Stuart D. Levi

Jan 15, 2025 | jdsupra.com | Ken Kumayama |Stuart D. Levi |William Ridgway

Key Points President-elect Trump appointed David Sacks, a venture capitalist, as the White House AI and crypto czar. The Trump administration is likely to adopt a light regulatory approach to AI development and deployment, and may repeal some or all of President Biden’s executive order on AI, as was promised in the Republican Party platform.

Dec 11, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Stuart D. Levi

While the question of fair use has dominated much of the discussion on whether copyrighted material can be used to train AI models, of equal importance are questions involving the application of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) to such activity; specifically whether such training results in the removal of copyright management information, (CMI) in violation of the DMCA. Two recent district court decisions — Raw Story Media, Inc. v. OpenAI and The Intercept Media, Inc. v. OpenAI, Inc.

Dec 9, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Stuart D. Levi

While the question of fair use has dominated much of the discussion on whether copyrighted material can be used to train AI models, of equal importance are questions involving the application of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) to such activity; specifically whether such training results in the removal of copyright management information, (CMI) in violation of the DMCA. Two recent district court decisions — Raw Story Media, Inc. v. OpenAI and The Intercept Media, Inc. v. OpenAI, Inc.

Sep 25, 2024 | lexology.com | Ken Kumayama |Stuart D. Levi |William Ridgway |David Simon |Nicola Kerr-Shaw |Susanne Werry | +1 more

Key PointsAs AI systems become more complex, companies are increasingly exposed to reputational, financial and legal risks from developing and deploying AI systems that do not function as intended or that yield problematic outcomes. The risks of AI, and the legal and regulatory obligations, differ across industries, and depend on whether the company is the developer of an AI system or an entity that deploys it.

Aug 7, 2024 | jdsupra.com | M. Oren Epstein |Jordan Feirman |Stuart D. Levi

On July 31, 2024, the United States Copyright Office (Copyright Office) published a report urging Congress to create a federal law protecting individuals against unauthorized artificial intelligence (AI) generated digital replicas, commonly known as “deepfakes” (Report). The Report is the first in a series of reports on the intersection of AI and copyright law that the Copyright Office plans to issue emanating from its August 2023 Notice of Inquiry (NOI).