A US judge rules Anthropic's use of copyrighted books to train AI was fair use, but its storage of pirated books in a central library for training LLMs was not
but it's still in trouble for stealing books Blake Brittain / Reuters : Anthropic wins key US ruling on AI training in authors' copyright lawsuit Jason Koebler / 404 Media : Judge Rules Training AI on...
Shein sues Temu for copyright infringement, accusing the company of stealing trade secrets and masquerading “as a legitimate e-commerce ‘marketplace’”
Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. Rob Beschizza / Boing Boing : Online retailers Shein and Temu go to war Jasmin Malik Chua / Sourcing Journal : Temu a ‘...
The UK and US announce the arrest of a 17-year-old boy from Walsall, UK, suspected of being connected to the ransomware attack against MGM Resorts in 2023
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The US FTC says Avast needs to pay $16.5M and stop selling web browsing data for ads to settle charges that the UK company misrepresented its use of such data
antivirus giant hit with major fine Greg Noone / Tech Monitor : Avast slapped with $16.5m fine from FTC for selling user data without permission Efe Udin / Gizchina : FTC fines Avast $16.5 million in ...
Sources, former sellers, and court records detail “No. 1 Business Communication”, a company that sells an encrypted messaging app used by organized crime groups
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Sources, former sellers, and court records shed light on “No. 1 BC”, a company that loads an encrypted messaging app on phones for use by organized crime groups
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Canadian coffee chain Tim Hortons proposes offering customers a free hot drink and baked good as a settlement for collecting their location data for over a year
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Court docs: T-Mobile paid hackers ~$200K via a third party to stop an ongoing leak of stolen data on 30M customers, but the hackers kept selling it regardless
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FTC notifies 700+ companies, including Apple, Facebook, and Microsoft, that they could face penalties of up to $43,792 per violation for using deceptive reviews
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The DOJ says the FBI performed a court-approved operation to “copy and remove malicious web shells” on hundreds of hacked Exchange servers across the US
The FBI obtained court approval to access vulnerable computers across the United States. — Joseph Cox