OpenAI faces a GDPR complaint from noyb over ChatGPT's ability to generate defamatory and false information about individuals, violating data accuracy principles, with demands to delete outputs, fine-tune the model, and impose fines.
A Norwegian man filed a complaint seeking a fine against OpenAI after an older version of ChatGPT falsely claimed he killed his two sons and was jailed for 21 years, prompting OpenAI to update its models to improve accuracy.
Microsoft is pioneering a 'training-time provenance' approach to trace the influence of specific data sources on AI-generated content, aiming to ethically compensate contributors of valuable training data used in AI models, in collaboration with technologist Jaron Lanier and his 'data dignity' concept.
Mark Zuckerberg's failed attempt to silence a former employee's memoir, which portrays Meta as prioritizing profits over ethics and ignoring issues like hate speech, has fueled controversy over the tech giant's moral compass and credibility.
In a groundbreaking operation spanning 19 countries, Europol dismantled a global ring distributing AI-generated child sexual abuse content, arresting 25 individuals, including the mastermind behind an online platform that monetized this horrific exploitation of technology.
AI startups are facing backlash from academics for exploiting the peer review process by submitting AI-generated studies to conferences without consent, undermining the volunteer-based system and prompting calls for a regulated agency to evaluate such papers and compensate reviewers.
California releases groundbreaking AI guardrails report by Stanford experts to govern frontier AI models while cementing its dominance as home to 32 of the world's top 50 AI companies and expanding worker training partnerships with NVIDIA.
The FTC sued Click Profit, an Amazon automation company, for defrauding customers of millions through a 'passive income' scam involving exaggerated earnings claims and misrepresenting its use of AI to manage online storefronts, despite customers failing to recoup investments.
Over 400 Hollywood stars, including directors, actors, and musicians, have rallied against OpenAI and Google's push for AI models to access copyrighted works freely, arguing it would undermine creative industries and jobs, urging these companies to negotiate licenses instead of seeking government exemptions.
While marketed as 'open,' many AI model licenses impose concerning restrictions on commercial use, sparking fears that providers could assert onerous clauses or revoke access, hindering widespread adoption and highlighting the need for truly open models without legal ambiguity.