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German music rights agency GEMA and India's ANI news agency filed lawsuits in their respective local courts on the 13th and 18th of this month, accusing OpenAI of using their content to train artificial intelligence models without permission. GEMA says it is the world's first class action organization to file a lawsuit against a provider of generative AI systems. The organization represents the copyrights of more than two million music rights holders worldwide, and is one of the largest associations of writers of musical works in the world. GEMA alleges that OpenAI's chat...

In an era of fake news, dubious statements by politicians, and manipulated videos, artificial intelligence performs better than humans at detecting lie detection, according to new research published by the University of Würzburg in Germany on December 12 local time. Photo credit Pixabay Researchers from Würzburg, Duisburg, Berlin and Toulouse explored the effectiveness of AI in detecting lies and its impact on human behavior. The main findings of the study can be summarized as follows: AI is more accurate than humans in text-based lie detection. People are reluctant to accuse others of lying without the support of AI. ...

According to DevClass local time on the 10th, a German court ruled last week that AI-generated inventions can be patented as long as humans are listed as inventors. The case was driven by the "Artificial Inventor Project". The project has launched a series of public interest legal test cases seeking to obtain intellectual property rights for AI-generated results without traditional human inventors or authors. The goal of the project is to stimulate discussion about the impact of AI and similar technologies and provide guidance on the "protectability" of AI results. Specifically, Germany's highest civil court, the Federal…

German defense technology startup Helsing is in talks with Silicon Valley investors including Accel and Lightspeed Venture Partners to raise nearly $500 million at a valuation of $4.5 billion. The company would become one of Europe's most valuable artificial intelligence startups, demonstrating the growing interest of traditional venture capitalists in defense technology companies. Source note: Image generated by AI, image licensing service provider Midjourney Helsing was founded in 2021 and focuses on AI-based defense software...