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Meta faces fresh copyright lawsuit
Meta Platforms Inc. is facing a copyright infringement lawsuit from author Christopher Farnsworth, who alleges that the company’s large language model was trained on pirated books. The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, claims that Meta utilized an 800 GB open-source dataset known as The Pile, which includes…
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OpenAI and Microsoft face copyright showdown
OpenAI Inc. and Microsoft Corp.’s GitHub are set to face the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit regarding a copyright lawsuit initiated by open-source programmers. The programmers allege that artificial intelligence (AI) coding tool Copilot infringes upon the Digital Millennium Copyright Act by using open-source code for training without proper attribution. Judge Jon…
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Uber terms mean couple can’t sue after ‘life-changing’ crash
A couple who were left with life-changing injuries after their Uber crashed have been told they cannot sue the company because of the terms they accepted when using the app. Georgia and John McGinty, from New Jersey are bound by a clause saying they could not take the case to a jury in a court…
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Fee frenzy in Iowa hospital bankruptcy
The bankruptcy proceedings of Iowa City’s Mercy hospital have led to a contentious battle over legal fees, with applications exceeding £13m. A significant portion, £5.1m, is earmarked for Chicago’s McDermott Will & Emery, while New York’s ToneyKorf Partners has billed £4.8m. The Liquidating Trust Oversight Committee has raised concerns, stating: “The sale price of the…
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Companies urged to consider AI risks
Compliance officers should now add artificial intelligence (AI) to the list of things they need to worry about, the Justice Department says. It has issued the Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs, a guidance document for lawyers and compliance officers that asks them to be aware of the line between taking advantage of AI’s potential benefits…
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Building trust: The key to success
Stefan Grafe, chief executive of Mext Consulting and developer of TrustLogic, emphasizes the importance of trust in law firm marketing and business development. He states: “Being trusted, no matter how highly, doesn’t actually mean anything unless you’re the most trusted.” Grafe highlights that while many partners are trusted by their direct clients, this trust diminishes…
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