AI and data laws

311 moving · 704 enacted

United States (federal)United States (federal)RulingNo. 23-5233

Thaler v. Perlmutter

The D.C. Circuit held that the Copyright Act requires human authorship and upheld the Copyright Office's refusal to register a work created autonomously by an AI system.

RuledRuled

Opinion issuedMar 18, 2025 1 year ago

Body
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Introduced
Sep 19, 2024

Timeline

  1. Mar 18, 2025 1 year ago

    Decided, district court judgment affirmed

  2. Sep 19, 2024 2 years ago

    Argued

United States (federal)

To direct the Secretary of Commerce to promulgate regulations related to certain artificial intelligence models, and for other purposes.

A House bill in Congress, now in committee. Latest step: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

In committee
United States (federal)

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress must refuse to provide any additional funds or exceptional regulatory support to companies or financial institutions facing insolvency or financial collapse due to exposures to acute stress within the artificial intelligence market a

A House resolution in Congress, now in committee. Latest step: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

In committee
United States (federal)

AI Cyber Defense Act

A House bill in Congress, now in committee. Latest step: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.

In committee
United States (federal)

GSA LLM Clause

The General Services Administration issued a procurement clause barring language models from training on government data.

In force

Change log

  • AddedAdded to the list. Set by hand from the official record.Sep 27

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