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

Sep 6, 2025

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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…

The Register: Perplexity vexed by Cloudflare’s claims its bots are bad

Aug 5, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/05/perplexity_vexed_by_cloudflares_claims/ Source: The Register Title: Perplexity vexed by Cloudflare’s claims its bots are bad Feedly Summary: AI search biz insists its content capture and summarization is okay because someone asked for it AI search biz Perplexity claims that Cloudflare has mischaracterized its site crawlers as malicious bots and that the content delivery network…

Cisco Talos Blog: Insights from Talos IR: Navigating NIS2 technical implementation

Jul 29, 2025

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Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/insights-from-talos-ir-navigating-nis2-technical-implementation/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: Insights from Talos IR: Navigating NIS2 technical implementation Feedly Summary: ENISA’s 2025 NIS2 guidance makes compliance more complex, but Talos IR’s services directly align with new requirements for reporting, logging and incident response. AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text discusses the implications of the NIS2…

The Register: At last, a use case for AI agents with high sky-high ROI: Stealing crypto

Jul 10, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/10/ai_agents_automatically_steal_cryptocurrency/ Source: The Register Title: At last, a use case for AI agents with high sky-high ROI: Stealing crypto Feedly Summary: Boffins outsmart smart contracts with evil automation Using AI models to generate exploits for cryptocurrency contract flaws appears to be a promising business model, though not necessarily a legal one.… AI Summary…

Slashdot: AI Note Takers Are Increasingly Outnumbering Humans in Workplace Video Calls

Jul 2, 2025

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Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/07/02/194224/ai-note-takers-are-increasingly-outnumbering-humans-in-workplace-video-calls Source: Slashdot Title: AI Note Takers Are Increasingly Outnumbering Humans in Workplace Video Calls Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The emergence of AI-powered note-taking apps as substitutes in workplace meetings introduces unique challenges in terms of legality and privacy. As these applications become prevalent, especially with popular platforms embedding…

Simon Willison’s Weblog: Anthropic wins a major fair use victory for AI — but it’s still in trouble for stealing books

Jun 24, 2025

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Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/24/anthropic-training/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Anthropic wins a major fair use victory for AI — but it’s still in trouble for stealing books Feedly Summary: Anthropic wins a major fair use victory for AI — but it’s still in trouble for stealing books Major USA legal news for the AI industry today.…

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

Jun 11, 2025

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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…

Slashdot: Disney, NBCU Sue AI Image Generator Midjourney Over Copyright Infringement

Jun 11, 2025

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Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/06/11/1533241/disney-nbcu-sue-ai-image-generator-midjourney-over-copyright-infringement?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Disney, NBCU Sue AI Image Generator Midjourney Over Copyright Infringement Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Disney and NBCUniversal have initiated a landmark copyright infringement lawsuit against the AI image generator Midjourney for allegedly using copyrighted materials without permission. This case highlights the tensions between AI-generated content…

Slashdot: OpenAI Accused of Training GPT-4o on Unlicensed O’Reilly Books

Apr 2, 2025

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Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/04/02/0440222/openai-accused-of-training-gpt-4o-on-unlicensed-oreilly-books?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: OpenAI Accused of Training GPT-4o on Unlicensed O’Reilly Books Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a recent paper from the AI Disclosures Project that raises concerns regarding the use of copyrighted content from O’Reilly Media in the training of OpenAI’s GPT-4o model. The implications…

The Register: UK’s first permanent facial recognition cameras installed in South London

Mar 27, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/27/uk_facial_recognition/ Source: The Register Title: UK’s first permanent facial recognition cameras installed in South London Feedly Summary: As if living in Croydon wasn’t bad enough The Metropolitan Police has confirmed its first permanent installation of live facial recognition (LFR) cameras is coming this summer and the lucky location will be the South London…

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