Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) class action lawsuits have been on the rise, and the owner of the The Onion, a popular satire site, finds itself the subject of a recent one. On May 16, 2025, a plaintiff-initiated litigation against Global Tetrahedron, LLC, the owner of The Onion, alleges that the defendant installed the Meta
State Lawmakers Oppose Proposed 10 Year Freeze on AI Laws + Regulations
On June 3, 2025, a bipartisan group of 260 state lawmakers sent a letter to the U.S. House of Representatives and the U. S. Senate expressing “strong opposition to the provision in Subtitle C, Part 2 of the tax and budget reconciliation bill, which would undermine ongoing work in the states to address the impact
How Can We Trust What We Don’t Understand?
I’ve been thinking about a question raised by Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, in his recent piece, “The Urgency of Interpretability.” He writes about the increasing power of artificial intelligence systems and our unsettling lack of insight into how they actually work. The models are getting stronger. Our ability to understand them is not.
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Deleted or Not? Court Order and OpenAI’s Silence Leave Users in the Dark How ChatGPT User Data is Handled
A federal court has directed OpenAI to preserve user chat logs that it would otherwise delete, a significant development in the ongoing copyright infringement litigation brought by The New York Times. This order, and OpenAI’s subsequent actions, raise important questions about users’ ability to control the fate of their ChatGPT conversations and about OpenAI’s obligation
These Are the Lawsuits You’re Looking For: Fortnite’s AI Voice Dispute
A long time ago in a galaxy not so far away, voice acting was the exclusive domain of talented humans. But today, in the age of generative AI, even the iconic voice of a legendary villain can be conjured without a single vocal cord, raising major legal questions about name, image, and likeness (NIL) rights
Federal Circuit Rejects AI Claims Lacking Technical Detail
PatentNext Summary: In two recent decisions, the Federal Circuit reaffirmed that merely applying artificial intelligence or digital techniques to a specific “field of use” does not satisfy patent eligibility under 35 U.S.C. § 101. In Recentive Analytics v. Fox Corp., claims directed to AI-assisted television scheduling were deemed abstract for lacking inventive implementation. Similarly, in
Georgia Court Dismisses Defamation Lawsuit Against OpenAI Over ChatGPT Output
Last week a Georgia state court granted summary judgment in favor of OpenAI, ending a closely watched defamation lawsuit over false information—sometimes called “hallucinations”—generated by its generative AI product, ChatGPT. The plaintiff, Mark Walters, is a nationally syndicated radio host and prominent gun rights advocate who sued OpenAI after ChatGPT produced output incorrectly stating that
Copyright, AI, and Politics
In early 2023, the US Copyright Office (CO) initiated an examination of copyright law and policy issues raised by artificial intelligence (AI), including the scope of copyright in AI-generated works and the use of copyrighted materials in AI training. Since then, the CO has issued the first two installments of a three-part report: part one
PTAB Rejects AI-Driven Medical Patent – Not for Novelty, But Eligibility
In a recent decision with important implications for artificial intelligence (AI) driven innovation, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) denied a patent for an AI-based medical tool.[1] The refusal was not because the invention was not new or inventive. Rather, the refusal was because the invention did not meet a fundamental rule of
Oracle, Cleveland Clinic, and G42 Announce Strategic Partnership to Launch AI-Based Global Healthcare Delivery Platform
In attempt to deliver more effective and affordable care, Oracle, Cleveland Clinic, and G42 have announced a strategic partnership that will build a global AI-powered healthcare platform (see news release here).
Per the news release published by Cleveland Clinic, the platform will: (i) deliver an AI-driven healthcare infrastructure rooted in data privacy, clinical quality,