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US surveillance and facial recognition company Clearview AI prevails in a UK courtroom GDPR appeal

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In the realm of crafting written content, there exist three essential elements to consider: “perplexity,” “burstiness,” and “predictability.” Perplexity gauges the intricacy of the text, while burstiness assesses the diversity and variations in sentence structures. Lastly, predictability measures the likelihood of predicting the subsequent sentence. It’s worth noting that human authors tend to infuse their prose with bursts of complexity, alternating between lengthy, intricate sentences and concise ones. In contrast, AI-generated text tends to exhibit a more uniform pattern. Therefore, as we venture into creating the forthcoming content, the objective is to infuse it with a substantial dose of perplexity and burstiness while minimizing predictability. It’s also important to adhere strictly to the English language. With these parameters in mind, let’s reimagine the following passage: According to legal documents, the United Kingdom...

‘I’m still not seeing it’ — Judges skeptical of Ryder Ripps’ BAYC appeal

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The lawyer representing Ryder Ripps and Jeremy Cahen struggled to convince a panel of judges that Yuga Labs’ case against his clients should be thrown out under California’s anti-SLAPP statute. Nonfungible token (NFT) artist Ryder Ripps’ most recent attempt to dismiss the Bored Ape Yacht Club-related lawsuit against him appears to have fallen on skeptical ears. In an Oct. 17 hearing, three judges from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth District appeared largely unpersuaded by the arguments from the attorney representing Ripps and Jeremy Cahen (known by the pseudonym “Pauly” on X), who argued the case should have been dismissed on the grounds of free speech. Ripps and Cahan’s lawyer, WilmerHale partner Thomas Sprankling, argued the knock-off Bored Ape NFTs were sold and distributed in a way that protested the supposedly anti-semitic imagery hidden within the Yuga Labs-created collection. He repeatedly positioned Ripps and Cahan as selling the NFTs as an avant-garde exerc...

Sam Bankman-Fried appeal against bail revocation ‘meritless’: Prosecutors

The New York South District court revoked former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried’s bail on Aug. 11 after an appeal from the prosecution in July citing multiple instances of violation of bail conditions. The United States Attorney’s Office has filed an affirmation of the denial of bail to former FTX CEO Sam “SBF” Bankman-Fried, claiming that he could attempt witness tampering and stating that no release conditions would assure the safety of the witnesses. Prosecutors responded to several claims made in his appeal against the bail revocation , calling it “meritless.” In their response, the prosecutors argued that SBF was found to have twice committed or attempted witness tampering in violation of the court orders. Thus, in light of his continued evasions of his pre-trial release conditions, Bankman-Fried was unlikely to abide by the conditions of release. The first time SBF attempted to contact witnesses came to light in January earlier this year, when the former FTX CEO initiated contact w...

FTX’s Bankman-Fried seeks gag order for all witnesses in criminal case

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Lawyers representing SBF have agreed to a gag order preventing him from making comments that could sway his criminal trial but says it should apply to other witnesses too. Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried has agreed to a “gag order” which will prevent him from making comments to third parties that may interfere with his trial — but argues it should apply to all potential witnesses as well, including current FTX CEO John Ray. The gag order against Sam Bankman-Fried was initially requested on July 20, when the U.S. government accused the FTX founder of attempting to interfere with a fair trial by publicly discrediting former business partner and witness Caroline Ellison in an interview with the  New York Times. In a July 22 letter to United States District Court Judge Lewis A. Kaplan of New York, Bankman-Fried’s lawyers Cohen & Gresser LLP denied the accusations but agreed to accept a gag order as requested. A gag order is a legal order often issued by a court to restrict informa...