Peter Tucker

Gen AI Open-Source: Licensing Dumpster Fire

Gen AI Open-Source: Licensing Dumpster Fire

Gen AI Open-Source?  Who cares about open-source software licensing in the AI space? Lots of people.  Any company building AI-related products or product features should care because when doing so they have 2 options: (1) pay someone so you can build your stuff on top of their proprietary AI model or (2) use a free-and-open-source

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Double Opt-In: Definitive Legal Requirements for Meticulous Marketers

What is Double Opt-In? Double Opt-In is a process whereby the provider of some service requires a would-be new user of that service to take an additional step to verify their agreement to sign up for that service.  That’s a mouthful, I know – in simpler terms: Double Opt-In is when you have to receive

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social media influencer contracts

Social Media Influencer Contracts: Beware these Pitfalls

Should Influencers have Influencer Contracts with Sponsors? Influencer Contracts are an absolute must-have for any Influencer looking to take on a Sponsor because Influencer Contracts provide protection in both the financial realm as well as the legal realm.  There are lots of stories and examples in the Influencer industry that illustrate why Influencer Contracts are

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computer server rack with padlock and CCPA text

CCPA Requests: Handling Deletion, Privacy, Compliance Requirements

    Stop.  The CCPA changed recently.  Many of the articles on the internet about it that I saw recently are wrong and outdated.  This article is up-to-date as of its publish date. We just received an email requesting we delete someone’s data, what do we do? Step 1: You need to determine if you’re

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AI-generated painting

A Summary of Legal Issues in Gen AI

This is a painting generated by Midjourney, which is a generative AI program that creates art based on natural language input prompts.  The painting is called Théâtre D’opéra Spatial, and it gained international attention after it won first prize in the 2022 Colorado State Fair’s annual fine art competition. The existence of this digital painting

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