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Disney is taking strong legal actions against unauthorized AI use of its copyrighted characters. Chief Legal Officer Horacio Gutierrez revealed that the recent lawsuit against the image generator Midjourney is just the beginning of this intellectual property defense campaign. This move marks Disney's determination to protect its valuable IPs in the field of generative AI. Disney's first lawsuit against Midjourney originated from the company ignoring multiple requests to delete content featuring characters such as Darth Vader. Despite Midjourney being much smaller than OpenAI

Recently, Reddit filed a lawsuit with the San Francisco Superior Court against the AI startup company Anthropic, accusing it of making over 100,000 unlawful accesses to its platform since July 2024 despite being explicitly prohibited. This action has attracted significant attention. Reddit accused Anthropic of not only violating its platform rules but also acting immorally and illegally while pretending to uphold ethics and law in public. In the lawsuit, Reddit described Anthropic...

Recently, OpenAI announced the establishment of a legal entity in South Korea, marking it as the company's largest paid user market outside the United States. Jason Kwon, Chief Strategy Officer of OpenAI, disclosed at a press conference held in Seoul on May 26th that OpenAI will open an office in Seoul in the coming months and is currently recruiting employees to support collaboration with companies and policymakers. This signifies that OpenAI's relationship with one of the most technologically advanced countries in the world will deepen further. Image source note: image

The UAE recently announced it will be the first to utilize AI in drafting laws, aiming for significantly faster legislation. This initiative is expected to reduce the time it takes to draft legal documents by up to 70%. The UAE government hopes to leverage AI's analytical capabilities to quickly generate laws relevant to modern society. Image Note: Image generated by AI, licensed from Midjourney. The UAE government states that this technology will not only speed up the legislative process but also help improve the quality of laws.

The legal battle between OpenAI and its co-founder, billionaire Elon Musk, continues to escalate. OpenAI has filed a countersuit, seeking a court order to prevent further illegal and unfair actions by Musk and demanding compensation for damages incurred. In the countersuit, OpenAI's lawyers stated: "OpenAI is a resilient company, but Musk's actions have caused us harm. If his attacks continue, OpenAI's mission and the public interest will be further threatened."

The use of ChatGPT to generate Ghibli-style art has ignited a controversy, potentially leading to legal action against OpenAI for copyright infringement.

California Senator Jerry McNerney introduced the "No Robo Bosses Act" on Thursday. This bill, Senate Bill 7, seeks to ensure human oversight of artificial intelligence (AI) decision-making in the workplace, making it a first-of-its-kind proposal nationwide. The bill would prohibit California employers from solely relying on AI or automated decision systems (ADS) for hiring, promotion, discipline, or termination.

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).

Recently, Tencent's electronic signature public account announced the launch of a new AI contract drafting feature. This feature is strongly supported by two AI models, Hunyuan and DeepSeek, and aims to help users generate contracts with a single click, greatly facilitating the contract needs in daily life. For example, Xiaowang, who has just entered the workforce, and his friends decided to rent a house together, but they have little understanding of the contract terms. To protect his rights, Xiaowang thought of using the power of AI to generate a co-rental contract. He only needs to input to the AI, 'Please help me write a contract.'

Recently, OpenAI officially announced the highly anticipated profitability reorganization plan. This plan marks a significant shift as OpenAI changes its long-standing structure controlled by a nonprofit organization. Under the new scheme, OpenAI's for-profit subsidiary OpenAI Global, LLC will re-register as a Public Benefit Corporation in Delaware. Meanwhile, the existing nonprofit holding entity OpenAI, Inc. will continue.

The legal battle between OpenAI and Musk has been ongoing for months, with the core dispute centered around whether OpenAI has deviated from its original non-profit mission to make AI research benefits accessible to all. Last month, Musk filed a motion in court seeking to prevent OpenAI from transitioning from a non-profit organization to a for-profit company. In response, OpenAI published a lengthy statement on its official website and released emails exchanged with Musk from 2015 to 2023 to address Musk's allegations. OpenAI accused Musk of being 'jealous...

Recently, the corporate legal industry has witnessed an exciting transformation. The Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) and Everlaw have jointly released a new report on the impact of Generative AI (GenAI) on the corporate legal industry. The report, titled 'Gen AI and the Future of Corporate Legal Work: Is Your In-House Team Ready?', reveals the rapid application of Generative AI in legal work and its profound effects on the legal profession. Image credit: Image generated by AI, image licensed from Midjourney.

Recently, companies like Meta and Spotify have united to publicly criticize the European Union's decisions in the fields of data privacy and artificial intelligence (AI). In an open letter, they pointed out that the EU's decision-making process has become 'fragmented and inconsistent,' which not only affects business operations but could also undermine Europe’s competitiveness in the AI era. Image note: The image is generated by AI, and the image is licensed from Midjourney. The open letter states that with increased regulation on data privacy, businesses face challenges in using data to train AI models.

Judge Kevin Newsom of the US 11th Circuit Court of Appeals innovatively used chatbots like ChatGPT to interpret the legal term 'ordinary meaning,' particularly concerning the dispute over whether a 'physical restraint' was involved in a gun robbery case. In this case, the judge agreed to uphold the severe sentence for the defendant DeLeon but noted that there may have been past misinterpretations of the definition of 'physical restraint' and emphasized that the term should be understood according to its ordinary, common meaning. Newsom asked GPT-4, Claude, and Gemini about the ordinary meaning of 'physical restraint.'