“This is ChatGPT
writing a TED Talk in the style of Carole Cadwalladr.
And it is creepily plausible.
But what it doesn't know,
because AI is actually as dumb as a rock,
is that I am going to turn to Sam Altman,
who is coming here, a TED speaker,
and say that this does not belong to you.
ChatGPT has been trained on my IP,
my labor, my personal data.”
—Carole Cadwalladr
#chatgpt #openai
#ip #intellectualproperty
#samaltman #altman
AI avatar generator Synthesia does video footage deal with Shutterstock https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/apr/10/ai-avatar-generator-synthesia-video-footage-shutterstock #Artificialintelligence(AI) #Intellectualproperty #Technology #Computing #Business #UKnews #Media
https://www.europesays.com/1979568/ Donald Trump says ‘major’ pharmaceutical tariffs coming soon #DonaldTrump #EFPIA #eu #EUBiotechAct #EuropeanCommission #EuropeanConfederationOfPharmaceuticalEntrepreneurs #EuropeanHealthSystem #EuropeanPharmaceuticalCompanies #EuropeanPharmaceuticalGiants #GlobalSupplyChains #IntellectualProperty #Medicines #PharmaceuticalImports #PharmaceuticalSector #POTUS #PresidentDonaldTrump #PresidentOfTheUnitedStates #PresidentTrump #tariffs #trump
@mpjgregoire @pluralistic yeah, ask #Anguilla about their #WTO suit against the #USA where they won a #retaliation re: #IntellectualProperty.
IMHO #DRM should be outlawed as a matter of principle and #IP be subject to #FRAND licensing and cease to exist the moment it's not available for pirchase new by individuals and/or businesses!
US authors’ copyright lawsuits against OpenAI and Microsoft combined in New York with newspaper actions https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/apr/04/us-authors-copyright-lawsuits-against-openai-and-microsoft-combined-in-new-york-with-newspaper-actions #Artificialintelligence(AI) #Intellectualproperty #Ta-NehisiCoates #JonathanFranzen #SarahSilverman #GeorgeSaunders #MichaelChabon #JohnGrisham #JodiPicoult #Technology #Microsoft #JunotDíaz #Computing #Culture #ChatGPT #OpenAI #USnews #Books #Law
#writers #IntellectualProperty #Facebook #AI #protests #activism
' Around 100 authors on Thursday protested outside the London headquarters of Meta, accusing the U.S. tech giant of "stealing" content to train its Artificial Intelligence models.'
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/04/04/entertainment-news/authors-protest-meta-ai/
AFP: Authors hold London protest against Meta for ‘stealing’ work to train AI. “Around 100 authors on Thursday protested outside the London headquarters of Meta, accusing the U.S. tech giant of ‘stealing’ content to train its Artificial Intelligence models.”
@eff
As always, Copyright is a global censorship regime. But using it to censor public knowledge of laws is really a next level move.
Companies in MURICA love #copyright and lobby against Creative Commons and fair use, unless it´s convenient for them, like #openai and the #Ghibli syle. I thought #FairUse had to do with education and non-profit goals. 
#IntellectualProperty
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/infinite-scroll/is-ai-art-stealing-from-artists
https://www.europesays.com/1957469/ Startup Founder Claims Elon Musk Is Stealing the Name ‘Grok’ #ArtificialIntelligence #Chatbots #ElonMusk #IntellectualProperty #Musk #startups
#Germany, supported by the #EU_Commission's #DG_SANTE & several other #EU member-states, threatens to block the crucial #PandemicAgreement. Why? For Germany & its cronies, it's #BigPharma #IntellectualProperty über alles, even if this threatens the health of billions of people, even if it means violating international trade treaties.
https://www.brusselstimes.com/1507860/will-europe-block-the-pandemic-agreement-because-of-one-word
Is digital piracy ethically justifiable?
The UK's Intellectual Property Office (IPO) survey for designers is closing next week. The IPO is looking for designers to give their views about the future of design protection in the UK and the systems that will be used to implement it.
If you're a UK-based designer, studio, academic or legal professional involved in design, and haven't had your say yet, head over to https://ipoconsultations.citizenspace.com/ipo/design-review-survey/
The survey closes 1st April 2025.
Great to be part of the collection, celebrating the life and work of Intellectual Property Professor Antoon Quaedvlieg of Radboud University in the Netherlands. The book - Q - has just been launched https://www.ie-forum.nl/artikelen/presentatie-gedenkbundel-q-sfeerimpressie https://www.delex.nl/shop/boeken/q My contribution is on The Story of Shapeways: Reshaping Intellectual Property and 3D Printing in the Netherlands. #intellectualproperty #Netherlands #3dprinting
The Society of Authors: The LibGen data set – what authors can do. “The Atlantic published a searchable database of over 7.5 million books and 81 million research papers. This data set, called Library Genesis or ‘LibGen’ for short, is full of pirated material, and all of it has been used to develop AI systems by tech giant Meta.” FIVE of my books are in this data set. Do you think I […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/23/the-society-of-authors-the-libgen-data-set-what-authors-can-do/
#AI #Facebook #books #IntellectualProperty #MITPress
"We want to be clear: The MIT Press has not licensed any of our books or journal articles for LLM training purposes, nor have we granted permission for any such use. However, we are well aware that many MIT Press publications have ended up in pirated training data sets."
https://mitpress.mit.edu/a-note-on-libgen-and-the-unauthorized-use-of-our-authors-work/
MIT Press: A note on LibGen and the unauthorized use of our authors’ work. “We want to be clear: The MIT Press has not licensed any of our books or journal articles for LLM training purposes, nor have we granted permission for any such use. However, we are well aware that many MIT Press publications have ended up in pirated training data sets. We share the deep distress of our authors whose […]
Well this is disturbing. Nine of my books are included in this list. FU Meta.
Check to see if yours were used - www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/03/search-libgen-data-set/682094/
#books #ai #artificialintelligence #writingcommunity #authorlife #writinglife #theft #intellectualproperty
Fast Company: Hollywood warns about AI industry’s push to change copyright law. “A who’s who of musicians, actors, directors, and more have teamed up to sound the alarm as AI leaders including OpenAI and Google argue that they shouldn’t have to pay copyright holders for AI training material. In an open letter, submitted to the White House Office of Science and Technology, more than 400 […]
