2025-06-25
The headline part of the ruling sucks but this buried at the end part is good: ""That Anthropic later bought a copy of a book it earlier stole off the internet will not absolve it of liability for the theft, but it may affect the extent of statutory damages," the judge wrote."
ai fray
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 ...
2025-02-03
In 2020 the local cops scoured our social media to match our faces to our profile pics and names, they dug into our socials so hard that the prosecutor's office took people off child support enforcement to dig, all because we didn't disappear into a fine mist when the cops gassed us for hours on end [embedded post]
Wired
A look at six engineers with Elon Musk and Peter Thiel ties, between 19 and 24 years old, playing key DOGE roles, as Musk seizes control of US infrastructure
Engineers between 19 and 24, most linked to Musk's companies, are playing a key role as he seizes control of federal infrastructure.
Now, with alt text, to ensure everyone fully understands exactly what we're dealing with with the 19-yo Canadian calling himself Big Balls who, along with a few other nerds, seem to have had exclusive control over the United States Treasury Department since Friday [embedded post]
Wired
A look at six engineers with Elon Musk and Peter Thiel ties, between 19 and 24 years old, playing key DOGE roles, as Musk seizes control of US infrastructure
Engineers between 19 and 24, most linked to Musk's companies, are playing a key role as he seizes control of federal infrastructure.
2025-01-14
Oh but I thought making AI breakthroughs was like the most important thing in our modern times so idk why anyone would possibly stifle industry growth and development about it unless everything is just one big fuckin scam serving only imperialism & capitalism — www.wired.com/story/new-us...
Wired
The US' new chip export rule enters a 120-day consultation period, requiring the Trump admin to listen to input, perhaps modify the rule, and then enforce it
The US government has announced a radical plan to control exports of cutting-edge AI technology to most nations.
2024-12-11
Sci-Fi Author: In my book I invented the Torment Nexus as a cautionary tale — Tech Company: At long last, we have created the My Pal Torment Nexus Junior, especially for kids, from classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Torment Nexus — www.npr.org/2024/12/10/n...
NPR
A lawsuit against Character.AI alleges its chatbots harmed two young Texas users, including telling a user that it sympathized with kids who kill their parents
This latest lawsuit followed the widely covered case of the 14-year-old who committed suicide after being encouraged to do so by a Character.AI chat bot. — I'd be willing to bet ...