TechnoLlama | Not Just Another Technology Law Blog
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TechnoLlama covers several Cyberlaw topics, with emphasis on open licensing, digital rights, software protection, virtual worlds, and llamas. While the blog tackles these issues in a light-hearted and nonchalant manner, some serious points filter through from time to time.
TechnoLlama | Not Just Another Technology Law Blog
2d ago
If you’re at all interested in artificial intelligence, and if you’re reading this I suspect that you may be, you will probably already be aware about the dispute between OpenAI and actress Scarlett Johansson. On May 13, OpenAI revealed a new version of ChatGPT, and also announced that it would ..read more
TechnoLlama | Not Just Another Technology Law Blog
2w ago
Something interesting is happening in the creative industries. Granted, there is always something interesting happening, although it usually involves excessive displays of wealth, or the rivalry of musical artists. However, Holywood is having a bit of a bad few months, with 2023 being called by some the year of the ..read more
TechnoLlama | Not Just Another Technology Law Blog
1M ago
It’s been a while since we talked about NFTs here at Llama Towers, this is mostly because not a lot has been happening, but it is also due to most of my attention being directed to artificial intelligence. But a recent event has made things interesting in the NFT space ..read more
TechnoLlama | Not Just Another Technology Law Blog
1M ago
There’s growing controversy online about the use of the word “delve” as an easy detector of whether a text has been written by an AI. I have to admit that I’m personally sad to see the word “delve” go, I realised that I used it regularly, even before AI (hey ..read more
TechnoLlama | Not Just Another Technology Law Blog
2M ago
I have to admit that I have always been a realist, yet, when it comes to technology, I tend to side with the enthusiastic optimists. For many years, I shared the illusion (and perhaps common delusion) that the Internet was a force for good in the world, believing it would ..read more
TechnoLlama | Not Just Another Technology Law Blog
2M ago
If I were to ask you about a film depiction of artificial intelligence, there are quite a few candidates that would pop into one’s head. My mind tends to immediately jump to some classics, such as HAL 9000 in “2001: A Space Odyssey”. Another popular one is Skynet, and therefore ..read more
TechnoLlama | Not Just Another Technology Law Blog
2M ago
The European Parliament has approved the AI Act (final text here), setting in motion its publication in the official journal in the next few months. While full implementation will take place between 2025 and 2026, we will start seeing its effects sooner rather than later as AI companies and other ..read more
TechnoLlama | Not Just Another Technology Law Blog
3M ago
A couple of weeks ago I was discussing in class how some comedians cloned George Carlin‘s voice, and the subsequent lawsuit by his estate. I won’t go into any details, Aaron Moss has written the best analysis of the merits of the case, but suffice it to say that it ..read more
TechnoLlama | Not Just Another Technology Law Blog
4M ago
A Commercial Court in Barcelona has made a ruling in a novel copyright dispute between fashion shop Mango and the Spanish collective society for artists VEGAP (text of the decision in Spanish here). The dispute involves the adaptation of a number of works by prominent Spanish artists into garments displayed ..read more
TechnoLlama | Not Just Another Technology Law Blog
4M ago
A game called Palworld is taking the world by storm. This title has garnered 8 million downloads on Steam in less than 6 days, it also has become the second game in Steam history to hit over 2 million concurrent players. The game is a monster-collection-base-defence-crafting mash-up, you catch creatures ..read more