We’re pleased to announce the launch of our new blog StepTechToe: AI, Data & Digital!

StepTechToe provides fresh and seasoned insights into the regulatory world of digital services. It covers a wide range of topics, including data protection, privacy, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, virtual reality, augmented reality, and digital governance issues. We deliver a global perspective,…

The Biden Administration has released its long-awaited National Spectrum Strategy, which lays out a blueprint for modernizing the federal government’s approach to spectrum access, allocation, and management. Developed by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), the Strategy establishes “four pillars” to “ensure that spectrum policy advances U.S. innovation, economic vitality, and security.”  The…

AI Intellectual Property Update:

• Joining other large technology companies, OpenAI has announced a “copyright shield” to indemnify OpenAI users against copyright infringement claims over works created using its tools. Under the program, “we will now step in and defend our customers, and pay the costs incurred, if you face legal claims around copyright infringement.” The

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General AI Update:

• The News Media Alliance, a trade group that represents more than 2,200 publishers, has released a white paper that it says shows that AI developers “significantly overweight publisher content by a factor ranging from over 5 to almost 100 as compared to the generic collection of content that the well-known entity Common

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On October 30, 2023, President Biden issued a landmark Executive Order (EO) addressing artificial intelligence. The EO builds upon the White House’s Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights released last year and includes requirements for cabinet secretaries, the corporate sector, and various White House offices, as well as proposed steps for independent federal agencies.…

Below is this week’s tracker of the latest legal and regulatory developments in the United States and internationally:

AI Intellectual Property Update:

• Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee is a plaintiff in a new class action brought against Meta, Microsoft, EleutherAI, and Bloomberg. The complaint alleges that LLMs developed by these companies used their work without

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Steptoe has been tracking the fast-moving developments in artificial intelligence both in the United States and internationally. Below is this week’s update on legal and policy developments related to AI, with a focus on intellectual property and high-profile policy issues. 

AI Intellectual Property Update:

• Following on the heels of a similar announcement from Microsoft,

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