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Three writers have collectively sued the AI company Anthropic, accusing it of using pirated books to train its AI models without authorization. The lawsuit states that millions of e-books were illegally used, including copyrighted works, which harm authors' rights and impact the publishing industry. The court has ruled to handle the case separately. Similar lawsuits are increasing, such as those initiated by companies like Reddit and Universal Music. The case highlights the conflict between AI development and copyright protection, and the industry is expected to face stricter regulations in the future. Balancing technological innovation with intellectual property protection has become a key issue.

According to reports by The Wall Street Journal, the relationship between OpenAI and its largest investor, Microsoft, may be facing a major turning point. The report cites anonymous sources claiming that OpenAI executives are considering publicly accusing Microsoft of anti-competitive behavior during their collaboration. Additionally, OpenAI is discussing whether to seek federal regulatory review of its contract with Microsoft. OpenAI aims to weaken Microsoft's control over its intellectual property and computational resources, but the startup still needs Microsoft's approval as it completes its transition to profitability.

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.

Recently, the parents of deceased OpenAI whistleblower Suchir Balaji filed a lawsuit against the City of San Francisco and the San Francisco Police Department, claiming that their son did not commit suicide, but was murdered. Balaji was found dead in his San Francisco apartment last November at the age of 26. According to the family, the police did not properly investigate the cause of his death and hastily ruled it a suicide. Note: The image is generated by AI, sourced from Midjourney. The lawsuit documents state that Balaji...

Recently, five major Canadian media organizations have jointly filed a lawsuit against the AI company OpenAI, accusing it of using their copyrighted content without authorization to train ChatGPT. These media organizations include Torstar, Postmedia, The Globe and Mail, The Canadian Press, and CBC/Radio-Canada. According to the lawsuit, OpenAI used their content in the development of its GPT model.

The New York Times and the Daily News encountered an unexpected twist in their copyright lawsuit: an OpenAI engineer inadvertently deleted virtual machine search data that could have been key evidence, adding a dramatic turn to this high-profile legal dispute. According to a letter submitted to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on Wednesday night, lawyers and technical experts for the two media companies had previously invested over 150 hours searching OpenAI's AI training dataset. However, on November 14, an OpenAI engineer accidentally deleted data stored on the virtual machine.

Dow Jones, the parent company of The Wall Street Journal, and the New York Post are suing AI-driven search startup Perplexity for using their news content to train its large language model. The publications from these two news groups accuse Perplexity of copyright infringement by generating answers to people's queries using their articles, thereby diverting traffic from the publications' websites. 'This lawsuit is brought by news publishers seeking compensation as Perplexity openly plans to provide services for free.'

Following the New York Times, the New York Post (NYP Holdings) and the Wall Street Journal (Dow Jones) have recently jointly filed a lawsuit against the AI company Perplexity AI in federal court in Manhattan, accusing it of 'mass illegal copying' of copyright works from these two media outlets. This AI startup, backed by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, is facing serious copyright infringement charges. The lawsuit demands that Perplexity cease using these news articles to respond to queries.

Several major record labels have jointly sued two AI startups, accusing them of using copyrighted music without permission to train their music generation models, resulting in audio that infringes on commercial copyrights. The lawsuit was coordinated by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and involves the defendants Uncharted Labs, which developed Udio, and Suno, based in Massachusetts.

Tesla shareholders are suing CEO Elon Musk and members of the automaker's board, accusing Musk of deciding to establish xAI, an artificial intelligence company seen as a competitor, and diverting Tesla's talent and resources to this new startup. This lawsuit represents one of the most direct challenges to Musk's decision to create xAI.

Several Tesla shareholders recently filed a lawsuit in Delaware, accusing CEO Musk and the board of intentionally diverting the company's talent and resources to Musk's competitive artificial intelligence company, xAI. Founded in 2023, xAI's purpose is to understand the 'true nature of the universe.' The shareholders allege that Musk and the board violated their fiduciary duties to Tesla by launching xAI.

The Intercept, Raw Story, and AlterNet accuse OpenAI and Microsoft of deliberately removing important copyright information from news articles. The plaintiffs claim that ChatGPT copied copyrighted news works during its training, omitting authors, titles, and copyright information. OpenAI and Microsoft are accused of willfully knowing that ChatGPT could infringe copyright, potentially leading to user dissatisfaction and decreased revenue.

Microsoft and OpenAI are facing lawsuits from multiple news organizations accusing ChatGPT of copyright infringement. Three American news websites have filed lawsuits against Microsoft and OpenAI, claiming the chatbot plagiarizes articles. The website owners believe that ChatGPT's infringement could affect their popularity. In 2023, The New York Times also filed a similar lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft. OpenAI has submitted a counterclaim, accusing The New York Times of hiring others to illegally infiltrate its services.

The plaintiffs claim that OpenAI's ChatGPT program relies on 'massive systemic theft.' They accuse OpenAI of 'blatantly and harmful infringing' their registered copyrights. The lawsuit states that ChatGPT generated detailed outlines for Martin's 'Game of Thrones' prequel. OpenAI claims to respect authors' rights and hopes authors will benefit from AI. Writers are concerned about AI programs using copyrighted works without authorization.

The New York Times is considering suing OpenAI because ChatGPT may compete with the newspaper's content. Both parties have engaged in multiple negotiations over a licensing agreement but have failed to reach an accord. The outcome of the lawsuit could have profound implications for the entire AI industry, necessitating the search for new training data and retraining of models.