“We’ve Got to Attack This From All Directions”: Inside the Legal Tussle Between Authors and AI

DeRosa Speaks Out • Jordan Fails Again • Musk Battles Bots [View in your browser]( | [Update your preferences](newsletter=vf) [Vanity Fair Hive logo image]( “We’ve Got to Attack This From All Directions”: Inside the Legal Tussle Between Authors and AI Good morning from the Hive newsroom! Jim Jordan failed again yesterday to rally the dysfunctional GOP behind his Speaker bid, Abigail Tracy [reports](, as Bess Levin [finds]( Republicans trying to blame Democrats for the “shitshow dumpster fire of their own making.” Elsewhere, Joe Pompeo [reports]( on the legal battle between marquee authors and AI companies over use of their work, while Chris Smith [catches up]( with former Andrew Cuomo aide Melissa DeRosa about her new memoir, which takes aim at Joe Biden, Letitia James, and The New York Times. Thanks for reading. [Inside the Legal Tussle Between Authors and AI: “We’ve Got to Attack This From All Directions”]( By [Joe Pompeo]( [As pressure mounts in the AI wars, heavy-hitting authors are headed to court over what one observer describes as “mass theft” of their work. But when it comes to ChatGPT and its ilk, copyright law isn’t so cut-and-dried.]( [Read more button](   [Melissa DeRosa Isn’t Done Defending Andrew Cuomo]( By [Chris Smith]( [In a scorching new memoir, the former top aide takes aim at Joe Biden, Letitia James, and The New York Times—and addresses the sexual harassment scandal that took down her boss.]( [Read more button](   [Jim Jordan Is Failing to Unite the Rudderless GOP]( By [Abigail Tracy]( [The Ohio bomb-thrower is refusing to bow out after losing a second Speaker vote, exposing the majority party’s inability to govern.]( [Read more button](   [Elon Musk Wants to Banish Bots. Oh, but X Users Have to Foot the Bill]( By [Caleb Ecarma]( [The owner of X, who’s long been bent on a paid-subscription model, is now having his platform charge some new users abroad $1 annually in a test of the “Not a Bot” program.]( [Read more button](   [Republicans Are Blaming Democrats for the Shitshow Dumpster Fire of Their Own Making]( By [Bess Levin]( [The GOP’s inability to elect a Speaker of the House is apparently not actually the GOP’s fault.]( [Read more button](   Get on the list Subscribe to our Hollywood newsletter for your essential industry and awards-season news, every day. [Sign Up Now](   [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [LinkedIn](   This e-mail was sent to you by The Hive. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, vanityfair@newsletter.vf.com, to your address book. View our [Privacy Policy]( [Unsubscribe]( Sent from Condé Nast, 1 World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007 Copyright © 2023 Condé Nast