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Inside Story: The Democratic Republic of Congo suing Apple - What's the Reason?

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Apple, the world's most valuable company, is facing a lawsuit brought against them by the Democratic Republic of Congo. The tech giant is being accused of profiting from the illegal mining of cobalt in the country. Cobalt is a crucial component in the lithium-ion batteries used in Apple products su... Read Full article on HadNews.com

Settlement reached between ABC News and George Stephanopoulos in defamation case, agree to apologize to Trump and pay $15 million

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ABC News and star anchor George Stephanopoulos have agreed to pay President-elect Trump $16 million to settle a defamation case. The settlement comes after a lengthy legal battle in which Trump accused the news organization and Stephanopoulos of spreading false information about him. In the video t... Read Full article on HadNews.com

Passenger Alleges Sexual Assault During Plane Journey - Video

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The video titled "Plane Passenger Says She Was Sexually Assaulted on Flight" showcases a heartbreaking story of a woman who was subjected to unwanted advances and physical assault while traveling on an American Airlines flight. Gretchen Stelter, an Illinois resident, tearfully recounts the terrifying experience of being groped and manhandled by a fellow passenger who was making inappropriate comments and advances towards her. As the situation escalated, another compassionate passenger intervened and offered to switch seats with Stelter in an effort to protect her from further harm. However, as Stelter attempted to move away from the perpetra...... Read Full article on HadNews

OpenAI hit back at Elon Musk lawsuit with leaked emails

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After a lawsuit was announced last Friday (March. 1) from Elon Musk, the people behind OpenAI have shared what they claim to be historical email correspondence between them and the Tesla chief executive as they say they’re aiming to ‘dismiss all of Elon’s claims.’ Elon Musk is suing OpenAI, its CEO Sam Altman, co-founder Greg Brockman, as well as others, as he accuses them of violating contractual commitments established during the company’s inception when he helped to found the company in 2015. The lawsuit contends the Microsoft-backed AI company’s shift towards profit-oriented objectives goes against the original agreement. Today (Ma...... Read Full article on HadNews

Elon Musk sues OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman over breach of contract

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Elon Musk is suing OpenAI, its CEO Sam Altman, as well as others, accusing them of violating contractual commitments established during the company’s inception in 2015, when he helped to found the company in 2015. The legal action initiated by the Tesla CEO also includes OpenAI’s co-founder Greg Brockman. The suit states that Brockman, alongside Altman, initially engaged Musk with the proposition of creating an open-source, nonprofit entity aimed at advancing artificial intelligence technology for the “benefit of humanity.” Musk co-founded OpenAI in 2015 but stepped down from the company’s board in 2018. The lawsuit contends that the M...... Read Full article on HadNews

Elon Musk ordered to testify in Twitter takeover investigation

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Elon Musk has been ordered to answer to a federal judge concerning his takeover of Twitter in an ongoing US Securities and Exchange Commission investigation into his $44 billion takeover of the social media platform. In a follow-up to a preliminary ruling in December 2023, the SEC and the billionaire CEO of Tesla and SpaceX now have seven days to agree on a date for him to testify, otherwise, it will be decided for them. As reported by Reuters, Musk previously refused to attend an interview in September as part of the overall probe of his acquisition of Twitter, which he later rebranded as X. US Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler sided wit...... Read Full article on HadNews

The George Carlin estate filed a copyright lawsuit for AI-generated comedy

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George Carlin’s family estate has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Dudsey– a media company that used generative AI to make a parody comedy spectacular that mimics the late star’s voice and lighthearted demeanor for an hour. Dudsey gained notice in April 2023 for its AI mimic of Tom Brady, who threatened a suit, but it was removed from Dudsey’s channel.  The Carlin family suit was filed in federal court. The suit claims that Carlin’s likeness and copyrighted materials were utilized without permission or required permissions. The lawsuit describes the presentation as a “computer-generated click-bait which harms Carlin’s rep...... Read Full article on HadNews

Google settles AI-related chip patent lawsuit that sought billions

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Google has reached a settlement in an AI-related chip patent infringement lawsuit, which could have resulted in the tech firm paying out billions. The lawsuit is related to the chips powering the company’s artificial-intelligence technology, which the plaintiff suggested it had allegedly used for its computer-processing innovations. Reuters reported that on the same day closing arguments were expected to start in a trial concerning Singular Computing’s lawsuit, a settlement was reached. The lawsuit had demanded $1.67 billion in damages. The company, founded by Massachusetts-based scientist and former MIT professor Joseph Bates, told th...... Read Full article on HadNews

How a New York Times copyright lawsuit against OpenAI could potentially transform how AI and copyright work

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On December 27, 2023, the New York Times (NYT) filed a lawsuit in the Federal District Court in Manhattan against Microsoft and OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, alleging that OpenAI had unlawfully used its articles to create artificial intelligence (AI) products. Citing copyright infringement and the importance of independent journalism to democracy, the newspaper further alleged that even though the defendant, OpenAI, may have “engaged in wide scale copying from many sources, they gave Times content particular emphasis” in training generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools such as Generative Pre-Trained Transformers (GPT). This ...... Read Full article on HadNews