U.S. Copyright Office Releases New Copyright Registration Toolkit — “As part of the Copyright Office’s Copyright for All initiative, the toolkit is a visual breakdown of copyright, including essential information about copyright law, how to prepare for copyright registration, what to expect during the process, and post-registration considerations.”
As Industry Demands AI Licensing Frameworks, Emerging Tech Can Help — “The panelists identified multiple advantages beyond monetary compensation for content owners who engage with AI companies. Campbell explained that licensing leads to collaboration: ‘You actually end up collaborating with that company around innovation. New things come out on product side [and] engineering side…through these partnerships.’ He added that licensing must be voluntary, not compulsory, the latter of which risks prompting AI companies to ‘pull back and stifles innovation.'”
IGN and CNET owner Ziff Davis sues OpenAI — “In the lawsuit, the digital media company accuses OpenAI of ‘intentionally and relentlessly’ creating ‘exact copies’ of its outlets’ works without permission. The company also alleges that OpenAI trained its AI models on its work despite Ziff Davis instructing web crawlers not to scrape its data using a robots.txt file, adding that OpenAI allegedly removed copyright information from the content it sucks up.”
Let’s not Zuck up, the existential struggle is on — “This now feels like an existential struggle. It is about how we value our creative output, what others see in what we do and how we stand up for it. It is also about the rule of law. In public, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has said that creatives exaggerate the worth of their content. But, in private, the company acts like it can’t find its wallet after a restaurant meal.”
OpenAI’s most capable models hallucinate more than earlier ones — “Hallucinations, which refer to fabricated claims, studies, and even URLs, have continued to plague even the most cutting-edge advancements in AI. There is currently no perfect solution for preventing or identifying them, though OpenAI has tried some approaches.”