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

Issues and developments related to IP, AI, and OM. My Bloomsbury book "Ethics, Information, and Technology" will be published in January 2026 and includes chapters on IP, AI, OM, and other emerging technologies (IoT, drones, robots, autonomous vehicles, VR/AR). Preorders are available via this webpage: https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/ethics-information-and-technology-9781440856662/

AI Copyright Issues ‘on Shifting Sands’ but Legal Protections Are Coming, Experts Tell PGA Produced By Conference; The Wrap, June 9, 2024

NJ Bar Association Warns the Practice of Law Is Poised for Substantial Transformation Due To AI; The National Law Review, June 4, 2024

You Can Create Award-Winning Art With AI. Can You Copyright It?; Bloomberg Law, June 5, 2024

Angry Instagram posts won’t stop Meta AI from using your content; Popular Science, June 5, 2024

‘This Is Going to Be Painful’: How a Bold A.I. Device Flopped; The New York Times, June 6, 2024

Pitt’s national patent ranking improved to No. 14 in 2023; PittWire, June 4, 2024

Can you become a lawyer by listening to Taylor Swift?; BBC, June 3, 2024

Will A.I. Be a Creator or a Destroyer of Worlds?; The New York Times, June 5, 2024

Can You Trademark a Potato? Take Our Food-Branding Quiz.; The New York Times, June 4, 2024

OpenAI and Google DeepMind workers warn of AI industry risks in open letter; The Guardian, June 4, 2024

Hallucination-Free? Assessing the Reliability of Leading AI Legal Research Tools; Stanford University, 2024

GENERATIVE AI IS CREATING A COPYRIGHT CRISIS FOR ARTISTS; Mind Matters, June 3, 2024

Adobe gets called out for violating its own AI ethics; Digital Trends, June 3, 2024

AI isn't useless. But is it worth it?; [citation needed], April 17, 2024

Google’s A.I. Search Leaves Publishers Scrambling; The New York Times, June 1, 2024

How news coverage, often uncritical, helps build up the AI hype; Reuters Institute, May 20, 2024

The media bosses fighting back against AI — and the ones cutting deals; The Washington Post, May 27, 2024

Will the rise of AI spell the end of intellectual property rights?; The Globe and Mail, May 27, 2024

Judges in Gen AI Cases Favor Summary Judgment on Copyright; Bloomberg Law, May 28, 2024

‘That’ll cost you, ChatGPT’ — copyright needs an update for the age of AI; The Hill, May 23, 2024

Navigating the Patchwork of AI Laws, Standards, and Guidance; American Bar Association (ABA), May 9, 2024

‘The Hunt for Gollum’ Was Just Announced. It Was on YouTube in 2009.; The New York Times, May 22, 2024

Copyright issues at OpenAI and other AI startups are ramping up; Fortune, May 23, 2024

TIME FOR A REFRESH; Creative Commons (CC), May 17, 2024

US intelligence agencies’ embrace of generative AI is at once wary and urgent; Associated Press, May 23, 2024

OpenAI Strikes a Deal to License News Corp Content; The New York Times, May 22, 2024

Machine ‘Unlearning’ Helps Generative AI ‘Forget’ Copyright-Protected and Violent Content; UT News, The University of Texas at Austin, May 21, 2024

Korea to establish AI copyright system by year-end; The Korea Times, May 21, 2024

Stability AI, Midjourney should face artists' copyright case, judge says; Reuters, May 8, 2024