Totoro in Trouble? Assessing the Legal Implications of AI-Generated Ghibli Images
Since the launch of OpenAI’s GPT-4o image generation in March 2025, AI-generated images replicating Studio Ghibli’s signature hand-drawn aesthetic have flooded social media. Critics warn that generative AI could threaten artists’ livelihoods, while others see it as a potential collaborative
Copyright Fair Use in the Face of Technological Developments: Staying Ahead or Limping Behind? – Part 2
Specific Technological Developments and Fair Use – Two Case Studies At the time of writing, there are over a dozen lawsuits since the start of 2023 against companies such as OpenAI and Stability AI for using copyright-protected works in the training of
Understanding Legal Tech Transformation in Document Review
Recent LinkedIn data shared with TIME magazine showed that references to “generative AI” appeared in posts 36 times more often in 2023 than in 2022. 2023 was undoubtedly the year that generative AI became mainstream for the general business world. For
Liability for AI-generated Content
This article explores liability for text and image content produced by generative AI. In the case of wrong output, or hate speech/toxic output – who should be responsible (given the many parties involved in developing and deploying the AI system
Round Up of Significant Legal Developments in AI for 2023
And What’s Ahead for 2024 This article identifies the three key developments for Artificial Intelligence (AI) in 2023, and the trends we expect to see next year as a natural extension of the issues settled this year. Where the buzzword is
Generative AI
An Evaluation of the Current Solutions to Address the Intellectual Property Challenges it Generates
The Best Things in Life are Not for Free: Copyright and Generative AI Learning
Generative AI tools like Chat GPT and Stable Diffusion must have access to millions of text and images in order for them to learn and eventually generate output successfully in response to user commands. The key question for copyright lawyers