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AI copyright issues, AI bias law in Illinois, deepfake robocall fine, Google's 'Reimagine' tool, Anthropic lawsuit, GenAI regulatory sandbox, Future Dispute Resolution Conference, Berkeley Law AI LL.M. program, WorldCoin updates.
August 22, 2024
AI
A customer reached out asking for video tutorials.
— Flo Crivello (@Altimor) August 19, 2024
We obviously have a Lindy handling this, and I was delighted to see that she sent a video.
But then I remembered we don't have a video tutorial and realized Lindy is literally fucking rickrolling our customers. pic.twitter.com/zsvGp4NsGz
The Copyright Office published its first report on copyright and artificial intelligence, focusing on ‘unauthorized digital replicas’ AKA deepfake content
Last week, Illinois enacted a new law targeting AI bias in employment
The telecom involved in the deepfake robocall of President Joe Biden’s voice in New Hampshire earlier this year will pay a US$1 million fine as part of its settlement with the Federal Communications Commission [Verge article | FCC press release and consent decree]
From The Verge: “Google’s AI ‘Reimagine’ tool helped us add wrecks, disasters, and corpses to our photos”
Anthropic, developer of the large language model Claude and its variants, has been sued by a group of authors claiming the LLM was trained on pirated books [Reuters article | Docket]
The Minnesota State Bar Association has approved a committee to implement an regulatory sandbox for the use of GenAI to assist self-represented litigants [Law.com ($)]
Stanford Law School, the American Arbitration Association and other organizations, are launching the Future Dispute Resolution Conference, taking place Sept. 5, 2024 at Stanford; the conference is meant to “explore how advancements in technology and Generative AI could alter the way disputes are resolved, with insights from judges, leading in-house counsel, and others”
Berkeley Law announced that it will offer a Master of Laws (LL.M.) track focusing on artificial intelligence law and regulation, starting in Summer 2025.
Blockchain/Digital Currency
Quite a bit about WorldCoin in the news:
Its founders and mission, from Bloomberg ($) [unpaywalled]
Its controversies and setbacks, from the Wall Street Journal ($)
Long Reads
Grimmelmann, James, The Defamation Machine (August 01, 2024). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4914458