January 11, 2024
On 8 January, Open AI responded to the lawsuit against it and Microsoft, started by The New York Times in December 2023. You can see The New York Times article about its lawsuit here, and its complaint here. You can see Open AI’s response here. Open AI contends that using third party content to train […]
December 23, 2023
You can see information about the Australian Framework for Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Schools here, and download the framework here. The Framework is based on 6 guiding principles: Teaching and Learning Human and Social Wellbeing Transparency Fairness Accountability Privacy, Security and Safety Principle 4 (Fairness) includes: 4.4 Cultural and intellectual property: generative AI tools […]
December 23, 2023
On 12 December, the Government published the report from the Review to Inform a Better and Fairer Education System: see here. The review will inform negotiations for the 2024 Education Reform and Funding Agreement. You can see: Summary Report here Expert Panel’s Report here Commissioned research ‘Review of Policy Interventions to Increase Socio-Economic Diversity and […]
December 21, 2023
On 6 December, the Association of American Publishers (AAP) filed comments with the US Copyright Office, rebutting claims made by artificial intelligence (AI) tech companies. AAP’s points include: these companies: have not sought to work with copyright owners, but have instead appropriated their intellectual property for commercial gain are not struggling startups but some of […]
December 21, 2023
UK’s Copyright Licensing Agency has recently released a report on attitudes to artificial intelligence (AI) in UK’s creative industries. Titled ‘Friend or Foe? Attitudes to Generative Artificial Intelligence Among the Creative Community’, its research of attitudes found that: 79% of respondents believe that the UK’s ability to earn from its creativity will be impacted by AI […]
December 21, 2023
On 8 December, the European Parliament and Council of the European Union reached a provisional agreement on proposed legislation to regulate artificial intelligence (AI). You can see the announcement from the European Council here and the European Parliament here. Each refers to next steps regarding agreed text and formal adoption. You can see IFRRO’s summary […]
December 21, 2023
On 17 December, the Government announced that it would implement the five recommendations in Treasury’s report of its review of the news media bargaining code. Information about the review is available here. A summary of the Code is set out on page 4 of the review’s consultation paper here. The Government’s response is available here. […]
December 21, 2023
On 4 December 2023, the Attorney General convened the fourth and final copyright roundtable of a series commenced in February 2023. You can see our earlier posts on the roundtables here and here. The roundtables considered five issues: orphan works, quotation, remote learning, definition of ‘broadcast’, and artificial intelligence (AI). Copyright Agency participated in each […]
