As workplace AI increasingly collects biometric data, employers must navigate complex and varied US privacy laws, notably Illinois’ BIPA, to avoid costly lawsuits and ensure lawful employee monitoring. Biometric Privacy Compliance Essential for Employers Using AI in the Workplace Introduction As artificial intelligence (AI) adoption accelerates in workplace environments, employers increasingly deploy AI tools that collect and analyse biometric data to monitor safety, productivity, and compliance. A recent report from JD Supra highlights the critical need for employers to navigate and comply with biometric privacy laws across various US states and localities, emphasizing the legal risks of non-compliance. This report…

Professor Ginsburg’s humanist copyright thesis reaffirms the central role of human authorship in copyright law, setting clear legal boundaries against recognising AI-generated works without meaningful human input amid rising AI innovation. Humanist Copyright: Emphasising Human Creativity in the Age of AI Introduction This report analyses the article “Humanist Copyright,” based on Professor Ginsburg’s Melville B. Nimmer Memorial Lecture and published in Reason Magazine. The article offers a contrarian view to prevalent American copyright rhetoric, which often prioritises technological progress and economic incentives. Instead, it centres on the foundational role of human creativity in copyright law, especially amid contemporary challenges such…

Tech titans spark backlash with anti-copyright stance amid AI copyright battles. Jack Dorsey has called for the complete eradication of intellectual property law – and Elon Musk agrees. The former Twitter and Square CEO made the blunt demand in a post on X, prompting an immediate “yes” from Musk in support. Their comments, made without much context, land as lawsuits mount against AI companies for using copyrighted content to train their models. OpenAI – co-founded by Musk – is at the centre of several of them. Musk’s endorsement of Dorsey’s stance gave the idea far more reach and weight. The…

News publishers warn outdated laws and AI misuse are threatening the future of the press. Media leaders have called on the Irish Government to fast-track long-promised defamation reforms, warning that current laws are among the toughest in the world and are stifling journalism. NewsBrands Ireland urged swift passage of the Defamation (Amendment) Bill, which the Irish government had committed to introducing in the first quarter of 2025. Delays have raised alarm among publishers, who say the existing system imposes excessive legal and financial risks on newsrooms. “We need to create an environment where journalism can thrive, not one where it…

Media companies and authors challenge AI training practices in landmark legal clash. Twelve copyright lawsuits filed against OpenAI and Microsoft have been consolidated into a single case in the Southern District of New York, in what is set to become a defining legal battle over intellectual property rights and the use of journalistic and literary content to train artificial intelligence models. The cases, brought by major media players including the New York Times, the New York Daily News and seven other titles owned by Alden Global Capital’s MediaNews Group and Tribune Publishing, have been merged alongside class actions filed by…

Complaint to competition regulator argues aggregators are diluting visibility and value of news brands. The BBC has lodged a formal complaint with the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), accusing news aggregators such as Apple News and Google News of undermining the visibility and value of its journalism. In its submission, the broadcaster said audiences often consume BBC content through these platforms without attributing it to the BBC itself. That, it argued, weakens the public perception of its work and threatens the funding model built around the licence fee. “If audiences value our journalism but don’t associate it with the…

Ruling keeps key copyright claims alive in case over AI training data. A federal judge has denied OpenAI’s attempt to dismiss key parts of a copyright infringement lawsuit brought by The New York Times, allowing the case to proceed and intensifying scrutiny of how AI companies acquire and use copyrighted content. The ruling, by Judge Sidney H Stein in the Southern District of New York, keeps alive several claims central to the case. These include direct and contributory copyright infringement and trademark dilution, some of which relate to conduct more than three years before the complaint was filed. “The Court…

An appeal court upheld a decision denying copyright registration for a visual artwork created solely by an AI system, reinforcing the necessity of human authorship. The US Court of Appeals this week affirmed a refusal to grant copyright registration for a visual artwork created solely by an artificial intelligence system. The court’s ruling, in the case of Thaler v. Perlmutter, emphasised that under the Copyright Act of 1976 only human beings can be recognised as authors of copyrighted works. The case originated when Steven Thaler, creator of an AI known as the “Creativity Machine,” applied for copyright registration of an…

A newspaper owner criticises OpenAI’s proposals for lenient training rules on copyrighted material, advocating for stronger copyright protections. A newspaper conglomerate is urging the US government to safeguard copyright protections in response to proposals from OpenAI regarding the training of generative artificial intelligence models. The conglomerate, comprising MediaNews and Tribune Publishing, both of which are predominantly owned by Alden Global Capital, issued an editorial that appeared in over 60 daily newspapers, denouncing OpenAI’s approach as “absurd.” The controversy arises from the practice of major AI developers in training their models on a wide array of protected works without acquiring permission…

A coalition of 40 French media outlets has launched a legal action against the site for allegedly using AI to steal their content. A collaborative legal action has been initiated by a coalition of 40 French media outlets against the website NewsDayFR, alleging that the platform utilises AI to plagiarise their content. The lawsuit, spearheaded by the newspaper Libération, claims that NewsDayFR generates up to 6,000 pieces of content daily derived from other media sources, without attribution to the original authors. The legal proceedings are taking place in the Paris District Court, where the Alliance of General Information Press (APIG)…