Tag: legal scrutiny

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Note on 20th April 2025

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/20/janky-license/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Note on 20th April 2025 Feedly Summary: Now that Llama has very real competition in open weight models (Gemma 3, latest Mistrals, DeepSeek, Qwen) I think their janky license is becoming much more of a liability for them. It’s just limiting enough that it could be the…

  • The Register: FCC stands up Council on National Security to fight China in ways that CISA used to

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/16/infosec_news_in_brief/ Source: The Register Title: FCC stands up Council on National Security to fight China in ways that CISA used to Feedly Summary: PLUS: Alleged Garantex admin arrested in India; Google deletes more North Korean malware Infosec In Brief United States Federal Communications Commission chair Brendan Carr has unveiled plans to form a…

  • Hacker News: Meta must defend claim it stripped copyright info from Llama’s training fodder

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/11/meta_dmca_copyright_removal_case/ Source: Hacker News Title: Meta must defend claim it stripped copyright info from Llama’s training fodder Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: A federal judge has ruled that Meta must face claims of copyright infringement related to the removal of copyright management information (CMI) from materials used to train…

  • The Register: Euro cloud crew says we-won’t-sue deal with Microsoft is ‘off-track’

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/11/microsoft_criticized_by_euro_cloud/ Source: The Register Title: Euro cloud crew says we-won’t-sue deal with Microsoft is ‘off-track’ Feedly Summary: Overseas pals urge US tech giant to ‘rapidly’ work on Azure Local project to make things right – sans licenses Microsoft is not on track to meet technical commitments that form the basis of a settlement…

  • Hacker News: Cali’s AG Tells AI Companies Almost Everything They’re Doing Might Be Illegal

    Source URL: https://gizmodo.com/californias-ag-tells-ai-companies-practically-everything-theyre-doing-might-be-illegal-2000555896 Source: Hacker News Title: Cali’s AG Tells AI Companies Almost Everything They’re Doing Might Be Illegal Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the California Attorney General’s advisories on the legal challenges faced by the AI industry, particularly concerning unlawful practices such as deception, false advertising, and…

  • Slashdot: Siri ‘Unintentionally’ Recorded Private Convos; Apple Agrees To Pay $95 Million

    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/01/02/2134211/siri-unintentionally-recorded-private-convos-apple-agrees-to-pay-95-million?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Siri ‘Unintentionally’ Recorded Private Convos; Apple Agrees To Pay $95 Million Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** This text discusses Apple’s $95 million settlement related to Siri’s purported unauthorized recording of private conversations. The case highlights significant privacy concerns associated with voice assistants, an area of increasing…

  • Hacker News: The Crime Messenger

    Source URL: https://www.cbc.ca/newsinteractives/features/the-crime-messenger Source: Hacker News Title: The Crime Messenger Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text discusses the rise and fall of Sky Global’s encrypted phone service, Sky ECC, which was widely adopted by criminals for secure communications. Law enforcement agencies, particularly in Europe, successfully intercepted and decrypted the communications,…

  • The Register: China sends cloud powered by homebrew Loongson CPUs into space

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/24/asia_tech_news_in_brief/ Source: The Register Title: China sends cloud powered by homebrew Loongson CPUs into space Feedly Summary: Plus: Korea cracks down on Temu; US, Vietnam, sign infosec pact; India extends controversial hardware import law; and more Asia In Brief Chinese chip designer Loongson last Friday announced its processors are powering a cloud computing…

  • Wired: New York Times Says OpenAI Erased Potential Lawsuit Evidence

    Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/new-york-times-openai-erased-potential-lawsuit-evidence/ Source: Wired Title: New York Times Says OpenAI Erased Potential Lawsuit Evidence Feedly Summary: As part of an ongoing copyright lawsuit, The New York Times says it spent 150 hours sifting through OpenAI’s training data looking for potential evidence—only for OpenAI to delete all of its work. AI Summary and Description: Yes…