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Simon Willison’s Weblog: My review of Claude’s new Code Interpreter, released under a very confusing name

Sep 9, 2025

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Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Sep/9/claude-code-interpreter/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: My review of Claude’s new Code Interpreter, released under a very confusing name Feedly Summary: Today on the Anthropic blog: Claude can now create and edit files: Claude can now create and edit Excel spreadsheets, documents, PowerPoint slide decks, and PDFs directly in Claude.ai and the desktop…

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

Sep 8, 2025

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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…

The Register: Snake eating tail: Google’s AI Overviews cites web pages written by AI, study says

Sep 7, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/07/googles_ai_cites_written_by_ai/ Source: The Register Title: Snake eating tail: Google’s AI Overviews cites web pages written by AI, study says Feedly Summary: Researchers also found that more than half of citations didn’t rank in top 100 for term Welcome to the age of ouroboros. Google’s AI Overviews (AIOs), which now often appear at the…

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…

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

Sep 5, 2025

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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: Japanese Media Groups Sue AI Search Engine Perplexity Over Alleged Copyright Infringement

Aug 26, 2025

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Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/08/26/0553200/japanese-media-groups-sue-ai-search-engine-perplexity-over-alleged-copyright-infringement?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Japanese Media Groups Sue AI Search Engine Perplexity Over Alleged Copyright Infringement Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Two major Japanese media groups are suing the AI search engine Perplexity for alleged copyright infringement, reflecting a growing trend among news publishers globally to take legal action against…

The Register: Search-capable AI agents may cheat on benchmark tests

Aug 23, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/23/searchcapable_ai_agents_may_cheat/ Source: The Register Title: Search-capable AI agents may cheat on benchmark tests Feedly Summary: Data contamination can make models seem more capable than they really are Researchers with Scale AI have found that search-based AI models may cheat on benchmark tests by fetching the answers directly from online sources rather than deriving…

Slashdot: Apple Explores Using Google Gemini AI To Power Revamped Siri

Aug 22, 2025

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Kurt Seifried

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Source URL: https://apple.slashdot.org/story/25/08/22/1733230/apple-explores-using-google-gemini-ai-to-power-revamped-siri?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Apple Explores Using Google Gemini AI To Power Revamped Siri Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Apple is considering leveraging Google Gemini to enhance its Siri voice assistant, indicating a potential shift in its AI strategy towards outsourcing. This exploration comes as Apple seeks to catch up…

AlgorithmWatch: The AI Revolution Comes With the Exploitation of Gig Workers

Aug 9, 2025

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Source URL: https://algorithmwatch.org/en/ai-revolution-exploitation-gig-workers/ Source: AlgorithmWatch Title: The AI Revolution Comes With the Exploitation of Gig Workers Feedly Summary: Business process outsourcing (BPO) companies manage the human work behind AI development. However, they face accusations of worker exploitation, underpayment and wage theft. Big tech companies benefit from this work model. AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary**:…

Simon Willison’s Weblog: My Lethal Trifecta talk at the Bay Area AI Security Meetup

Aug 9, 2025

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Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/9/bay-area-ai/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: My Lethal Trifecta talk at the Bay Area AI Security Meetup Feedly Summary: I gave a talk on Wednesday at the Bay Area AI Security Meetup about prompt injection, the lethal trifecta and the challenges of securing systems that use MCP. It wasn’t recorded but I’ve created…

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