Hard Fork: Casey Goes to the White House + The Copyright Battle Over A.I. + HatGPT
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Hosted by Kevin Roose and Casey Newton
Produced by Davis Land, Rachel Cohn and Emily Lang
Edited by Jen Poyant
Engineered by Rowan Niemisto
Original music by Dan Powell, Elisheba Ittoop, Sophia Lanman and Rowan Niemisto
President Biden’s new executive order on artificial intelligence has a little bit of everything for everyone concerned about A.I. Casey takes us inside the White House as the order was signed.
Then, Rebecca Tushnet, a copyright law expert, walks us through the latest developments in a lawsuit against the creators of A.I.-image generation tools. She explains why artists may have trouble making the case that these tools infringe on their copyrights.
And finally, it’s time again for HatGPT. We get a taste of the tech headlines you may have missed from the week.
Today’s guest:
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Rebecca Tushnet, professor of law at Harvard Law School.
Additional reading:
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Casey’s debrief on his trip to the White House.
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Kevin’s breakdown of the executive order.
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A judge found many of the claims in a lawsuit against Stability AI, Midjourney and DeviantArt to be “defective.”
Credits
“Hard Fork” is hosted by Kevin Roose and Casey Newton and produced by Davis Land, Rachel Cohn and Emily Lang. The show is edited by Jen Poyant. Engineering by Rowan Niemisto and original music by Dan Powell, Elisheba Ittoop, Sophia Lanman and Rowan Niemisto. Fact-checking by Caitlin Love.
Special thanks to Paula Szuchman, Pui-Wing Tam, Nell Gallogly, Kate LoPresti and Jeffrey Miranda.