Questions tagged [artificial-intelligence]
Artificial Intelligence involves computers generating data or using data. Questions should be related to the legal uses of said technology, or litigation related to it.
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Are statements by AI customer service representatives legally binding?
I recently saw a viral video in which a man pulls into a Wendy's Drive-Thru in the US. An AI employee greets him over the microphone. The man asks for 1000 shakes, and the AI says yes. A human ...
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Did the recent Anthropic AI ruling decide if it is fair use to "pirate" books for the sole and express purpose of training AI?
Here is the order and conclusion:
Bartz v. Anthropic PBC
Now, what you read on Reddit (highly upvoted) and what you see from commentators on YouTube/articles, sounds like you are not allowed to "...
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Is injecting a software prompt (in plain language) illegal?
Large Language Models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT primarily interacted with by most users via written prompts. As an example, a recruiter might use a prompt such as:
Evaluate the following CV to determine ...
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Is reverse engineering software using neural networks legal?
Suppose there is some class of mathematical problems and a paid software that solves this class of mathematic problem. Now, let's say someone uses this paid software to generate training sets for a ...
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Can AI help ordinary people (non-lawyers) analyze cases in reality?
Can AI help ordinary people analyze cases in reality? Including analysis based on information provided by the parties. For example, analyzing litigation requests, evidence, trial records, and ...
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Are the household exemption and automated decision making provisions under the UK GDPR still viable when platforms use AI?
I'm curious to understand and know whether or not the household exemption and automated decision-making provisions under the UK GDPR remain viable when platforms use AI to transform personal ...
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Is the Acceptable Use policy of software enforceable on private uses?
There are several software that can be used to self host LLMs for private use. Is the "Acceptable Use" policy of certain LLMs (e.g. Llama 2) still applicable even through the use is private?
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If I use a program to generate content (text/image/video/music) that imitates someone's style, do I owe them anything if I profit from that content?
I use a genAI program to generate some content (text/image/video/music) that imitates someone's else style, do I owe them anything if I make a profit from that content? For example, generating an ...
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Constructing a dataset for private use no distribution to the public or commercial [closed]
I am a software engineer and I am learning a bit of Machine Learning and modern AI since it's such a hot topic these days.
I came up with an idea which is not too difficult to try in basic setup but I ...
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Can a web site terms of use make the question of AI fair use moot?
There is a lot of discussion in many jurisdictions about whether it is fair use/dealing to use copyrighted works available on the internet for training an AI. An example today in the UK is here.
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Copyright for AI, or lack thereof?
I understand the work of an AI model cannot be copyrighted because there is no live author and it's just following an algorithm, but what about the work of many AI projects?
To be more specific, with ...
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What are the rules to prevent AI from generating "illegal content" under the EU AI Act?
The EU AI Act (that's what I have read) that comes into effect in 2025 has a requeriment that AI cannot generate "illegal content". What this means? Does it include content that violates ...
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What happens when code written with GenAI is open-sourced?
The trend of using generative AI (such as ChatGPT) for writing code is accelerating with companies adopting GenAI tools internally. The vendors of those models offer licenses that enable those use ...
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Are AI systems legally required to verify IP infringement?
So I was trying Microsoft Copilot and it blocked a prompt asking to write a character template based on Diluc from the video game Genshin Impact. When I asked why it was blocked it's because of ...
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How do I object under GDPR to Microsoft GitHub sending me "free access to GitHub Copilot"? [closed]
Like millions of others, I've received a marketing email from Microsoft GitHub, "You have free access to GitHub Copilot" (announcement).
I didn't find a way to unsubscribe: the unsubscribe ...
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