Condé Nast Signs Deal With OpenAI
Condé Nast and OpenAI have struck a multi-year deal that will allow the AI giant to use content from the media giant’s roster of properties—which includes the New Yorker, Vogue, …
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Generative AI Has a ‘Shoplifting’ Problem. This Startup CEO Has a Plan to Fix It
Bill Gross made his name in the tech world in the 1990s, when he came up with a novel way for search engines to make money on advertising. Under his …
Deepfake Creators Are Revictimizing GirlsDoPorn Sex Trafficking Survivors
Among those charged, Ruben Andre Garcia, a GirlsDoPorn producer and recruiter, was sentenced to 20 years in prison; Matthew Isaac Wolfe, who admitted to having a “wide range of responsibilities” …
US Record Labels Sue AI Music Generators Suno and Udio for Copyright Infringement
The music industry has officially declared war on Suno and Udio, two of the most prominent AI music generators. A group of music labels including Universal Music Group, Warner Music …
Perplexity Plagiarized Our Story About How Perplexity Is a Bullshit Machine
“They’d only get in trouble if they summarized the story incorrectly and made it defamatory when it wasn’t before. That’s something that they actually would be at legal risk for, …
Google’s AI Overview Search Results Copied My Original Work
Last week, an AI Overview search result from Google used one of my WIRED articles in an unexpected way that makes me fearful for the future of journalism. I was …
OpenAI Offers an Olive Branch to Artists Wary of Feeding AI Algorithms
OpenAI is fighting lawsuits from artists, writers, and publishers who allege it inappropriately used their work to train the algorithms behind ChatGPT and other AI systems. On Tuesday the company …
How One Author Pushed the Limits of AI Copyright
“I’m going to take this as a win for now,” Shupe says, even though she knows that “in some ways, it’s a compromise.” She maintains that the way she uses …
Public domain, where there is life after copyright
For nearly four decades, United Airlines licensed George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” to be its musical identity. In 2020, however, Gershwin’s jazzy classical classic fell out of the friendly skies …
Taylor Swift’s Music Is Back on TikTok—Right Before Her New Album Drops
In the drawn out contract battle between TikTok and Universal Music Group, a high profile exemption has been made for Taylor Swift. A few of her songs became available again …