In an unexpected development, the judge in Thomson Reuters v. Ross Intelligence — a case concerning the use of copyrighted material to train an artificial intelligence (AI) model — reversed much of his 2023 decision denying...more
2/14/2025
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The United States Copyright Office (USCO) has released its report on the copyrightability of outputs generated by artificial intelligence (AI) systems (the Report). This is the second of three reports the USCO plans to...more
Colorado has become the first state to enact a comprehensive law relating to the development and deployment of certain artificial intelligence (AI) systems. The Colorado Artificial Intelligence Act (CAIA), which will go into...more
6/24/2024
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Court Grants Motion To Dismiss in Kadrey AI Training Data Case -
In a short but sharply worded decision, a California district court on November 20, 2023, granted the defendants’ motion to dismiss in Kadrey v. Meta...more
11/27/2023
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On October 30, the U.S. government released its long-awaited, sweeping executive order (the AI EO or Order) on artificial intelligence (AI). The Order directs various U.S. government departments and agencies to evaluate AI...more
11/6/2023
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Copyright Office To Consider AI Proposal as Part of the Current DMCA Triennial Review -
A key feature of the 1998 Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA) is its prohibition of circumventing access controls that have been...more
Copyright Office Rejects Application for Refusal To Disclaim AI-Generated Elements -
The U.S. Copyright Office has once again refused to register a visual work that included elements generated using artificial intelligence...more
9/15/2023
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On August 30, 2023, the U.S. Copyright Office published a notice of inquiry and request for comment (Notice) in connection with its ongoing study of the copyright law and policy issues raised by artificial intelligence (AI)....more
On August 18, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted summary judgment in favor of the Copyright Office in Thaler v. Perlmutter, 1 holding that the office did not act arbitrarily or capriciously or...more
Copyright Office Provides Guidance on the Registration of Works That Include AI-Generated Material -
During a June 2023 webinar, representatives of the Copyright Office provided much needed clarification and guidance on...more
8/3/2023
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A key building block of artificial intelligence (AI) large language models (LLMs) is that they are trained on vast amounts of content and data. In many cases, this content and data is amassed by running bots or other...more