Bloomberg Law “Apple Inc. flouted copyright law when it used pirated materials and copies of e-books sold on its own books app to train its AI tool Apple Intelligence, a pair of State University of New York professors alleged in a federal lawsuit. Apple’s OpenELM model, one of several comprising Apple Read more
Bloomberg Law “The Federal Trade Commission is changing the game for artificial intelligence companies. On Sept. 11, the FTC issued orders to seven tech giants, probing the unique risks posed by AI chatbot companions—a subset of emotional AI, which measures, understands, simulates, and reacts to human emotions. The FTC’s inquiry directs Alphabet, Instagram, Meta, Read more
Bloomberg Law “Disney, Warner Bros., and other entertainment giants put a new twist on the copyright war against generative AI by focusing lawsuits on audiovisual outputs rather than training data, altering both the obstacles and pathways to victory. The studios’ assaults on AI content companies Midjourney Inc. and Minimax allege copyright Read more
Bloomberg Law “The cyberattack that’s brought Jaguar Land Rover Automotive Plc factories to a standstill is affecting suppliers, with some European parts makers forced to pause or scale back their own production. German company Eberspächer Gruppe GmbH & Co., which manufacturers exhaust systems for the British carmaker, was forced to suspend production at its plant Read more
Bloomberg Law “The US Federal Trade Commission is investigating whether Amazon.com Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google misled advertisers that place ads on their websites, according to people familiar with the matter. The investigations, which are being conducted by the agency’s consumer protection unit, focus on whether the companies properly disclosed the terms and pricing for Read more
Bloomberg Law “Walt Disney Co. will pay $10 million to the Federal Trade Commission to settle allegations that it violated a federal children’s privacy law by allowing children to be targeted with online advertising. By failing to correctly classify videos uploaded to its YouTube channels, Disney exposed children to data Read more
Bloomberg Law “Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. agreed to back a state-supervised way for California drivers to unionize and collectively bargain on industry-wide pay and benefit guarantees, under a new legislative deal that provides the companies relief on insurance costs. Legislative leaders and Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Friday announced support for Read more
Bloomberg Law “Rivian Automotive Inc. must defend against shareholder allegations the electric-vehicle maker overstated demand based on misleading preorder backlog numbers. Investors sufficiently alleged that top executives were watching the backlog metrics “daily,” boosting an inference of intent or reckless disregard, Judge Consuelo B. Marshall said in an order entered Thursday. CEO Robert J. Read more
Bloomberg Law “A trade group for major internet providers aims to stop a Colorado law it alleges will “force” several leading social media websites to stop minor users from accessing protected speech. NetChoice, which advocates for free expression and commerce online, filed suit Thursday, asking the court to declare that Read more
Bloomberg Law “Robinhood Markets Inc. shares fell after OpenAI advised caution to customers taking advantage of the brokerage’s offer for access to equity “tokens” for the closely held company led by Sam Altman. The artificial-intelligence firm said the tokens offered by Robinhood aren’t company equity, and that OpenAI neither collaborated on nor endorsed the Read more