Topic: ai training data
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Meta Accused of Using Pirated Porn to Train Its AI Superintelligence
Strike 3 Holdings has sued Meta, alleging the tech giant illegally downloaded and distributed 2,396 of its copyrighted adult videos via BitTorrent since 2018 to train AI systems. The lawsuit claims Meta sought this content for its unique visual and anatomical details to create more realistic AI-g...
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RSS Co-Creator Unveils New AI Data Licensing Protocol
The AI industry faces significant legal challenges over copyright and data usage for training models, highlighted by a major settlement and numerous lawsuits. Real Simple Licensing (RSL) is a new framework developed to streamline data licensing between AI companies and content creators, supported...
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Why I Changed My Mind About Getting Paid by Anthropic
Anthropic agreed to a $1.5 billion settlement for authors whose copyrighted books were used without permission to train its AI model Claude, with authors potentially receiving at least $3,000 per affected book. The settlement raises the ethical question of whether AI firms should compensate creat...
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Authors Hail "Historic" Settlement in Anthropic Class Action
A landmark settlement has been reached between authors and Anthropic, potentially setting a precedent for the use of copyrighted works in AI training without permission or compensation. The case, certified as the largest copyright class action in history, involves up to seven million claimants wh...
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Getty's Historic AI Copyright Trial Kicks Off in UK
Generative AI is new enough that its training data seems to be constantly up for debate, and that debate is heading to the courts in the UK in a new, sure-to-be landmark case between Getty Images and Stability AI. In January 2023, Getty Images announced it was suing Stability AI for allegedly using its photos to train AI models without permission, violating existing copyright law. Getty brought a similar lawsuit against Stability AI in the U.S., according to Reuters, but it has yet to hit...
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Gemini to Replace Google Assistant on Android Soon
Google’s Gemini will become the default Android assistant, offering enhanced privacy controls while handling tasks like calls, messages, and utilities, even with activity tracking off. The update allows Gemini to perform actions (e.g., setting alarms, sending messages) without storing user data f...
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AI's Free Web Scraping Era Ends With New Licensing Protocol
Major publishers and tech firms have introduced the Really Simple Licensing (RSL) standard to give content creators control and compensation when their work is used by AI systems. RSL replaces the simplistic robots.txt approach with enforceable, granular licensing terms, allowing publishers to sp...
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The Quiet Influence of AI on Your Brand Narrative
AI is reshaping brand narratives, creating risks like "AI brand drift." Companies must manage four brand layers, known, latent, shadow, and AI-narrated, to maintain control. Proactive auditing and monitoring can counter semantic drift, ensuring AI-driven content aligns with brand intent and safeguards reputation, as AI becomes crucial in consumer evaluations.
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Songscription's AI Turns Music Into Sheet Music Instantly
Songscription's AI platform converts audio recordings into accurate sheet music quickly, benefiting musicians, educators, and composers with its freemium model. The tool, led by CEO Andrew Carlins, aims to support music teachers in underserved areas and plans to expand beyond piano transcriptions...
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