Copyright Act 1957

The Indian government is undertaking a major reform of the Copyright Act, 1957 to address the challenges posed by Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the creation and use of copyrighted works. This reform is based on a hybrid model, balancing the needs of AI innovation with the rights of creators. Hybrid Model Overview: Introduces a mandatory blanket license allowing AI developers to u

The New York Times sues OpenAI and Microsoft for using its stories to train chatbots

Context: The Times says the companies are threatening its livelihood by effectively stealing billions of dollars worth of work by its journalists, in some cases spitting out Times' material verbatim to people who seek answers from generative artificial intelligence like OpenAI's ChatGPT. The newspaper's lawsuit was filed in federal court in Manhattan and follows what appears to be a br