The Local France https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed French book rights owners take on Meta over AI French organisations representing publishers and authors said they would launch legal action against Facebook owner Meta, after their books were used to train generative AI applications. https://www.thelocal.fr/20250312/french-book-rights-owners-take-on-meta-over-ai Wed, 12 Mar 2025 11:59:51 +0100 french-book-rights-owners-take-on-meta-over-ai EU seeks world's first law on AI to protect citizens' rights The European Union is seeking to thrash out an agreement on sweeping rules to regulate artificial intelligence, following months of difficult negotiations in particular on how to monitor generative AI like ChatGPT. But what does Brussels want? https://www.thelocal.fr/20231206/eu-seeks-worlds-first-law-on-ai-to-protect-citizens-rights Wed, 06 Dec 2023 12:20:14 +0100 eu-seeks-worlds-first-law-on-ai-to-protect-citizens-rights France's robot artist first to create AI painting sold at auction A French tech-art company that uses Artificial Intelligence to create paintings that look like they are the work of humans is going to be the first in the world to sell robotic artwork at auction. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180824/frances-robot-artist-first-to-create-ai-painting-sold-at-auction Fri, 24 Aug 2018 19:07:43 +0200 frances-robot-artist-first-to-create-ai-painting-sold-at-auction