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Argentina has announced a request for a $200 million connectivity project, funded by the World Bank. The consultation period for this project, concluding on September 14, seeks information about its components, beneficiaries, environmental and social management strategies, stakeholder participation, and procedures for addressing concerns and grievances. The project's primary objectives include enhancing broadband infrastructure by implementing open fiber optics, wireless, or satellite networks in underserved areas, establishing four data centers for the state-owned enterprise Arsat, and advancing digital skills.
The Data Infrastructure Strengthening Project, aimed at closing the digital gap in Argentina, seeks to achieve a more efficient and higher-quality Digital Government. This national strategic project promotes the development of technological infrastructure and equal opportunities by providing citizens with access to training, enabling them to acquire knowledge and develop digital skills. Its main goal is to reinforce the foundations of data infrastructure, enhance digital resilience, foster digital adoption in Argentina, and effectively respond in case of a qualifying crisis or emergency.
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Argentina has announced a request for a$200 million connectivity project, funded by the World Bank. The consultation period for this project, concluding on September 14, seeks information about its components, beneficiaries, environmental and social management strategies, stakeholder participation, and procedures for addressing concerns and grievances. The project's primary objectives include enhancing broadband infrastructure by implementing open fiber optics, wireless, or satellite networks in underserved areas, establishing four data centers for the state-owned enterprise Arsat, and advancing digital skills.
The Data Infrastructure Strengthening Project, aimed at closing the digital gap in Argentina, seeks to achieve a more efficient and higher-quality Digital Government. This national strategic project promotes the development of technological infrastructure and equal opportunities by providing citizens with access to training, enabling them to acquire knowledge and develop digital skills. Its main goal is to reinforce the foundations of data infrastructure, enhance digital resilience, foster digital adoption in Argentina, and effectively respond in case of a qualifying crisis or emergency.
Montana is seeking permission from a federal judge to enforce its law banning new downloads of the TikTok app starting in January, even as a legal challenge filed by TikTok and several content creators is ongoing. The state's response opposes the plaintiffs' request to temporarily halt the law's implementation, arguing that the law protects the public from potential national security risks associated with TikTok, owned by the Chinese company ByteDance.
Montana's Attorney General, Austin Knudsen, raised concerns about the app's potential to provide the Chinese government access to US citizens' information or spread misleading information. Despite TikTok's claims to the contrary, these concerns have prompted federal and state-level actions against the app's usage.
The Montana law aims to prevent downloads of TikTok within the state and would impose fines on app stores or TikTok itself for each instance someone is allowed to access or download the app. Montana asserts that this regulation is essential to safeguard the public from the perceived risks tied to TikTok, comparing it to preventing the use of a radio that transmits protected speech if it's also linked to harmful effects.
TikTok has maintained that it implements content moderation and safeguards for minors and denies sharing user data with China. However, critics have pointed out China's law compelling companies to cooperate in matters of state intelligence.
Why does it matter?
As technology continues to shape our lives and geopolitical rivalries, intensify, this case underlines the broader struggle governments face while grappling with the complexities of modern tech policy. It sheds light on the intricate dilemmas of striking the right balance between safeguarding individual rights and upholding national security interests within the evolving technological landscape.
[field] => Array ( [revar] => ) ) Array ( [id] => 76100 [title] => The New York Times threatens legal action against OpenAI over intellectual property rights [router] => the-new-york-times-threatens-legal-action-against-openai-over-intellectual-property-rights [subtitle] => [description] => [prop] => [tag] => Artificial intelligence,Intellectual property rights,Legal and regulatory [cover] => /web/uploads/image/20230811/2O0TLc10ShP345819O6w1DpuDNf7PQ01.webp [columnid] => 234 [columnname] => News [iscomment] => 0 [sort] => 0 [source] => [author] => [goods_price] => 0.00 [goods_sellnum] => 0 [goods_num] => 0 [contentid] => 95304 [fieldid] => 0 [views] => 298 [cetime] => 1692620580 [uptime] => 1699849792 [seo_title] => The New York Times threatens legal action against OpenAI over intellectual property rights [seo_keyword] => Artificial intelligence,Intellectual property rights,Legal and regulatory [seo_description] => The New York Times is considering legal action against OpenAI to protect its intellectual property rights. The Times is concerned that OpenAI's ChatGPT, which uses the paper's stories, is becoming a direct competitor. The use of large language models like ChatGPT raises questions about copyright infringement as they scrape internet data without permission. Other copyright holders have filed lawsuits against OpenAI and other AI companies. AI companies are likely to invoke the "fair use doctrine" as a defense, but legal experts believe it will be challenging in AI copyright disputes. The outcome of the lawsuits may be influenced by legal precedents such as the Google Books case and the Andy Warhol Foundation case. [pushopts] => {"isgglj":1,"isyhlj":1,"isbinglj":1} [revar] => [columns] => Array ( [id] => 234 [title] => News [subtitle] => [description] => [callidentity] => [cover] => [pcisshow] => 1 [mobisshow] => 1 [parentid] => 68 [topid] => 9 [sort] => 0 [router] => news [linkurl] => [prop] => 2 [docopt] => 1 [showcount] => 0 [tpl_pc_cover] => [tpl_pc_list] => [tpl_pc_content] => [tpl_mob_cover] => [tpl_mob_list] => [tpl_mob_content] => [seo_title] => [seo_description] => [seo_keyword] => [pushopts] => {"isbdlj":0} [visible] => 0 [contentid] => 0 [fieldid] => 0 [multiimgid] => 0 [isdis] => 0 [is_urlformat] => 1 [cetime] => 0 [uptime] => 1722570848 [lang_id] => en ) [columnrouter] => /support/events-news/news [content] =>The New York Times is reportedly contemplating taking legal action against OpenAI to safeguard its intellectual property rights associated with its journalism. The newspaper has been engaged in negotiations with OpenAI, the developer of ChatGPT, to establish a licensing agreement in which OpenAI would pay the Times for incorporating its stories into its AI tools.
However, the discussions have become acrimonious, prompting the newspaper to consider legal recourse. The primary concern for the Times is that ChatGPT, an AI tool that answers questions using the Times' original reporting, is becoming a direct competitor, potentially reducing the need for users to visit the paper's website.
One factor exacerbating this apprehension is the proliferation of generative AI tools in search engines, with Microsoft, which has invested in OpenAI, deploying ChatGPT in its Bing search engine. The Times fears that the demand for its content could dwindle if users receive AI-generated answers based on the newspaper's reporting. Large language models like ChatGPT extract data from various internet sources without permission, raising questions about the legality of this data collection. If OpenAI is found to have infringed on copyrights, federal law permits the destruction of the infringing articles upon resolution of the case.
Furthermore, violation of federal copyright law carries substantial penalties, with up to $150,000 in fines for each willful infringement. The Times' discussions with OpenAI have occurred against the backdrop of reports that the newspaper will not participate in negotiations with technology firms over the use of its content in AI models, setting it apart from other media organizations. Executives at the Times have previously expressed concerns about protecting intellectual property rights, reader relationships, and the newspaper's brand.
If the Times decides to pursue legal action, it would join other copyright holders who have filed lawsuits against AI companies. Comedian Sarah Silverman, for example, is part of a class-action lawsuit against OpenAI, claiming that ChatGPT ingested her memoir without permission. Similar copyright lawsuits have been directed at other generative AI companies, including Stability AI, which Getty Images have sued for training an AI model using unauthorized photos.
AI companies are anticipated to mount a defense citing the fair use doctrine, which permits using copyrighted material without permission in specific circumstances such as teaching, criticism, research, and news reporting. The outcome of these AI copyright disputes is expected to be influenced by two legal precedents: a 2015 federal appeals court ruling sanctioning Google's digital scanning of books under fair use and a recent Supreme Court decision finding that Andy Warhol's alterations to a photograph were not protected by fair use.
Lawyers for the New York Times argue that OpenAI's use of the paper's articles to generate news descriptions should not be considered fair use, as it risks replacing the Times' coverage.
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