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Major publishers sue Meta for copyright infringement over AI training

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Hachette, Macmillan and others allege that Meta pirated millions of works from textbooks to novels for Llama modelFive major publishers sued Meta Platforms in Manhattan federal court on Tuesday, alleging that the tech giant misused their books and journal articles to train its artificial intelligence models.Elsevier, Cengage, Hachette, Macmillan and McGraw Hill, as well as […]

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An AI version of Milton’s Paradise Lost is fundamentally unworthy of one of the great works of art

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Pulp Fiction co-writer Roger Avary wants to bring the epic poem to the big screen using the power of artificial intelligence. It can’t be any goodThe thing about unfilmable works of literature is that most of them eventually turn out to be quite filmable after all. The Lord of the Rings was a bit of

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Canadian fiddler sues Google after AI Overview wrongly claimed he was a sex offender

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Ashley MacIsaac, who is seeking $1.5m in civil lawsuit, says inaccurate information led to concert cancellationAn acclaimed Canadian fiddle player has launched a $1.5m civil lawsuit against Google, alleging that the online giant defamed him by falsely identifying him as a sex offender in an AI-generated summary of his life and career.Ashley MacIsaac, a three-time

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The rise of cosy gaming: is this the closest many young people will get to home ownership?

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More than a quarter of 20- to 34-year-olds still live with their parents. No wonder they are escaping into virtual properties that they can decorate and furnish as they likeName: Cosy gaming.Age: Has its origins in social simulation games such as Harvest Moon (1996) and The Sims (2000). Continue reading…

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Will human minds still be special in an age of AI?

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We tend to think of intelligence like height – and imagine ourselves being overtaken. That misses the pointUntil recently, we humans have been able to be smug about our abilities. No other animals play boardgames, write essays or prove mathematical theorems. But lately, progress in AI seems as though it might challenge our self-image as

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Mystery sitter in Holbein portrait could be Anne Boleyn, AI analysis finds

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Researchers say works may have been incorrectly inscribed in 1700s, leading to centuries-long misunderstandingThey are two small sketches by the Renaissance master Hans Holbein: one has long been considered to be a portrait of Henry VIII’s doomed second wife, Anne Boleyn, and the other is of an unknown woman whose name was lost to time.Now

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AI actors and writers will not be eligible for Oscars, Academy says

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Academy Awards organisers issued new rules on Friday to clarify that acting and writing must be performed by humans and not artificial intelligence to be ‌eligible for Oscars. The new rules also include changes to the international film category, expanding eligibility to include films that won top awards from prestigious festivals like Cannes, Venice and Toronto.

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I touched a ZX Spectrum for the first time in decades – and I liked it | Dominik Diamond

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Meeting ‘my people’ – video gamers with very long memories – took me back to an era of machine play that lacked megabytes but had far more tangible presenceI want to tell you about the game that has made me the happiest this month. It’s a game I didn’t complete. It’s a game I didn’t

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Spotify rolls out ‘Verified’ badge to distinguish human artists from AI

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Green checkmark will appear on artist profiles to signal they meet the platform’s standard for authenticitySpotify on Thursday unveiled a new verification system designed to help listeners distinguish human musicians from AI-generated content, as people flood streaming platforms with a growing volume of synthetic tracks made with artificial intelligence.The Swedish streaming giant said its “Verified

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‘You can be any Bond you want’: the inside story of 007 First Light

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Hitman developer IO Interactive’s pluralistic take on the British secret agent – his first video-game outing in almost 15 years – promises a Bond for all eras. Here’s what you need to knowIf you want to tell the tale of a young James Bond, you first need to pick which James Bond he’s going to

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