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By Marc Hoag, AI-first tech lawyer at Hoag Law.ai and Chair of the Beverly Hills Bar Association’s AI & the Law section.

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#147. ⚠️LinkedIn defaults you into AI training (again) — and buries the opt-out

Looks like the class action lawsuit back in January 2025 wasn't enough to stop them

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#146. 🥰🫦California's SB 243 regulates AI romance

Oct 17, 2025

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#146. 🥰🫦California's SB 243 regulates AI romance

First-in-the-Nation Approach to Regulating AI Companion Chatbots

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#145. 🎥 Sora is the OpenAI of social apps, and you're the ⭐️ (access codes available!); 🐻 California's new AI law

Oct 2, 2025

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4 min read

#145. 🎥 Sora is the OpenAI of social apps, and you're the ⭐️ (access codes available!); 🐻 California's new AI law

OpenAI launches Sora 2 and standalone Sora social network; California signs SB53 into law

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#144. ♟️ Anthropic's $1.5B settlement was 4D chess at its finest

Sep 16, 2025

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4 min read

#144. ♟️ Anthropic's $1.5B settlement was 4D chess at its finest

Why it was a brilliant, calculated win for the AI juggernaut that just happened to raise a staggering $13B Series F at a whopping $183B valuation the same week the court ruled on the settlement.

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#143. 🤯 Disney attacks Midjourney; Getty retreats from Stability

Jul 1, 2025

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3 min read

#143. 🤯 Disney attacks Midjourney; Getty retreats from Stability

💡Is AI training fair use? It sure seems that way

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Jun 25, 2025

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3 min read

#142. 💥 Boom! AI training is fair use!

💡Storing scraped works indefinitely in a digital library, however, is not.

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#141. ⚠️ Your ChatGPT conversations are almost certainly at risk

Jun 6, 2025

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4 min read

#141. ⚠️ Your ChatGPT conversations are almost certainly at risk

💡But, some clarity re: the recent data retention court order against OpenAI

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#140. Why Deepseek training on ChatGPT output doesn’t matter; also, LinkedIn class action dismissed

Jan 31, 2025

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4 min read

#140. Why Deepseek training on ChatGPT output doesn’t matter; also, LinkedIn class action dismissed

That didn't take long; and no, Deepseek (probably) didn't do anything wrong

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#139. ⚠️ EU AI Act enforcement penalties in effect from Feb 2

Jan 29, 2025

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2 min read

#139. ⚠️ EU AI Act enforcement penalties in effect from Feb 2

Companies have until Sunday to get their AI act together

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#147. ⚠️LinkedIn defaults you into AI training (again) — and buries the opt-out

#146. 🥰🫦California's SB 243 regulates AI romance

#145. 🎥 Sora is the OpenAI of social apps, and you're the ⭐️ (access codes available!); 🐻 California's new AI law

#144. ♟️ Anthropic's $1.5B settlement was 4D chess at its finest

#143. 🤯 Disney attacks Midjourney; Getty retreats from Stability

#142. 💥 Boom! AI training is fair use!

#141. ⚠️ Your ChatGPT conversations are almost certainly at risk

#140. Why Deepseek training on ChatGPT output doesn’t matter; also, LinkedIn class action dismissed

#139. ⚠️ EU AI Act enforcement penalties in effect from Feb 2

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