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A new class action alleges OpenAI let outside contractors read and grade real ChatGPT conversations under “Project Lily” without telling users.
When the rich and powerful try to use the court to silence negative reporting about themselves, it’s worth calling out that behavior for what it is: an attack on free speech. This is why EFF is happy to stand up for…
The lawsuit argues that the leading AI companies violated antitrust laws when they agreed to coordinate slowdown efforts, and that doing so would reduce the value consumers get for paid AI subscriptions.
A lawsuit alleges that Amazon discriminates and retaliates against pregnant warehouse workers who seek accommodations for pregnancy-related conditions.
LibGen in the OpenAI lawsuit: the authors' brief says OpenAI trained GPT-3 on pirated books, told Bill Gates, then deleted them. OpenAI says fair use.
Nintendo won its $4.5 million lawsuit against James Williams, a Reddit moderator accused of distributing pirated Switch games, as reported earlier by Aftermath . In a default judgment issued on Wednesday , a Washington federal judge also ordered Williams to shut down the online stores allegedly housing libraries of pirated Switch games. Nintendo sued Williams, also known as "archbox" online, in 2024 . In its complaint, the gaming giant claimed Williams became a "leading moderator" of the r/SwitchPirates community, where he allegedly solicited "donations" of Nintendo eShop gift cards and copies of Switch games "to be copied and distributed" on … Read the full story at The Verge.
California and Paramount Skydance have reportedly reached a settlement allowing the company to complete its $111 billion merger with Warner Bros. Discovery. The settlement, which will reportedly be announced later today, drew condemnation from Democrats and media advocates. "The Paramount/Warner Brothers merger seems facially illegal, and the state AG lawsuit challenging it is very strong," Lina Khan, who chaired the Federal Trade Commission during the Biden administration, wrote yesterday. "It’s troubling to hear that the states may now settle for behavioral remedies, allowing the deal to go through subject to various promises from the firms. Behavioral remedies routinely fail, and the stakes here are particularly high given that a strong democracy requires open markets for sound journalism and creative expression." After news of advanced settlement talks was reported over the weekend, Bloomberg reported today that Paramount reached an agreement with California and other states that sued to block the merger. "Settlement talks came to fruition over the weekend after four states that had opposed terms of a deal outlined with California conceded," Bloomberg wrote, citing a person familiar with the matter. Read full article Comments