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TechCrunch Daily Crunch

Some gen AI vendors say they’ll defend customers from IP lawsuits. Others, not so much

TechCrunch Daily Crunch

SpokenLayer

Tech News, Technology, News

438 Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2023

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Only some vendors have pledged to defend customers using their generative AI tools who end up on the wrong side of copyright litigation; Google, Apple face fines in South Korea for breaching in-app billing rules; AI app EPIK hits No. 1 on the App Store for its viral yearbook photo feature Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Coming up, a look at who has to cough up legal fees for AI copyright infringement.

0:55.0

But first, South Korea's telecommunication regulator, the Korea Communications Commission, said Friday that

1:00.8

plans to levy fines on Google and Apple, which could total up to $50.5 million for violating the country's in-app payment law.

1:09.0

According to the KCC statement, the two big tech giants abused market dominance to force local

1:14.7

app developers to use their in-app payment methods rather than competitors' payment systems,

1:20.4

and unfairly delayed app reviews to enforce the specific billing system.

1:25.0

The Commission informed Google and Apple of the implementation of corrective measures to promote fair competition in the App Store marketplace.

1:33.0

The watchdog also mentioned in the statement that Apple discriminatorily charged commissions to domestic

1:38.4

app developers in South Korea.

1:41.2

Up next, another week, another AI app going viral.

1:44.8

This time around, the AI app that has surged to the top of the App Store is Epic, a photo editing

1:50.2

app that lets users generate nostalgic 90s inspired yearbook photos of themselves as

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