Duane Morris partner Aleksander J. Goranin authored the Art Business News article, “The Future of Digital Art as Training Material For Generative Artificial Intelligence Models,” which provides a reader-friendly introduction to the copyright and right-of-publicity issues raised by such AI model training, and offers practical tips about what art owners can do, currently, if they want to keep their works away from such training uses. Read the full article.
Artificial Intelligence Updates – 09.18.23
#HelloWorld. In this issue, the Copyright Office asks all the right questions—but will it do something interesting with the answers? Microsoft and Adobe offer clever ideas of their own. And, surprise (not really): Two new lawsuits against AI developers. Let’s stay smart together.
Read more on The Artificial Intelligence Blog.
Webinar Replay: Privacy Issues in AI
How to Protect Your Company’s Online Data in the AI Era
Duane Morris attorneys Agatha H. Liu and Ariel Seidner authored the Westlaw Today article, “Safeguarding Companies’ Online Data in the AI Era: Evolving Technology and Legal Protection,” which identifies considerations companies should account for when undertaking efforts to protect their online data. Read the full article.
And the Copyright Registration Goes to… the AI Algorithm or the Machine?
The Copyright Registration Guidance published by the United States Copyright Office in March mainly addressed whether a human providing simple prompts or other input to an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm could obtain a copyright registration for the output that the AI algorithm generated based on the human input. … Now a few months later, a court has handed out a decision on whether to grant a copyright registration to the AI algorithm in Thaler v. Perlmutter, 1:22-cv-01564 (D.D.C).
Artificial Intelligence Updates – 08.29.23
#HelloWorld. In this issue, ChatGPT cannot be the next John Grisham, the secret is out on The New York Times’ frustrations with generative AI, and YouTube looks to a technological fix for voice replicas. Summer may soon be over, but AI issues are not going anywhere. Let’s stay smart together.
Read more on The Artificial Intelligence Blog.
Webinar: The Data Privacy and Security Landscape: Privacy Issues in AI
Duane Morris is hosting “The Data Privacy and Security Landscape: Privacy Issues in AI” webinar on Thursday, September 14, 2023, from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Eastern time.
For more information or to register, please visit the event website.
EEOC Settles AI Software Lawsuit
In Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. ITutorGroup, Inc., et al., No. 1:22-CV-2565 (E.D.N.Y. Aug. 9, 2023), the EEOC and a tutoring company filed a Joint Settlement Agreement and Consent Decree in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, memorializing a $365,000 settlement for claims involving hiring software that automatically rejected applicants based on their age. This is first EEOC settlement involving artificial intelligence (“AI”) software bias.
Artificial Intelligence Updates – 08.10.23
#HelloWorld. In this issue, the state of state AI laws (disclaimer: not our original phrase, although we wish it were). Deals for training data are in the works. And striking actors have made public their AI-related proposals—careful about those “Digital Replicas.” It’s August, but we’re not stopping. Let’s stay smart together.
Read more on The Artificial Intelligence Blog.
EEOC Guidance Discusses AI Impact in the Workplace
On July 26, 2023, the EEOC issued a new Guidance entitled “Visual Disabilities in the Workplace and the Americans with Disabilities Act” (the “Guidance”). This document is an excellent resource for employers, and provides insight into how to handle situations that may arise with job applicants and employees that have visual disabilities. Notably, for employers that use algorithms or artificial intelligence (“AI”) as a decision-making tool, the Guidance makes clear that employers have an obligation to make reasonable accommodations for applicants or employees with visual disabilities who request them in connection with these technologies.
Read more on the Class Action Defense Blog.