Casey Goes to the White House + The Artificial Intelligence Copyright Battle + HatGPT
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President Biden’s new executive order on artificial intelligence has a little bit of everything for anyone concerned about AI. Casey takes us to the White House when the order was signed.
Then Rebecca Tushnet, a copyright expert, walks us through the latest developments in a lawsuit against the makers of AI image generation tools. She explains why artists may struggle to claim that these tools infringe on their copyrights.
And finally it’s time for HatGPT again. We get a sneak peek at the tech headlines you may have missed this week.
Credits
“Hard Fork” is hosted by Kevin Rose 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 Then Powell, Elisheba Ittoop, Sophia Lanman and Rowan Niemisto. Fact check by Caitlin Love.
Special thanks to Paula Szuchman, Pui-Wing Tam, Nell Gallogly, Kate LoPresti and Jeffrey Miranda.