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Google faces $1.7 billion lawsuit over AI chips patent infringement
Computer scientist Joseph Bates, who is also the founder of Massachusetts-based Singular Computing, claims that Google has used his innovations to develop processors for AI-related tasks.
New York Times’ blockbuster suit could decide the fate of genAI
After a year of hype around the promise of generative AI tools, the expected big-time legal fights have begun.
OpenAI: GenAI tools can’t be made without copyrighted materials
The company’s assertion is likely to add fuel to the fast-evolving legal debate over generative AI and intellectual property rights.
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Rite Aid hit with a five-year freeze on facial recognition
US FTC alleges the technology resulted in inaccuracies and bias.
UK Supreme Court: No, your AI can’t hold a patent
An AI system is not eligible to hold a patent in the UK, the country’s Supreme Court announced.
AWS blames Microsoft for anti-competitive practices in the UK
Last month, AWS, in a letter to the UK’s competition watchdog, alleged that Microsoft was involved in cloud licensing practices that restrict customer choices and make switching between cloud providers difficult.
Spanish media's $600M suit against Meta is based on GDPR noncompliance
An association representing 83 Spanish media outlets accuses the company of having a competitive advantage based on violations of EU data-protection regulations and could set a precedent for future cases.
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Google US antitrust trial: A timeline
The biggest antitrust trial of the century has kicked off, targeting Google's search business, and a second trial against the tech giant, focusing on advertising, is scheduled for next year. Here's an updated, play-by-play account of...
Nonfiction authors sue OpenAI, Microsoft over copyright infringement
The lawsuit — one of several filed on similar grounds — comes amid continued controversy for the AI company as its founder Sam Altman returns after his surprise ouster last week.
Meta and ByteDance dispute gatekeeper status of platforms under EU’s DMA
After the EU named Facebook Messenger and Marketplace, and TikTok gatekeeper platforms under its Digital Markets Act, both parents companies have decided to launch legal challenges against the designation.
Google’s deal with Apple looms large as antitrust trial winds down
With the last witness being called to the stand this week in the Google antitrust trial, the tech giant’s default search deal that delivers billions each year into the coffers of its rival Apple will be key to the presiding judge's...
Google antitrust trial: Pichai concedes that default search boosts market share
Google' star witness in its US antitrust trial, CEO Sundar Pichai, defended the company's business practices but drew attention to the importance of default search contracts as a driver of its market share.
‘Data poisoning’ anti-AI theft tools emerge — but are they ethical?
New tools that can corrupt digitized artwork and other copyrighted materials are emerging to thwart generative AI models that scrape the internet to learn and provide content.
Generative AI training data sets are now trackable – and often legally complicated
A new tool, Data Provenance Explorer, lets users pick through the questionable provenance of many large data sets used for AI training.
Google used Microsoft’s monopoly playbook to crush Bing — now Microsoft cries foul
With hypocrisy on full display, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella takes Google to task for using the same tactics his own company perfected decades ago.
Microsoft’s Nadella: Google could lock up AI-enabled search
As a witness for the prosecution in the Google antitrust trial, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella warns that Google’s monopoly profits could lock in publishers as AI-enabled search arrives.
Will the FTC's Lina Khan succeed in breaking up Amazon?
The US Federal Trade Commission under legal star Lina Khan has charged Amazon with illegally maintaining a monopoly and seeks "structural relief," which could mean breaking off parts of its business.
