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Recently, Getty Images announced in the London High Court that it has withdrawn its main copyright infringement allegations against Stability AI, further narrowing the focus of this closely watched legal battle. The core of this lawsuit revolves around how AI companies use copyrighted content to train their models. Image source note: The image is AI-generated, and the image licensing service is Midjourney. Although Getty Images' dismissal of the case did not end it, the company is still pursuing other allegations.

Recently, Microsoft was accused by several renowned authors, who claim that the company used a large number of pirated books without permission to train its artificial intelligence model Megatron. The suing authors include Kai Bird, Jia Tolentino, and Daniel Okrent, who filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, arguing that Microsoft used pirated electronic versions of their works for AI training, allowing the AI to generate responses based on users' text instructions. The core issue of this lawsuit is whether the use of copyrighted materials during AI training constitutes copyright infringement.

Recently, global entertainment giants Disney and Universal Pictures have filed a copyright lawsuit against artificial intelligence company Midjourney, marking the first official legal dispute involving generative artificial intelligence for major Hollywood companies, drawing global attention. According to reports by CCTV, the two companies pointed out in their 110-page complaint that Midjourney allegedly illegally used its massive copyright library to generate and spread a large number of unauthorized copies of well-known characters, including characters from 'Star Wars,' 'Minions,' 'Shrek,' 'Frozen,' etc.

According to Legal Daily, the Suzhou Intermediate People's Court in Jiangsu Province recently issued a final ruling in a copyright dispute over AI-generated images. The court ruled that the images of the "Illusion Wings Transparent Art Chair" series, generated by plaintiff designer Feng Moumou using AI software, do not constitute works in the sense of copyright law. The court therefore rejected Feng's lawsuit against the defendants, Zhu Moumou et al., for infringement. Plaintiff Feng Moumou created a series of art chair images using an AI image generation software and published them on social media seeking mass production cooperation. Defendant Zhu Moumou contacted the plaintiff seeking cooperation but was refused. Afterwards...

Last week, around 100 authors protested outside Meta's London headquarters, accusing the American tech giant of using their works without permission to train its AI models. Protesters chanted "Meta, Meta, book thieves," with some holding signs such as "I wanted to write a slogan, but you'll steal it" and "Give us back our books, Zuck," a clear jab at Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Earlier reports suggested Zuckerberg approved the company's use of a dataset called

A group of prominent authors, including Richard Osman, Kazuo Ishiguro, Kate Mosse, and Val McDermid, have signed an open letter calling on the UK government to hold Meta accountable for using copyrighted books in its AI training. The letter requests that the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Lisa Nandy, summon Meta representatives to discuss the matter.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the world's largest semiconductor manufacturer, announced plans to invest at least $100 billion in the United States over the next four years to build multiple new chip fabrication facilities. The announcement was made at a press conference with former US President Trump. TSMC CEO C.C. Wei stated that the investment would primarily focus on expanding its Arizona facilities. Wei added, "We will produce many AI chips to support the progress of Artificial Intelligence." This new commitment builds upon TSMC's previous pledge of a $65 billion US investment.

A federal judge in the Southern District of Indiana, Mark D. Dinsmore, recently recommended a $15,000 fine for a lawyer who cited nonexistent court cases in legal filings. The incident has sparked widespread concern over the use of artificial intelligence in the legal field. The lawyer, Rafael Ramirez from Rio Hondo, Texas, used AI to generate the false case citations. The incident occurred in October 2024. (Image generated by AI, licensed through Midjourney).

According to Changjiang Daily, the court in Wuhan's East Lake High-tech Zone heard a notable copyright dispute case, becoming the first case in Wuhan involving copyright protection for AI-generated images. The key point of the case was that Wang, the creator of AI-generated content, successfully upheld his copyright and received 4,000 yuan in economic compensation. The incident began when Wang published a note on the Xiaohongshu platform about his image works created using a 'certain AI' app. According to statistics, this note garnered widespread attention.

Character AI, a platform that allows users to interact with AI chatbots for role-playing, recently filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a teenager's parent in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida. The parent, Megan Garcia, alleges that Character AI's technology harmed her 14-year-old son, Sewell Setzer III, claiming that while interacting with a chatbot named 'Dany', he gradually became isolated from the real world and ultimately led to...