In Brief: Meta suspends GenAI in Brazil due to ban
The company is trying to address regulator concerns.
The company is trying to address regulator concerns.
The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) accused Apple of undercounting (by a longshot) the number of times child sexual abuse material (CSAM) appeared on its platforms in England and Wales in a year. The NSPCC found the number of cases there exceeded more than Apple reported for all other countries combined, and to be far less than reported by big tech peers, Google and Meta.
Meta plans to appeal Nigeria’s $220 million violation fine.
There’s no shortage of lawsuits by publishers against genAI platforms for copyright infringement; now major studios are getting with the program. Walt Disney and Comcast’s Universal are accusing Midjourney of using some of their best known characters (think Darth Vader and the Minions) in its AI image generator — a “bottomless pit of plagiarism,” they say. No response yet from Midjourney.