UK govt’s AI bill falters amid opposition by artists Elton John, Dua Lipa over copyright

UK govt’s AI bill falters amid opposition by artists Elton John, Dua Lipa over copyright

In a win for artists and creators in the United Kingdom, the British Parliament has backed efforts to strengthen protections against the unauthorised use of copyright-protected material by tech companies to train their AI models. The Labour government led by Prime Minister Keir Starmer had proposed legislation called the Data (Use and Access) Bill with […]

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Judge in Meta case warns AI could ‘obliterate’ market for original works

Judge in Meta case warns AI could ‘obliterate’ market for original works

A skeptical federal judge in San Francisco on Thursday questioned Meta Platforms’ argument that it can legally use copyrighted works without permission to train its artificial intelligence models. In the first court hearing on a key question for the AI industry, U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria grilled lawyers for both sides over Meta’s request for […]

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