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Roblox Sued for Creating ‘Largely Unsupervised’ Online World That ‘Enables Predatory Pedophiles’
Los Angeles County’s multimillion-dollar suit seeks civil penalties and restitution from the gaming platform
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Mark Zuckerberg’s Team Reprimanded for Wearing Meta Glasses to Court
“Judicial officers have the discretion to place limitations on video recording and photography in their courtroom,” a Superior Court of Los Angeles County spokesperson says
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Mark Zuckerberg Defends Instagram Age Checks at Landmark Social Media Addiction Trial
The Meta CEO took the stand Wednesday in a case that could have major repercussions for social media giants
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Netflix Slams ByteDance’s Seedance 2.0 as a ‘High-Speed Piracy Engine,’ Threatens ‘Immediate Litigation’
“Netflix will not stand by and watch ByteDance treat our valued IP as free, public domain clip art,” Mindy LeMoine, director of litigation, says
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ByteDance Is Hollywood’s Latest AI Boogeyman | Analysis
The backlash against the Seedance 2.0 AI model feels like a re-run of the Sora hysteria. Don’t expect the same happy ending.
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Apple Podcasts Launches New Video Features in Aim to Compete With YouTube, Spotify
The update will come to iPhone, iPad and Apple Vision Pro users, as well as via Apple Podcasts on the web this spring
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ByteDance to Implement AI Safeguards After Seedance 2.0 Pushback From Disney, Paramount
“We are taking steps to strengthen current safeguards as we work to prevent the unauthorized use of intellectual property and likeness by users,” the company says
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Paramount Insists ByteDance Stop Use of Copyrighted Material to Train AI Models in Cease-and-Desist: ‘Blatant Infringement’
Allegedly infringed properties include South Park, SpongeBob SquarePants, Star Trek and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
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Disney Hits ByteDance With Cease-and-Desist, Claiming Seedance AI Tool Is ‘Hijacking’ Trademarked Characters
SAG-AFTRA and the MPA also issued statements against the generative AI tool this week
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The AI Jobs Apocalypse Isn’t Here Yet, But the Panic Is Real | Analysis
A warning about “something big” happening with AI clearly touched a nerve, even as critics question its validity
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SAG-AFTRA Condemns ‘Unacceptable’ Seedance 2.0 AI Videos: ‘Disregards Law, Ethics’
The actors’ union says the new model from ByteDance enables “blatant infringement” on properties like “Lord of the Rings” and “Mission: Impossible”
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In Landmark Social Media Trial, Big Tech Faces the Big Tobacco Playbook | Analysis
A bellwether case accusing Meta and YouTube of addicting young users and harming their mental health could reverberate through courtrooms for years to come
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MPA Demands Seedance 2.0 Halt ‘Infringing Activity’ After Viral AI Video of Tom Cruise-Brad Pitt Fight
“In a single day, Seedance 2.0 has engaged in unauthorized use of U.S. copyrighted works on a massive scale,” CEO and chairman Charles Rivkin says
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