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  • 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…

  • Schneier on Security: GPT-4o-mini Falls for Psychological Manipulation

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    Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/09/gpt-4o-mini-falls-for-psychological-manipulation.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: GPT-4o-mini Falls for Psychological Manipulation Feedly Summary: Interesting experiment: To design their experiment, the University of Pennsylvania researchers tested 2024’s GPT-4o-mini model on two requests that it should ideally refuse: calling the user a jerk and giving directions for how to synthesize lidocaine. The researchers created experimental…

  • The Register: Knock-on effects of software dev break-in hit schools trust

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/05/uk_schools_intradev_breach/ Source: The Register Title: Knock-on effects of software dev break-in hit schools trust Feedly Summary: Affinity Learning Partnership warns staff after Intradev breach A major UK education trust has warned staff that their personal information may have been compromised following a cyberattack on software developer Intradev in August.… AI Summary and Description:…

  • 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 Cloudflare Blog: Addressing the unauthorized issuance of multiple TLS certificates for 1.1.1.1

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    Source URL: https://blog.cloudflare.com/unauthorized-issuance-of-certificates-for-1-1-1-1/ Source: The Cloudflare Blog Title: Addressing the unauthorized issuance of multiple TLS certificates for 1.1.1.1 Feedly Summary: Unauthorized TLS certificates were issued for 1.1.1.1 by a Certification Authority without permission from Cloudflare. These rogue certificates have now been revoked. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text describes a serious incident involving…

  • The Register: Windows starts asking for admin rights where it shouldn’t after security fix

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/04/windows_admin_rights_bug/ Source: The Register Title: Windows starts asking for admin rights where it shouldn’t after security fix Feedly Summary: Patch closes vuln but leaves standard users locked out of common apps Microsoft’s August 2025 Windows Security Update is causing pain for administrators after a fix for a vulnerability led to some unintended consequences.……

  • The Register: UK government trial of M365 Copilot finds no clear productivity boost

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/04/m365_copilot_uk_government/ Source: The Register Title: UK government trial of M365 Copilot finds no clear productivity boost Feedly Summary: AI tech shows promise writing emails or summarizing meetings. Don’t bother with anything more complex A UK government department’s three-month trial of Microsoft’s M365 Copilot has revealed no discernible gain in productivity – speeding up…

  • The Register: Sainsbury’s eyes up shoplifters with live facial recognition

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/04/sainsburys_lfr/ Source: The Register Title: Sainsbury’s eyes up shoplifters with live facial recognition Feedly Summary: Privacy campaigners cry foul as grocer joins Asda, Iceland, and others in retail surveillance boom Sainsbury’s, Britain’s second-largest supermarket chain, has caught the attention of privacy campaigners by launching an eight-week trial of live facial recognition (LFR) tech…