Thursday, April 11, 2024

Instagram will be looking at every image you send or receive, then modify (blur) the image and finally provide legal advice where it seems appropriate?

https://www.wsj.com/tech/personal-tech/instagram-to-start-blurring-nude-images-in-messages-to-protect-teens-38f8d9c6?st=przebf72a9696mg&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

Instagram to Start Blurring Nude Images in Messages to Protect Teens

Instagram is now taking a meaningful step to contain the problem, by automatically detecting and blurring nudes in its direct-messaging service.

Instagram users who receive nude images via direct messages will see a pop-up explaining how to block the sender or report the chat, and a note encouraging the recipient not to feel pressure to respond. People who attempt to send a nude via direct messages will be advised to be cautious and receive a reminder that they can unsend a pic.

If teens receive a nude image on Instagram, the picture will be blurred and they will see a message steering them to safety tips.

The new feature—to be tested in the coming weeks and expected to roll out globally over the next few months—will be on by default for accounts with birth dates corresponding to teenagers, said Instagram’s parent, Meta Platforms. Teens can disable it if they want. Adult accounts will be encouraged to enable the feature.





Narrowing the definition?

https://www.bespacific.com/uspto-ai-guidance-highlights-risks-for-practitioners-and-public/

USPTO AI Guidance Highlights Risks for Practitioners and Public

IP Watchdog: “The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) today announced guidance for practitioners and the public regarding the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the preparation of filings for submission to the Office. The guidance comes two months after the Office issued a guidance memorandum for the Trademark and Patent Trial and Appeal Boards (TTAB and PTAB) on the misuse of AI tools before the Boards that clarified the application of existing rules to AI submissions. That guidance was in part prompted by Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts’ 2023 year-end report, which acknowledged both the benefits and dangers of AI in the context of the legal profession. It also noted President Biden’s Executive Order on Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy AI, which directed the USPTO Director to issue recommendations to the President, in consultation with the Director of the Copyright Office, on potential executive actions to be taken relating to copyright and AI. Today’s draft Federal Register Notice builds upon the February guidance and is aimed at reminding professionals, innovators, and entrepreneurs of the existing USPTO rules that protect against the potential “perils” of AI. These include the Duty of Candor and Good Faith; the Signature Requirement; Confidentiality of Information; Foreign Filing Licenses and Export Regulations; existing electronic systems’ policies; and duties owed to clients…”





This could get a bit complicated if I’m scanning the web. What percentage of websites clearly label the copyright owner of each article?

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4583318-schiff-unveils-ai-training-transparency-measure/

Schiff unveils AI training transparency measure

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) unveiled legislation on Tuesday that would require companies using copyrighted material to train their generative artificial intelligence models to publicly disclose all of the work that they used to do so.

The bill, called the “Generative AI Copyright Disclosure Act,” would require people creating training datasets – or making any significant changes to a dataset – to submit a notice to the Register of Copyrights with a “detailed summary of any copyrighted works used” and the URL for any publicly available material.

… The Register of Copyrights would then publish an online database available to the public with all the notices.



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