Recently, the short video platform TikTok announced a partnership with Getty Images to launch a new AI ad creation tool. Through this collaboration, advertisers can directly use licensed images and videos provided by Getty Images when utilizing TikTok's AI ad creation tools, producing ads that include AI-generated content. The platform's AI avatar feature can create virtual characters that look like real people, adding richer expressions to the advertising content.

As artificial intelligence rapidly develops, copyright issues are becoming a new challenge for AI companies. On November 13, 2024, the German music copyright organization GEMA filed a lawsuit against OpenAI in the Munich District Court, making it the first collective management organization in the world to take legal action against an AI provider. GEMA claims that OpenAI's ChatGPT has unlawfully copied and used copyrighted lyrics without obtaining proper licenses and paying royalties. This lawsuit also targets OpenAI LLC in the United States.

On November 13, the German music copyright organization GEMA filed a lawsuit against OpenAI in the Munich regional court, becoming the first copyright collective management organization in the world to take legal action against an AI provider. GEMA accuses OpenAI's ChatGPT of reproducing copyrighted song lyrics without obtaining the necessary licenses or paying creator fees. This lawsuit targets not only OpenAI LLC based in the U.S. but also OpenAI Ireland, which operates in Europe.

Recently, the Southern District Court of New York dismissed the copyright infringement lawsuit against OpenAI filed by Raw Story Media, Inc. and AlterNet Media, Inc., stating that the case lacked standing. This ruling marks an important victory for OpenAI in the legal disputes between AI and copyright, providing a reference for handling similar cases in the future. Raw Story and AlterNet are two online news outlets primarily focused on leftist perspectives.

Dow Jones, the parent company of The Wall Street Journal, and the New York Post are suing AI-driven search startup Perplexity for using their news content to train its large language model. The publications from these two news groups accuse Perplexity of copyright infringement by generating answers to people's queries using their articles, thereby diverting traffic from the publications' websites. 'This lawsuit is brought by news publishers seeking compensation as Perplexity openly plans to provide services for free.'

Following the New York Times, the New York Post (NYP Holdings) and the Wall Street Journal (Dow Jones) have recently jointly filed a lawsuit against the AI company Perplexity AI in federal court in Manhattan, accusing it of 'mass illegal copying' of copyright works from these two media outlets. This AI startup, backed by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, is facing serious copyright infringement charges. The lawsuit demands that Perplexity cease using these news articles to respond to queries.

Recently, the renowned media outlet The New York Times sent a cease-and-desist letter to an AI startup named Perplexity, demanding that the company stop using its content. This news was first reported by The Wall Street Journal and has drawn widespread attention. In fact, this is not the first time The New York Times has clashed with AI companies over content usage issues. Last year, the paper filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, accusing it of illegally using their content while training AI models.

In today's rapidly evolving landscape of artificial intelligence, a court ruling in Hamburg, Germany has sparked fresh discussions regarding the collection and use of data for AI training. This case not only prompts public reflection on the relationship between AI and copyright but also provides important references for the future legal framework of AI development. The incident began when the non-profit organization LAION downloaded a copyrighted image from an image agency website without authorization. LAION paired this image with relevant descriptions and included it in a project named "LAION-5B".

In a recent lawsuit that has drawn widespread attention, Meta's CEO Mark Zuckerberg is set to testify. This lawsuit is initiated by a group of writers, including renowned comedian Sarah Silverman, who accuse Meta of infringing their copyrights in the application of artificial intelligence technology. The core issue of the lawsuit is whether Meta's platforms like Instagram and Facebook have potentially used their works without authorization while generating content.

Recently, OpenAI reached an agreement in a high-profile copyright lawsuit to disclose the data used to train its generative AI models to the plaintiff's lawyers. The copyright lawsuit's plaintiffs include several well-known authors such as Paul Tremblay, Sarah L. J. Elfreth, Michael Chabon, David Henry Huang, and Ta-Nehisi Coates. They filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and its affiliates last year, accusing the AI of using their works without authorization.

On August 30, Jinjiang Literature City issued a statement firmly opposing the recent AI infringement incident on the Xiaohongshu platform, emphasizing the protection of copyright for original content. In this incident, a blogger used original works on the platform to train an AI model and generate text, even establishing a group to share tutorials to attract traffic. Jinjiang Literature City believes this action severely infringes on the rights of authors and has sent a rights protection letter to the Xiaohongshu platform demanding the removal of infringing content and accounts. The platform stated it will continue to monitor such infringing behavior and resolutely protect authors' legitimate rights, explicitly indicating that it will not tolerate any theft of works.

A San Francisco-based AI startup, Anthropic, is facing a lawsuit from a group of writers for allegedly using a large number of pirated books in the training of its chatbot Claude. This marks the first time writers have filed a lawsuit against Anthropic, accusing its actions of 'mocking its lofty goals' and utilizing pirated resources to build AI products. The complaint states that Anthropic is attempting to profit from the human expression and creativity behind each work. The plaintiffs include writers Andrea Bartz and Charles Graeb.

Recently, the Mita AI Search team received a lengthy 28-page copyright notice from the China Academic Journals Electronic Publishing House (CNKI). The notice stated that Mita AI Search has been providing users with a large volume of citations and abstract data of CNKI academic literature through its platform without obtaining permission from CNKI, and this behavior is considered a serious infringement of CNKI's legitimate rights and interests.

Meta (formerly Facebook) and Universal Music Group (UMG) have expanded their long-standing music licensing agreement aimed at enhancing copyright protection while addressing solutions for the application of AI technology in the music field. The new agreement allows users to freely share songs from UMG's music library across Meta's platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, Horizon, Threads, and WhatsApp, ensuring that users can enjoy music while avoiding copyright infringement.

In a pivotal copyright infringement lawsuit, a judge ruled that visual artists' lawsuits against well-known AI image and video generation companies can proceed and enter the discovery phase. The artists accuse these companies of using their works without permission to train AI models, including Midjourney, Runway, Stability AI, and DeviantArt. The crux of the case is whether the AI companies constitute 'induced infringement.' The judge indicated that the allegations are strong enough to warrant further investigation.