Is educating users enough?

https://www.deseret.com/indepth/2020/1/3/21043653/amazon-ring-hacking-cases-doorbell-santa-claus-kids-bedroom-safe-lawsuit-security-camera-home-hacker

Here’s what you need to know about recent Amazon Ring hacking cases

A California lawsuit filed Dec. 26 details eight alleged instances of Amazon Ring security devices being hacked by strangers who taunted children, yelled racist obscenities or threatened to kill device owners via the two-way speaker system.

… A Ring spokesperson said in a statement to the Deseret News that the company has investigated reported incidents like this one and that “malicious actors” who gained access to account credentials are responsible for the hacking incidents. There is no evidence that Ring’s system or network was compromised, the spokesperson said.

Ring’s statement says, “when the same username and password is reused on multiple services, it’s possible for bad actors to gain access to many accounts.

“Consumers should always practice good password hygiene and we encourage Ring customers to enable two-factor authentication and change their passwords,” the statement reads.

But the Orange lawsuit says Ring is wrongfully placing the blame on users. The company could do more to encourage users to choose strong passwords and set up two-factor authentication; it could also alert users of attempted log-in from unknown IP addresses and require unique account names rather than using e-mail login, the lawsuit claims.

AI is people!

https://www.natlawreview.com/article/shenzhen-court-rules-ai-generated-articles-are-entitled-to-copyright-protection

Shenzhen Court Rules AI-Generated Articles are Entitled to Copyright Protection

The Shenzhen Nanshan District People’s Court recently ruled in favor of plaintiff Shenzhen Tencent Computer System Co., Ltd. in their claim for copyright infringement against Shanghai Yingmou Technology Co., Ltd. for an article written by the artificial intelligence (AI) software Dreamwriter.

… According to the Legal Daily, the Court stated, the Tencent team members used the Dreamwriter software to generate the article at issue and met the legal requirements to be a written work and accordingly was a legal person’s work created by the plaintiff. Accordingly, the Court ordered the defendant to compensate plaintiff for economic losses and fees associated with the enforcement.

This is believed to be the first copyright case in Guangdong Province related to AI-generated works.

(Related) AI Ain’t people.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7849891/Can-AI-hold-patent-new-inventions-Not-according-EU-Patent-Office.html

EU patent office says only humans can be inventors as it rejects applications for beverage holder and signalling device created by artificial intelligence