to copyright laws. The album, titled “Is This What We Want?”, features 12 tracks of empty studios and performance spaces, symbolizing the potential impact on artists’ livelihoods if AI companies … Read more