One year after the decision in Walters v OpenAI (Case No. 23-A-04860-2) [pdf], the case remains one of the most significant judicial examinations of how traditional defamation principles apply to generative AI, albeit in a U.S. context. Continue reading

It seems everyday new applications and new threats emerge from the AI world. This applies in particular to creators who see growing AI challenges to their livelihoods; graphic art and album covers spat out by AI generators; voice actors replaced by AI clones; authors struggling to make their works known in a sea of AI-generated slop; now
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We all want to know about American libel law, now that President Trump has launched his pre-action missile at the BBC. If he pursues his claim it will be under Florida law, where his defamation action will not be statute barred. In the UK such claims must be commenced within one year of publication; Florida allows two. 
I would like to make one thing absolutely clear from the start. If you are looking at these words and, er, reading them, that’s OK. Really, it is. In fact, it’s kind of the point. 

The Chinese artificial intelligence (“AI“) company DeepSeek has rattled the tech industry with the release of free, cheaply made AI models that compete with the best US products such as ChatGPT. 
