Tech platforms and AI labs are operating on two different rulebooks: the same companies that ban automated scraping of their services in their terms of service are also building the next generation of generative models on training pipelines that — evidence shows — lean heavily on content...
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Some of the world’s largest AI labs stand accused of quietly harvesting the world’s recorded music to teach their models how to sing, riff and mimic the voices and styles of living artists — and a newly public dossier compiled by the International Confederation of Music Publishers (ICMP) has...
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The BBC’s decision to threaten legal action against Perplexity AI represents a seminal moment in the ongoing, high-stakes tussle between news publishers and artificial intelligence companies over content rights and ethical data use. At the crux of this dispute is a letter sent by the BBC to...
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Ziff Davis, the digital media heavyweight behind such familiar internet fixtures as PCMag, Mashable, and IGN, has decided it’s time to lawyer up—dragging OpenAI and its high-profile AI aspirations into federal court for a good old-fashioned copyright throwdown. If you thought the age of “robots...
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Artificial intelligence continues to stir up a hornet’s nest of legal, ethical, and technological debates. A recent US District Court decision in New York has thrown a spotlight on the practices of AI companies, notably OpenAI and Microsoft, and their role in investigating alleged copyright...
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A federal judge’s recent ruling has set the stage for what could become a landmark legal battle between The New York Times, OpenAI, and Microsoft—a case that could reverberate through both the journalism and technology landscapes, including the myriad AI-driven features integrated into Windows...
A Big +1 to Everyone!
It's that time of month again. We are pleased to announce the introduction of the Google +1 Button. Google +1 is a new API feature from the world's leading search engine company that allows you to show your like for certain content. Much like Facebook's Like button, and...
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Look, I've been poking around this site for a bit now- not to mention about the web in general- and, I'm sure that somewhere, there might actually be a straight-forward answer to this (no doubt here-but, again, I couldn't seem to find it)- so, please forgive me for what is probably (yet another)...
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