Mock Donald Trump’s manhood all you want. But if you call him “too small,” you’re not allowed to trademark it. So said the Supreme Court on Thursday in a ruling that combined First Amendment law, a long-standing trademark rule and a playground insult about the former president. The case was brought by a California lawyer […]
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Generative AI models can now create replicas of trademarked characters with prompts as simple as ‘videogame Italian’
AI researchers studied whether generative AI models can plagiarize images. They found certain visual models generated trademarked characters with brief or indirect prompts. For example, the models produced almost exact images of Simpsons and Star Wars characters. Generating a copyright lawsuit could be as easy as typing something akin to a game show prompt into an AI. […]