Tesla shareholders just decided to make the company’s CEO, Elon Musk, a trillionaire—with board members arguing that the shit-posting edgelord is, despite being a PR trainwreck, somehow indispensable to the firm. It would appear, however, that if you’re just a rank-and-file Tesla employee—one whose primary focus is doing your job (this, as opposed to, say, […]
Meta Says Porn Stash was for ‘Personal Use,’ Not Training AI Models
Meta forgot to keep its porn in a passworded folder, and now its kink for data collection is the subject of scrutiny. The social media giant turned metaverse company turned AI power is currently facing a lawsuit brought by adult film companies Strike 3 Holdings and Counterlife Media, alleging that the Big Tech staple illegally […]
New York City Sues Social Media Companies Over ‘Youth Mental Health Crisis’
Here’s a new element of the East Coast vs. West Coast beef: The City of New York is reaching across the country to sue tech giants headquartered in California over allegations that their platforms have created a youth mental health crisis. The city, along with its school districts and health department, alleges that “gross negligence” […]
Rolling Stone Publisher Sues Google Over AI Overview Summaries
Google has insisted that its AI-generated search result overviews and summaries have not actually hurt traffic for publishers. The publishers disagree, and at least one is willing to go to court to prove the harm they claim Google has caused. Penske Media Corporation, the parent company of Rolling Stone and The Hollywood Reporter, sued Google […]
After Anthropic’s Billion-Dollar Settlement, Dictionaries Are Suing Perplexity AI
Encyclopedia Britannica and Merriam-Webster accuse the AI startup of copying their content and attributing hallucinated answers to their brands. Anthropic’s recent $1.5 billion settlement could open the floodgates for more publishers to sue AI companies over how they use copyrighted content. Just this week, the Britannica Group, the parent of Encyclopedia Britannica and the Merriam-Webster […]
Tesla Ordered to Pay More Than $200 Million Over Fatal Autopilot Crash
A jury in Florida found Tesla partially liable for a fatal 2019 crash involving one of the company’s vehicles operating in Autopilot mode. The jury awarded a combined $243 million in punitive and compensatory damages to Tesla, according to The New York Times. The incident in question occurred in Key Largo, Florida, in 2019. George […]
Man Awarded $12,500 After Google Street View Photographed His Ass
What does involuntary public embarrassment get you? Somewhere in the vicinity of $12,500. An Argentinian man who had his whole bare ass captured by a Google Street View camera and published to Google Maps was awarded that modest sum by an Argentine court for having his privacy violated and his dignity damaged. The man, a […]
Trump Sues to Fire Big Bird’s Boss
Back in April, Donald Trump fired three Democratic members of the board at the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), a move similar to his efforts to oust Democrats from the Federal Trade Commission and the Kennedy Center, among others. The board members—Laura Ross, Thomas Rothman, and Diane Kaplan— simply never left. Now, the Trump administration […]
Judge Says Requiring ChatGPT to Save Chat Logs Is Not a ‘Mass Surveillance Program’
OpenAI and some of its users have objected to a court order that requires the company to indefinitely maintain all of ChatGPT’s chat logs as part of an ongoing copyright lawsuit, claiming that holding onto such records amounts to a “nationwide mass surveillance program.” The court was not moved. Judge Ona Wang, who initially issued […]
Elon Musk Gets His Wish: OpenAI Will Remain a Nonprofit
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has been working on wriggling out from under the control of the company’s nonprofit board ever since they (briefly) fired him. But, after several efforts to prevent the move, including a lawsuit filed by OpenAI co-founder Elon Musk, the company announced on Monday that it will keep its structure for now. […]