Generative AI depends on data—and lots of it. From search engines and large language models to image generators and music tools, these systems are trained on massive datasets, often pulled directly from the public web. Think news articles, social media posts, lyrics, books, stock images, etc.
But here’s the catch: just because content is publicly
Yahoo ConnectID Faces Class Action Over Email Address Tracking as Alleged Wiretap Violation
Yahoo’s ConnectID is a cookieless identity solution that allows advertisers and publishers to personalize, measure, and perform ad campaigns by leveraging first-party data and 1-to-1 consumer relationships. ConnectID uses consumer email addresses (instead of third-party tracking cookies) to produce and monetize consumer data. A lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District
Recenti provvedimenti degli organi dell’Istituto di Autodisciplina Pubblicitaria in tema di prodotti cosmetici e integratori alimentari
Introduzione
Dall’analisi dei provvedimenti assunti nel 2024 dagli organi dell’Istituto di Autodisciplina Pubblicitaria notiamo una preponderanza di ingiunzioni e provvedimenti basati sulla violazione degli articoli 23 e 23bis del Codice di Autodisciplina Pubblicitaria della Comunicazione commerciale (“CAP”), che individuano le regole per una corretta diffusione dei messaggi pubblicitari rispettivamente in tema di “Prodotti cosmetici e
Cleo AI Agrees to $17 Million Settlement with FTC
Sometimes, deals are too good to be true. That was the case for Cleo AI, an online cash advance company that promised consumers fast, up-front cash payments. According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Cleo AI offered consumers a mobile personal finance application that “promises consumers instant or same-day cash advances of hundreds of dollars.”
Charting a Course on AI Policy: the U.S. Copyright Office Speaks!
By Gregory J. Krabacher, Epstein Becker Green
Recently, the U.S. Copyright Office published the second of an intended three-part report entitled “Copyright and Artificial Intelligence.” Here are those three parts:
- Part 1: Digital Replicas (aka “Deep Fakes”), published July 31, 2024;1
- Part 2: Copyrightability, published January 29, 2025;2 and
- Part 3: Legal implications of training
AI and Copyright: What a Recent Court Ruling Means for AI Creators and Intellectual Property Rights
In a significant decision, the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit recently ruled that the Copyright Act of 1976 requires human authorship to register a work, affirming the district court’s denial of a copyright application for a AI generated picture.
This ruling has profound implications for anyone working with AI in creative
Choosing Between Artists and the Algorithm
I’ve been thinking about the clash between generative AI and copyright law, particularly in light of OpenAI’s claim that restricting access to copyrighted material could end the AI race altogether.
It’s a provocative statement. But it’s also a false binary. Because we’ve been here before – at the edge of a new medium, a
AI Governance: Steps to Adopt an AI Governance Program
There are many factors to consider when assisting clients with assessing the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools in an organization and developing and implementing an AI Governance Program. Although adopting an AI Governance Program is a no-brainer, no form of a governance program is insufficient. Each organization has to evaluate how it will use
Human Authorship Required: AI Isn’t an Author Under Copyright Act
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia upheld a district court ruling that affirmed the US Copyright Office’s (CO) denial of a copyright application for artwork created by artificial intelligence (AI), reaffirming that human authorship is necessary for copyright registration. Thaler v. Perlmutter, Case No. 23-5233 (D.C. Cir. Mar. 18, 2025) (Millett,
Pubblicato dall’EPO il Patent Index 2024: l’Italia frena nella crescita della brevettazione, ma rimane protagonista nel deposito di brevetti europei con effetto unitario
L’Ufficio Europeo dei Brevetti (European Patent Office – EPO) ha pubblicato il Patent Index 2024, che analizza l’andamento nel corso dell’ultimo anno delle domande di brevetto presentate nell’Unione Europea.
Il numero di domande di brevetto depositate presso l’EPO nel 2024 è stato pari a 199.264, mantenendosi su livelli elevati e sostanzialmente stabili rispetto