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Law Professors Support Authors in Copyright Lawsuit Against Meta Over AI

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A group of copyright law professors has submitted an amicus brief supporting the authors suing Meta for allegedly using their e-books without permission to train its Llama AI models. Filed Friday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California (San Francisco Division), the brief criticizes Meta’s fair use argument as an unprecedented […]

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YouTube Expands its AI Fake Detection to Top Creators

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On Wednesday, YouTube announced the expansion of its pilot program aimed at identifying and managing AI-generated content that mimics the likeness, including faces, of creators, artists, and other prominent figures. The company also expressed its support for the NO FAKES ACT, legislation targeting AI-generated replicas that simulate someone’s image or voice to mislead others and

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Next-Gen Earphones Monitor your Vital Signs While you Enjoy your Music

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If you’re already putting something in your ear, why not let it keep tabs on your health while it’s there? That’s the idea behind OpenEarable 2.0 — a pair of advanced earphones equipped with sensors that track more than 30 physiological metrics. Developed by Dr. Tobias Röddiger and his team at Germany’s Karlsruhe Institute of

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MIT Study Reveals That AI Lacks Inherent Values

Artificial Intelligence, Tech /

A study that gained widespread attention a few months ago suggested that as AI becomes more advanced, it might develop its own “value systems” — potentially even prioritizing itself over humans. However, a newer MIT paper challenges that idea, concluding that AI doesn’t actually possess any consistent or meaningful values. According to the study’s authors,

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Meta Rolls O ut Limited Teen Accounts on Facebook and Messenger

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Meta is launching Teen Accounts on Facebook and Messenger, providing a default experience with built-in safety features for younger users. Initially available in the U.S., U.K., Australia, and Canada, the feature will expand to more countries over time. These accounts were first introduced on Instagram last September, following increased pressure from U.S. lawmakers for social

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AI Crawlers Have Led to a 50% Increase in Wikimedia Commons’ Bandwidth Usage

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The Wikimedia Foundation, which oversees Wikipedia and several other crowdsourced knowledge projects, reported on Wednesday that multimedia download bandwidth from Wikimedia Commons has risen by 50% since January 2024. According to a blog post published Tuesday, this surge isn’t driven by human users but by automated scrapers gathering data to train AI models. “Our infrastructure

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Researchers Suggest OpenAI Trained its Models on Paywalled O’Reilly Books

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OpenAI has faced multiple accusations of using copyrighted content without permission to train its AI models. A new paper from the AI Disclosures Project, an organization focused on AI transparency, makes a serious claim that OpenAI has increasingly relied on non-public, unlicensed books to train its advanced AI models. AI models work as sophisticated prediction

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TikTok is Discontinuing its Instagram Rival, TikTok Notes

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TikTok is shutting down its Instagram-like app, TikTok Notes, on May 8. The photo-sharing platform, which was launched for testing last year in Canada, Australia, and Vietnam, is being discontinued. Users of TikTok Notes are being informed of the decision and redirected to ByteDance-owned Lemon8, a move that makes sense given the similarities between the

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Mark Cuban Supports Skylight, a TikTok Alternative Powered by Bluesky’s Underlying Technology

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Skylight, a startup challenging TikTok with a more open alternative, is launching its mobile app to the public on Tuesday after just 10 weeks of development. Supported by Mark Cuban and other investors, Skylight joins a growing list of apps built on the AT Protocol—the same technology behind the social network Bluesky and several other

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ChatGPT isn’t the Only Chatbot Attracting More Users

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OpenAI’s ChatGPT may be the world’s most popular chatbot app, but competitors are gaining traction, according to analytics firms Similarweb and Sensor Tower. Similarweb, which tracks web traffic to chatbot platforms, has observed steady growth among rivals like Google’s Gemini and Microsoft’s OpenAI-powered Copilot. In March, Gemini’s daily web visits averaged 10.9 million, a 7.4%

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