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  • Slashdot: Britannica and Merriam-Webster Sue Perplexity Over AI ‘Answer Engine’

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    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/09/11/2016238/britannica-and-merriam-webster-sue-perplexity-over-ai-answer-engine?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Britannica and Merriam-Webster Sue Perplexity Over AI ‘Answer Engine’ Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a lawsuit against Perplexity AI, an AI startup accused by Encyclopedia Britannica and Merriam-Webster of improperly using their content. This case highlights critical issues surrounding AI and copyright infringement,…

  • Slashdot: RSS Co-Creator Launches New Protocol For AI Data Licensing

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    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/09/10/2320207/rss-co-creator-launches-new-protocol-for-ai-data-licensing?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: RSS Co-Creator Launches New Protocol For AI Data Licensing Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The Real Simple Licensing (RSL) initiative seeks to standardize and simplify the licensing of online content for AI training, backed by major publishers such as Reddit and Medium. It aims to create…

  • Slashdot: Some Angry GitHub Users Are Rebelling Against GitHub’s Forced Copilot AI Features

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    Source URL: https://developers.slashdot.org/story/25/09/08/0235251/some-angry-github-users-are-rebelling-against-githubs-forced-copilot-ai-features?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Some Angry GitHub Users Are Rebelling Against GitHub’s Forced Copilot AI Features Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text highlights the growing dissent among software developers regarding Microsoft’s Copilot AI service integrated with GitHub. Key concerns revolve around the inability to disable Copilot’s functionalities and its…

  • The Register: Anthropic to pay at least $1.5 billion to authors whose work it knowingly pirated

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/08/anthropic_settles_author_lawsuit/ Source: The Register Title: Anthropic to pay at least $1.5 billion to authors whose work it knowingly pirated Feedly Summary: Expect more ‘slush funds’ of this sort, analyst tells El Reg AI upstart Anthropic has agreed to create a $1.5 billion fund it will use to compensate authors whose works it used…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Why I think the $1.5 billion Anthropic class action settlement may count as a win for Anthropic

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Sep/6/anthropic-settlement/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Why I think the $1.5 billion Anthropic class action settlement may count as a win for Anthropic Feedly Summary: Anthropic to pay $1.5 billion to authors in landmark AI settlement I wrote about the details of this case when it was found that Anthropic’s training on book…

  • Wired: Anthropic Agrees to Pay Authors at Least $1.5 Billion in AI Copyright Settlement

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    Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/anthropic-settlement-lawsuit-copyright/ Source: Wired Title: Anthropic Agrees to Pay Authors at Least $1.5 Billion in AI Copyright Settlement Feedly Summary: Anthropic will pay at least $3,000 for each copyrighted work that it pirated. The company downloaded unauthorized copies of books in early efforts to gather training data for its AI tools. AI Summary and…

  • Slashdot: Warner Bros. Discovery Sues Midjourney For Copyright Infringement

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    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/09/04/2236226/warner-bros-discovery-sues-midjourney-for-copyright-infringement Source: Slashdot Title: Warner Bros. Discovery Sues Midjourney For Copyright Infringement Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Warner Bros. Discovery has raised significant legal concerns by filing a copyright lawsuit against Midjourney, alleging that the AI image generator is unlawfully using its intellectual property to create images of iconic characters.…

  • The Register: Boffins detail new method to make neural nets forget private and copyrighted info

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/04/boffins_detail_ai_mind_wipe/ Source: The Register Title: Boffins detail new method to make neural nets forget private and copyrighted info Feedly Summary: Because nobody’s going to spend billions to retrain a model built on dubiously legal content Researchers have found promising new ways to have AI models ignore copyrighted content, suggesting it may be possible…

  • Slashdot: Switzerland Releases Open-Source AI Model Built For Privacy

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    Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/09/03/2125252/switzerland-releases-open-source-ai-model-built-for-privacy?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Switzerland Releases Open-Source AI Model Built For Privacy Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Switzerland’s launch of Apertus, a fully open-source multilingual LLM, emphasizes transparency and privacy in AI development. By providing open access to the model’s components and adhering to stringent Swiss data protection laws, Apertus…

  • Slashdot: Hackers Threaten To Submit Artists’ Data To AI Models If Art Site Doesn’t Pay Up

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    Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/09/02/1936245/hackers-threaten-to-submit-artists-data-to-ai-models-if-art-site-doesnt-pay-up?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Hackers Threaten To Submit Artists’ Data To AI Models If Art Site Doesn’t Pay Up Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The ransomware attack by LunaLock presents a significant threat to data privacy and security, especially with its novel approach of threatening to submit stolen artwork to…