Intellectual Property news and trends

Story Protocol and OpenLedger Debut Standard for Rights-Cleared AI Training
Artificial Intelligence // January 29, 2026

Story Protocol and OpenLedger have debuted a standard for showing how intellectual property is used in AI training. OpenLedger is an AI-native blockchain aimed at making “data, models, and autonomous agents verifiable, ownable, and economically accountable,” the companies said in a Thursday (Jan. 29) news release announcing the offering....

Report: OpenAI Executives Discussed Accusing Microsoft of Anticompetitive Behavior
Artificial Intelligence // June 16, 2025

Tensions between longtime partners OpenAI and Microsoft have reportedly reached a point where OpenAI executives have discussed accusing Microsoft of anticompetitive behavior and seeking a federal regulatory review of the terms of their contract. The tensions center in part on whether Microsoft would have access to...

AI Startups: Music Labels Push for Licensing Deals With Suno, Udio
Artificial Intelligence // June 03, 2025

Major record labels are reportedly in talks with AI music startups Suno and Udio to set up licensing agreements for songs used to train their generative artificial intelligence (AI) models — and how artists are compensated for subsequent remixes. According to The Wall Street Journal,...

Inside Getty Images’ GenAI Transformation Strategy
Artificial Intelligence // March 31, 2025

It’s rare for a company to get confronted by a new technology that is so powerful it poses an existential threat to its business. That’s arguably what happened to Getty Images when text-to-image generators like Stable Diffusion first captured the public’s attention a few years...

Interviews & Exclusives
Bedrock Security Takes On Data Complexities in GenAI Era

March 26, 2024
In the rapidly evolving world of cloud computing and generative artificial intelligence (AI), data security has become a paramount concern for organizations worldwide. Bedrock Security, a newly launched platform, aims to address these challenges head-on. Bedrock Security has secured a $10 million seed funding from leading cybersecurity investor Greylock, underscoring the vital importance of data in […]

Navigating AI Copyright Presents Challenges for Industry

March 13, 2024
Authors are suing Nvidia for illegally using their materials to train its artificial intelligence (AI), spotlighting the need for firms to navigate copyright laws carefully in AI applications. AI infringement...

Sophisticated AI Systems Have Experts Rethinking Regulating Intellectual Property

December 27, 2023
The democratization of technology has led to, in some ways, the democratization of intellectual property (IP).  And artificial intelligence (AI) has supercharged this trend.  “We are fundamentally rethinking the boundaries...

Reshaping the Future: Why Gen AI’s Creative Power Calls for Strategic Oversight

December 26, 2023
With the widespread emergence of OpenAI’s large language model-based ChatGPT platform in late 2022, a considerable amount of public attention and private capital have been showered on generative artificial intelligence...

Quick Reads
Amazon Considers AI Content Marketplace for Publishers

February 10, 2026
Amazon is in discussions with publishing executives about launching a marketplace that would allow publishers to sell their content directly to companies building artificial intelligence products, according to The Information. The initiative would position Amazon as an intermediary in the intensifying dispute over how AI developers access, license and pay for digital content. The proposed […]

Story Protocol and OpenLedger Debut Standard for Rights-Cleared AI Training

January 29, 2026
Story Protocol and OpenLedger have debuted a standard for showing how intellectual property is used in AI training. OpenLedger is an AI-native blockchain aimed at making “data, models, and autonomous agents verifiable, ownable,...

Report: OpenAI Executives Discussed Accusing Microsoft of Anticompetitive Behavior

June 16, 2025
Tensions between longtime partners OpenAI and Microsoft have reportedly reached a point where OpenAI executives have discussed accusing Microsoft of anticompetitive behavior and seeking a federal regulatory review of the terms...

UK Aims to Regulate AI’s Use of Copyrighted Materials

December 17, 2024
The British government is preparing to regulate the use of copyrighted material in training AI. The U.K. on Tuesday (Dec. 17) began a consultation designed to provide more clarity for creatives and...