Tags: software licensing

OpenAI is reportedly weighing a breach‑of‑contract claim against Apple after the ChatGPT integration announced at WWDC failed to deliver the expected subscriber growth and platform visibility. The AI firm has hired an outside law firm to explore options, a move that could precede a lawsuit once its current litigation with Elon Musk concludes. Lire la suite

Anthropic issued a DMCA notice to GitHub to remove a repository that contained leaked Claude Code client source code. The notice also listed nearly one hundred forks of that repository. GitHub’s automated processing interpreted the request as covering a broader network of about 8,100 similar forks, many of which were legitimate copies of Anthropic’s official public Claude Code repository. The over‑broad takedowns sparked backlash from developers, prompting Anthropic to ask GitHub to limit the removals to the specifically named URLs and to restore the other repositories. Lire la suite

An AI model named Claude was used to create a new version of the open‑source library chardet. The process relied on metadata from earlier releases and on the model’s training on publicly available code, raising questions about whether the new code is a derivative work. Human reviewer Blanchard oversaw the output, but his involvement adds complexity to the legal analysis. The open‑source community is divided, with some citing the lack of a clean separation between the AI’s training data and the generated code, while others argue that a fresh rewrite constitutes a new work. Lire la suite

Meta plans to extend its Project Orion augmented‑reality glasses venture into robotics, focusing on software that other makers can license. The company is developing a “Metabot” and a world‑model simulation to enable dexterous robot hands, with a robotics team led by former Cruise CEO Marc Whitten and backed by its Superintelligence Labs. Rather than competing directly in hardware, Meta wants its software platform to become the Android of robotics, mirroring moves by Apple and Tesla that are also exploring home robots. Lire la suite