Topic: publishing industry
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Judge Halts Anthropic's $1.5B Book Piracy Settlement
A federal judge has temporarily blocked a $1.5 billion settlement between Anthropic and authors, citing concerns that authors felt pressured to accept terms negotiated without sufficient transparency. The judge questioned the fairness of the deal and demanded clearer data on the number of books i...
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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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USA Today Launches AI Chatbot, Entering a New Era
USA Today has launched DeeperDive, an AI-powered interactive tool that enables readers to engage in conversations, receive article summaries, and discover related content across its network. The tool is positioned as a trusted AI answer engine that provides fact-based responses grounded in verifi...
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Dead Ends: A Fun, Macabre Medical History for Kids
The book "Dead Ends! Flukes, Flops, and Failures that Sparked Medical Marvels" by Lindsey Fitzharris and Adrian Teal presents historical medical errors as engaging educational stories for young readers, highlighting how failures led to discoveries. It features examples like Robert Koch's Tubercul...
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Google Discover Now Features Creator Content
Google has updated its Discover platform to allow users to follow specific publishers and creators, enabling a more personalized content feed. The update expands content variety by including articles, YouTube Shorts, and social media posts, with plans to add more formats over time. This change ai...
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