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  • Slashdot: Judge Allows Nationwide Class Action Against Anthropic Over Alleged Piracy of 7 Million Books For AI Training

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    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/07/17/1548245/judge-allows-nationwide-class-action-against-anthropic-over-alleged-piracy-of-7-million-books-for-ai-training?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Judge Allows Nationwide Class Action Against Anthropic Over Alleged Piracy of 7 Million Books For AI Training Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: A federal judge in California has authorized a class-action lawsuit against Anthropic, allowing authors to represent all U.S. writers potentially affected by the company’s…

  • The Register: EU-sponsored report says GenAI’s ‘fair use’ defense does not compute

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/14/eu_genai_fair_use/ Source: The Register Title: EU-sponsored report says GenAI’s ‘fair use’ defense does not compute Feedly Summary: Just because a student reads a book doesn’t mean Midjourney gets to eat Disney A research paper commissioned by the European Parliament has called for an EU law to pay writers, musicians, and artists whose work…

  • Slashdot: Microsoft Sued By Authors Over Use of Books in AI Training

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    Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/06/25/2137220/microsoft-sued-by-authors-over-use-of-books-in-ai-training?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Microsoft Sued By Authors Over Use of Books in AI Training Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: This text discusses a lawsuit against Microsoft regarding the unauthorized use of authors’ books to train its Megatron AI model. This case highlights significant legal and ethical issues surrounding AI…

  • Slashdot: BBC Threatens Legal Action Against Perplexity AI Over Content Scraping

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    Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/06/20/2022200/bbc-threatens-legal-action-against-perplexity-ai-over-content-scraping?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: BBC Threatens Legal Action Against Perplexity AI Over Content Scraping Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The BBC is taking legal action against Perplexity AI for allegedly using its content without permission to train AI models. This situation highlights the ongoing tensions between AI technology development and…

  • Slashdot: Midjourney Launches Its First AI Video Generation Model, V1

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    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/06/18/1935234/midjourney-launches-its-first-ai-video-generation-model-v1 Source: Slashdot Title: Midjourney Launches Its First AI Video Generation Model, V1 Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Midjourney has launched its AI video generation model, V1, allowing users to create customizable short videos from images. This move positions the startup as a competitor to established entities in the AI…

  • Slashdot: Meta’s Llama 3.1 Can Recall 42% of the First Harry Potter Book

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    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/06/15/2230206/metas-llama-31-can-recall-42-of-the-first-harry-potter-book?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Meta’s Llama 3.1 Can Recall 42% of the First Harry Potter Book Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses significant findings from a research study that highlights the memorization capabilities of Llama 3.1 70B, an AI model from Meta. It raises concerns about potential legal…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Disney and Universal Sue AI Company Midjourney for Copyright Infringement

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/11/disney-universal-midjourney/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Disney and Universal Sue AI Company Midjourney for Copyright Infringement Feedly Summary: Disney and Universal Sue AI Company Midjourney for Copyright Infringement This is a big one. It’s very easy to demonstrate that Midjourney will output images of copyright protected characters (like Darth Vader or Yoda) based…

  • The Register: Anthropic’s law firm throws Claude under the bus over citation errors in court filing

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/15/anthopics_law_firm_blames_claude_hallucinations/ Source: The Register Title: Anthropic’s law firm throws Claude under the bus over citation errors in court filing Feedly Summary: AI footnote fail triggers legal palmface in music copyright spat An attorney defending AI firm Anthropic in a copyright case brought by music publishers apologized to the court on Thursday for citation…

  • Slashdot: US Copyright Office to AI Companies: Fair Use Isn’t ‘Commercial Use of Vast Troves of Copyrighted Works’

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    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/05/12/0425233/us-copyright-office-to-ai-companies-fair-use-isnt-commercial-use-of-vast-troves-of-copyrighted-works?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: US Copyright Office to AI Companies: Fair Use Isn’t ‘Commercial Use of Vast Troves of Copyrighted Works’ Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The U.S. Copyright Office released a report discussing the implications of copyright laws on AI training data, which could signify challenges for AI companies…