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California Assembly Bill 2013 (AB 2013), known as the Generative Artificial Intelligence: Training Data Transparency Act, was signed into law on September 28, 2024, and is set to take effect on January 1, 2026. ...more
Effective January 1, 2025, California’s Assembly Bill 2426 (AB 2426) mandates that companies clearly disclose when consumers are obtaining a revocable license to “digital goods” (broadly defined to include digital audiovisual...more
In the last couple of months of 2024, the FASB issued some “invitations to comment” intended to allow FASB stakeholders to express their views on whether or not the FASB should pursue the projects identified. It could well...more
On September 28, 2024, California Governor Gavin Newson signed into law AB-2013, requiring developers of generative artificial intelligence (AI) models, under certain conditions, to make specific disclosures regarding those...more
The California legislature recently passed Assembly Bill 2013 (AB 2013) on August 27, 2024, a measure aimed at enhancing transparency in AI training and development. If signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom, developers of...more
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The Interim AI Measures is China's first specific, administrative regulation on the management of generative AI services. Laws/Regulations directly regulating AI (the “AI Regulations”) The Cyberspace Administration of China,...more
As generative AI systems become increasingly sophisticated and widespread, concerns around the use of copyrighted works in their training data continue to intensify. The proposed Generative AI Copyright Disclosure Act of 2024...more
With generative AI on the rise, there have been growing concerns amongst copyright owners around the use of their materials in training such systems. AI systems will commonly use banks of content to "learn" how to best...more
Australia welcomes new business and foreign investment by providing a strong economy, a stable political environment and a skilled and talented workforce. Our comprehensive guide to Doing Business in Australia has been...more
Using AI to Build Cyber Resilience for Critical Infrastructure - "Cyber resilience serves as a literal survival strategy, offering a framework to detect threats, understand attacks, recover swiftly, and adapt to...more
Generally, an attorney can issue subpoenas. However, when you seek to serve an Internet Service Provider ("ISP) to find out the name and address of the subscriber (who may be an infringer of your IP), the Cable Privacy Act...more
Trade secrets have become a de facto intellectual property right for securing valuable artificial intelligence information. Despite regulatory trends toward greater transparency of AI models, federal policy acknowledges,...more
Welcome to the November edition of Akin Intelligence. Looking back, October 2023 may be remembered as the month when the U.S. government tried to assume the mantle of global leadership on responsible artificial intelligence...more
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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently finalized updates to its Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising (Guides), which address the FTC’s latest thinking about how the...more
As the global economy faces the third year of the pandemic, manufacturers are no longer focused on figuring out when things will return to “normal.” Instead, they are applying lessons learned from the past few years to become...more
The interactive tools that the metaverse offers are a perfect complement to a crucial component of the sports industry: fan engagement. And with an influx of industry players establishing a presence in the metaverse, the way...more
Recently, high level policy changes with intellectual property (IP) have been taking place on a wide scale. When considering intellectual property protection, it is important to understand the different types of intellectual...more
Avoiding the Top 5 Potholes for Autonomous Transportation Startups - Autonomous transportation technology was widespread at the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show. Advances in object identification, mapping, machine learning,...more
Imagine producing a classic Western without cowboys, saloons, or standoffs. This seems almost inconceivable because these elements are deeply integral to the genre – so much so, in fact, that they are essentially necessary...more
Parties that operate websites may enjoy immunity from copyright liability for the infringing posts of their users under the terms of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”). The DMCA offers a “safe harbor” from...more