Intellectual Property (IP), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Open Movements (OM)

My Bloomsbury book "Ethics, Information, and Technology" was published on Nov. 13, 2025. Purchases can be made via Amazon and this Bloomsbury webpage: https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/ethics-information-and-technology-9781440856662/

Saturday, February 14, 2026

Microsoft AI CEO predicts 'most, if not all' white-collar tasks will be automated by AI within 18 months; Business Insider, February 12, 2026

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  Lloyd Lee  and  Kelsey Vlamis , Business Insider;  Microsoft AI CEO predicts 'most, if not all' white-collar tasks will be automat...

Scoop: Disney sends cease and desist letter to ByteDance over Seedance 2.0; Axios, February 13, 2026

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Sara Fischer, Axios ;  Scoop: Disney sends cease and desist letter to ByteDance over Seedance 2.0 " The   Walt Disney Company   on Frid...

The Guardian view on the BBC World Service: this is London calling; The Guardian, February 13, 2026

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  Editorial , The Guardian;  The Guardian view on the BBC World Service: this is London calling [Kip Currier: This is the "money quote...
Friday, February 13, 2026

A.I. Companies Are Eating Higher Education; The New York Times, February 12, 2026

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Matthew Connelly , The New York Time;  A.I. Companies Are Eating Higher Education " Young people are quickly becoming so dependent on A...

MPA Calls On TikTok Owner ByteDance To Curb New AI Model That Created Tom Cruise Vs. Brad Pitt Deepfake; Deadline, February 12, 2026

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Ted Johnson , Deadline;  MPA Calls On TikTok Owner ByteDance To Curb New AI Model That Created Tom Cruise Vs. Brad Pitt Deepfake " As  ...

Lawyer sets new standard for abuse of AI; judge tosses case; Ars Technica, February 6, 2026

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  ASHLEY BELANGER  , Ars Technica;  Lawyer sets new standard for abuse of AI; judge tosses case "F rustrated by fake citations and flow...
Thursday, February 12, 2026

Pitt climbed in the National Academy of Inventors’ global patent ranking; PittWire, February 12, 2026

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PittWire ;  Pitt climbed in the National Academy of Inventors’ global patent ranking " The University of Pittsburgh climbed two spots o...

Figure Skaters Try to Master a New Routine: Copyright Compliance; The New York Times, February 12, 2026

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Tariq Panja  , The New York Times;  Figure Skaters Try to Master a New Routine: Copyright Compliance " The intricacies of intellectual ...

Why are copyright problems plaguing figure skating at the Milan Cortina Olympics?; AP, February 11, 2026

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DAVE SKRETTA  , AP;  Why are copyright problems plaguing figure skating at the Milan Cortina Olympics? " One of the recurring issues du...
Wednesday, February 11, 2026

Don’t turn the military’s newspaper into a message platform; Stars and Stripes, February 10, 2026

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  RUFUS FRIDAY | CENTER FOR INTEGRITY IN NEWS REPORTING , Stars and Stripes;  Don’t turn the military’s newspaper into a message platform ...

Adam Schiff And John Curtis Introduce Bill To Require Tech To Disclose Copyrighted Works Used In AI Training Models; Deadline, February 10, 2026

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Ted Johnson, Deadline;  Adam Schiff And John Curtis Introduce Bill To Require Tech To Disclose Copyrighted Works Used In AI Training Models ...

OpenAI Is Making the Mistakes Facebook Made. I Quit.; The New York Times, February 11, 2026

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  ZoĆ« Hitzig  , The New York Times;  OpenAI Is Making the Mistakes Facebook Made. I Quit. " This week, OpenAI started testing ads on   ...
Tuesday, February 10, 2026

No, the human-robot singularity isn’t here. But we must take action to govern AI; The Guardian, February 10, 2026

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  Samuel Woolley  , The Guardian;  No, the human-robot singularity isn’t here. But we must take action to govern AI " Based upon my yea...

Don’t deny military community unbiased coverage issues that matter to them; Stars and Stripes, February 5, 2026

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  BERN ZOVISTOSKI,  Stars and Stripes;  Don’t deny military community unbiased coverage issues that matter to them [Kip Currier: Powerful te...

Paul Thomas Anderson & Composer Jonny Greenwood Call For Removal Of ‘Phantom Thread’ Music From ‘Melania’ Documentary; Deadline, February 9, 2026

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Matt Grover, Deadline ;  Paul Thomas Anderson & Composer Jonny Greenwood Call For Removal Of ‘Phantom Thread’ Music From ‘Melania’ Docum...
Monday, February 9, 2026

Essential Knowledge for Journalists Reporting on AI, Creativity and Copyright; Webinar, National Press Foundation: Thursday, February 19, 2026 12 PM - 1 PM EST

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Webinar, National Press Foundation:  Essential Knowledge for Journalists Reporting on AI, Creativity and Copyright   " Generative AI is...
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Kip Currier, PhD, JD
Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh School of Computing and Information. Education: PhD, University of Pittsburgh School of Information Sciences (2007); Juris Doctor (JD), University of Pittsburgh School of Law; Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS), University of Pittsburgh School of Information Sciences. Member of American Bar Association (ABA), ABA IP Law Section, ABA Science & Technology Section
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