As generative AI systems raise novel challenges around data privacy, scope, temporality, and autonomy that undermine traditional consent mechanisms, experts call for new frameworks involving collective governance, technical safeguards, and legal reforms to protect data rights in the AI era.
The New York Times sues Microsoft and OpenAI for up to $450 billion, claiming ChatGPT was trained on millions of its copyrighted articles, potentially reshaping AI training and journalism.
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.
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.
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.
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.
A prominent legal expert cautions that Labour's proposed AI copyright reforms, which would allow AI companies to utilize copyrighted works without permission, likely violate the Berne Convention, an international treaty on copyright, potentially undermining UK creative industries and inviting legal challenges through judicial review.
In a significant antitrust move, the Department of Justice is seeking the divestiture of Google's Chrome browser and imposing search neutrality measures, including prohibiting preferential treatment for Google's search engine and requiring notification of new ventures competing with Google's core search and advertising business.
Scale AI, a $13.8 billion AI startup, is under investigation by the US Department of Labor for potential wage violations, including unpaid wages, misclassification of employees, and retaliation, amid legal challenges from former workers over labor practices.
In a high-stakes legal battle, a federal judge denies Elon Musk's bid to halt OpenAI's controversial shift to a for-profit model, setting the stage for an expedited trial over the legality of the artificial intelligence company's transformation.