In this article, Magaly Taylor discusses The New York Times v. OpenAI case and the potential limitations this case could have on the future of AI and copyright holders.
Do Autonomous Vehicles Dream of Tort Liability?
In this article, Kyle Moodhe explains that society will confront new challenges in assessing tort liability as autonomous vehicles become more widespread. He examines competing theories of tort liability, and he assesses which theories best fit the brave new world of autonomous vehicles.
Band-Aids Don’t Fix Bullet Holes: The Bad Blood Between Deepfakes and Adequate Solutions
In this article, Ainsley Marlette examines the regulation of deepfake technology. She draws on Taylor Swift’s recent incident to demonstrate the lack of legal recourse available.
Lyric Lockdown: Music Publishers’ Challenge to Training AI
In this article, Josie Croce discusses the legal challenges that AI company Anthropic faces as music publishers bring suit against it. Although the music publishers’ make a multitude of claims of infringement, this blog will focus on the allegation that using copyrighted lyrics to train Anthropic’s chatbot constitutes infringement and deprives artists of deserved licensing fees. Against the backdrop of internet search engine jurisprudence, it is possible that Anthropic may invoke the defense of fair use because of the transformative nature of its use.
Chat, is my invention novel and non-obvious? Questioning whether AI can represent the PHOSITA
In this article, Emilio Tovilla discusses AI, specifically language models like ChatGPT, as potential sources to represent patent law’s PHOSITA (person having ordinary skill in the art). He argues that different possibilities and limitations should be explored to determine AI's place, if any, within intellectual property.
Beyond the Image: AI and the Battle for NIL Rights
New on the UC IPCLJ Blog: Madison Gambone discusses how the relationship between AI image generation technologies and NIL rights, exploring the emerging legal challenges and proposing a framework to address these issues.