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Last week, around 100 authors protested outside Meta's London headquarters, accusing the American tech giant of using their works without permission to train its AI models. Protesters chanted "Meta, Meta, book thieves," with some holding signs such as "I wanted to write a slogan, but you'll steal it" and "Give us back our books, Zuck," a clear jab at Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Earlier reports suggested Zuckerberg approved the company's use of a dataset called

A group of prominent authors, including Richard Osman, Kazuo Ishiguro, Kate Mosse, and Val McDermid, have signed an open letter calling on the UK government to hold Meta accountable for using copyrighted books in its AI training. The letter requests that the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Lisa Nandy, summon Meta representatives to discuss the matter.

Recently, the American artificial intelligence company OpenAI challenged a ruling by the Delhi High Court in India, arguing that the court does not have the authority to demand the deletion of ChatGPT's training data. This case originated from a lawsuit filed by the Indian news agency ANI last November, claiming that OpenAI used its published content to train ChatGPT without authorization. ANI requested the removal of its content from the model's training dataset and accused OpenAI of copyright infringement. The submission was made to the Delhi High Court on January 10.

Meta is facing a copyright infringement lawsuit, with the plaintiff's attorney claiming that CEO Mark Zuckerberg approved the use of a dataset containing pirated e-books and articles to train its Llama AI model. This case is one of many copyright lawsuits against several tech giants accused of using copyrighted works for AI model training without authorization. In documents filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on Wednesday evening, the plaintiffs reiterated Meta's actions from the end of last year.

Recently, the copyright dispute between music publishers and AI company Anthropic has reached a partial resolution. According to the newly reached agreement, Anthropic will take measures to ensure that its AI chatbot Claude does not infringe on copyrights when providing song lyrics. This move provides a temporary solution to the ongoing litigation and reflects a certain compromise between the two parties on this complex issue. The dispute originated from lawsuits filed by several music publishers accusing Anthropic of unauthorized use.

Hume AI, a startup focused on emotional intelligent voice interfaces, has recently launched an experimental feature called 'Voice Control.' This new tool is designed to help developers and users create personalized AI voices without any coding, AI prompt engineering, or sound design skills. Users can easily customize voices to meet their needs by precisely adjusting voice characteristics. This new feature builds on the company's previously launched 'Empathetic Voice Interface 2' (EVI2), which enhances the naturalness of speech.

Recently, five major Canadian media organizations have jointly filed a lawsuit against the AI company OpenAI, accusing it of using their copyrighted content without authorization to train ChatGPT. These media organizations include Torstar, Postmedia, The Globe and Mail, The Canadian Press, and CBC/Radio-Canada. According to the lawsuit, OpenAI used their content in the development of its GPT model.

The New York Times and the Daily News encountered an unexpected twist in their copyright lawsuit: an OpenAI engineer inadvertently deleted virtual machine search data that could have been key evidence, adding a dramatic turn to this high-profile legal dispute. According to a letter submitted to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on Wednesday night, lawyers and technical experts for the two media companies had previously invested over 150 hours searching OpenAI's AI training dataset. However, on November 14, an OpenAI engineer accidentally deleted data stored on the virtual machine.

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.

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.

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.