Here’s what you’ll find in this week’s AI update:
- US Judge likely to dismiss copyright infringement suit against Stability AI
- 4 Big-Techs launch the Frontier Model Forum for Responsible AI development
- TRAI recommends independent body to regulate AI in India
- Hunna appoints AI CEO
- Open-Source AI Stakeholders Unite to Protect Innovation in EU AI Legislation
US JUDGE LIKELY TO DISMISS COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT SUIT AGAINST STABILITY AI
On July 19, U.S. District Judge William Orrick, while hearing oral arguments on the defendants’ motion to dismiss the class action lawsuit filed against Stability AI, MidJourney, and DeviantArt, expressed his inclination to dismiss the complaint.
The lawsuit alleges that the companies scraped copyrighted images from the web to train their AI systems resulting in the creation of numerous derivative works that infringed the creators’ copyright. Judge Orrick however questioned the infringement claim itself as the plaintiffs were unable to show substantial similarity between the output and their copyrighted works.
Although the lawsuit has not been dismissed yet, Judge Orrick has allowed the plaintiffs to provide specific allegations, and amend the complaint.
4 BIG-TECHS LAUNCH THE FRONTIER MODEL FORUM FOR RESPONSIBLE AI DEVELOPMENT
On July 26, Google, Microsoft, OpenAI, and Anthropic announced the formation of the Frontier Model Forum, a new industry body that aims to ensure the safe and responsible development of frontier AI models. The Forum will focus its activities on areas such as safety standards, technical evaluations, and promoting responsible AI innovation through information sharing among companies and governments.
Notably, these tech giants were among the seven companies that recently committed to promote human-centric AI.
TRAI RECOMMENDS INDEPENDENT BODY TO REGULATE AI IN INDIA
On July 20, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) released recommendations on “Leveraging AI and Big Data in Telecommunication Sector”, where it suggested an urgent need to adopt a regulatory framework for AI in India.
It recommended establishing an independent body named The Artificial Intelligence and Data Authority of India (AIDAI) to ensure the development of responsible AI, and regulate its use in the country. TRAI also stated that the regulatory framework must provide for a multi-stakeholder advisory body, and categorization of AI use based on the level of risk.
HUNNA APPOINTS AI CEO
On July 24, UK-based health-tech startup Hunna Technology announced it would be testing an AI system, IndigoVX AI, as its CEO, transforming its leadership structure. Hunna’s CTO Kais Dukes said that the unique blend of AI and human insight has already shown remarkable success in identifying under-explored markets, optimizing resource allocation, and forecasting consumer trends with over 90% accuracy.
OPEN-SOURCE AI STAKEHOLDERS UNITE TO PROTECT INNOVATION IN EU AI LEGISLATION
A coalition consisting of Hugging Face, GitHub, EleutherAI, Creative Commons, LAION, and Open Future has released a policy paper titled “Supporting Open Source and Open Science in the EU AI Act” that urges safeguarding open-source innovation in the EU AI Act. The paper highlights that overly broad obligations that favor closed and proprietary AI development could hinder the open AI ecosystem.
The policy paper comes as the trialogue discussions between the Council of EU, EU Commission, and EU Parliament continue.
Authors: Vishnu Rao, Anushka Iyer, and Shantanu Mukherjee.
