A federal judge in New York dismissed a lawsuit Thursday brought by Raw Story Media, Inc., and AlterNet Media, Inc. against OpenAI. The suit alleged that OpenAI’s product ChatGPT infringed on the plaintiffs’ copyrights by using their news articles to train its language models without authorization and without retaining copyright attribution. The plaintiffs claimed that [...]

Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Christian Jenkins struck down Ohio’s restrictive abortion ban on Thursday, citing the 2023 voter-approved Reproductive Freedom Amendment that protects the right to abortion under the state constitution. The decision enforces a permanent injunction against the ban, a 2019 law that prohibited abortions once fetal cardiac activity was detected, often as [...]

Taiwan deported two Chinese nationals on Thursday after they disrupted a pro-democracy event in Taipei organized by Hong Kong residents. The couple — a man identified by the surname Yao and his wife — were deported for violating Taiwan’s immigration regulations after their involvement in an altercation at the event. The event took place on [...]

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights raised alarm Friday over the escalating gang violence and deteriorating human rights situation in Haiti, urging all national stakeholders and government authorities to take immediate action. An interim report presented at the 57th session of the Human Rights Council details a marked increase in gang-related violence in 2024, [...]