I’m putting some finishing touches on my AI liability article, and need a place to link to some parodies made with ChatGPT, Bard, and MidJourney. I’m discussing the caricature, parody, and pastiche copyright exceptions in a part of the article Read more…
If you have been around tech circles, you may have heard the use of the term Web3. Web 1.0 was the read-only web, static websites, while Web 2.0 was the read-write Internet characterised by interactive websites, social media, the cloud, Read more…
We’re moving hosting over the weekend, so expect the site to be down at least until Monday 19th.
It is trite to point out that the launch of ChatGPT and the subsequent deployment of other language models such as Bard have created quite a stir in different fields. The capability of asking questions and writing prompts, and receiving Read more…
A fascinating case that could test the limits of several exceptions under EU copyright law is developing right now in Germany. Photographer Robert Kneschke used the website “Have I Been Trained?” to find out if his images were in the Read more…
Yuga Labs, the makers of the popular NFT collection Bored Ape Yacht Club, has won a major legal victory on their ongoing litigation against artist Ryder Ripps. The claimants filed a motion for summary judgement, and the District Judge has Read more…
A few years ago, a student came to see me during office hours to talk about their assignment. They were upset because their essay had received a low mark—not a fail, but much lower than expected. I knew from seminars Read more…
I now have access to both ChatGPT and Bard, so I thought I would set them the same question, so I asked both this prompt: “write a 700 word blog post about image rights”. Here are the results, you be Read more…
There aint’ such a thing as the Metaverse. At least not in the sense that most people think about it. It’s a marketing ploy, a way to try to change the fortunes of a dwindling social media empire. Virtual reality Read more…
If you’ve been following the AI scene, you may have seen a video by Corridor Crew entitled Anime Rock, Paper, Scissors. The video is a short animation telling the story of twin brothers who want to gain control of an Read more…