2022 ⟶ Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against GitHub Copilot
A November 2022 class action lawsuit against Microsoft, GitH...
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2023
⚖️ Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against GitHub Copilot
A November 2022 class action lawsuit against Microsoft, GitHub and OpenAI alleges that GitHub Copilot, an AI-powered code editing tool trained on public GitHub repositories, violates the copyrights of the repositories' authors, noting that the tool is able to generate source code which matches its training data verbatim, without providing attribution.⟶
CopyrightGitHub CopilotMicrosoftGitHubOpenAICode generationLegal challenges
United States🎨 Artists File Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Against AI Image Generators
On January 16, 2023, three artists, Sarah Andersen, Kelly McKernan, and Karla Ortiz, file a class-action Copyright infringement lawsuit against Stability AI, Midjourney, and DeviantArt, claiming that these companies have infringed the rights of millions of artists by training AI tools on five billion images scraped from the web without the consent of the original artists.⟶
Copyright infringementStability AIMidjourneyDeviantArtAI artGenerative AILegal challenges
United States🖼️ Getty Images Sues Stability AI in London
On January 17, 2023, Stability AI is sued in London by Getty Images for using its images in their training data without purchasing a license.⟶
Getty ImagesStability AICopyright infringementLegal challengesImage licensingAI art
United Kingdom🎤 Sarah Silverman Files Copyright Lawsuit Against Meta and OpenAI
On July 9, 2023, Sarah Silverman files a class action lawsuit against Meta and OpenAI for copyright infringement for training their large language models on millions of authors' copyrighted works without permission.⟶
Copyright infringementSarah SilvermanMetaOpenAILarge language modelsLegal challenges
United States📰 News Outlets Block GPTBot and Restrict AI Content Use
In August, 2023, the New York Times, CNN, Reuters, the Chicago Tribune, Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) and other news companies block OpenAI's GPTBot web crawler from accessing their content, while the New York Times also updates its terms of service to disallow the use of its content in large language models.⟶
Content LicensingWeb CrawlersGPTBotCopyrightGenerative AINews MediaOpenAIData Privacy
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