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New York Times sues AI startup for ‘illegal’ copying of millions of articles

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Perplexity AI also faces lawsuit from Murdoch-owned Dow Jones and New York Post for its use of copyrighted contentThe New York Times sued an embattled artificial intelligence startup on Friday, accusing the firm of illegal copying of millions of articles. The newspaper alleged Perplexity AI had distributed and displayed journalists’ work without permission en masse.The […]

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Elon Musk’s X fined €120m by EU in first clash under new digital laws

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Ruling likely to put European Commission on collision course with billionaire, and possibly Donald TrumpElon Musk’s social media platform, X, has been fined €120m (£105m) after it was found in breach of new EU digital laws, in a high-stakes ruling likely to put the European Commission on a collision course with the US billionaire and

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Explaining UK debt with biscuits: Labour MPs get the hang of viral content

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Gordon McKee, whose explainer has racked up 3m views, leads way as party tries to harness power of social mediaUK politics live – latest updatesA perennial head-scratcher for progressives is how to craft a simple, compelling message on the economy. One Labour MP found the answer in a few packets of M&S biscuits.Gordon McKee, who

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Anti-immigrant material among AI-generated content getting billions of views on TikTok

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Researchers uncovered 354 AI-focused accounts that had accumulated 4.5bn views in a monthHundreds of accounts on TikTok are garnering billions of views by pumping out AI-generated content, including anti-immigrant and sexualised material, according to a report.Researchers said they had uncovered 354 AI-focused accounts pushing 43,000 posts made with generative AI tools and accumulating 4.5bn views

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Kerry O’Brien sounds the alarm for Australian media in thunderous Walkleys address | The Weekly Beast

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Former 7.30 host takes Labor government to task for record on press freedom and pays tribute to Palestinian journalists. Plus: a roo in the newsWant to get this in your inbox every Friday? Sign up for the Weekly Beast media newsletter hereThe former ABC broadcaster Kerry O’Brien got a standing ovation at the 70th Walkley

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The rise of deepfake pornography in schools: ‘One girl was so horrified she vomited’

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The use of ‘nudify’ apps is becoming more and more prevalent, with hundreds of teachers having seen images created by pupils, often of their peers. The fallout is huge – and growing fast ‘It worries me that it’s so normalised. He obviously wasn’t hiding it. He didn’t feel this was something he shouldn’t be doing.

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How big tech is creating its own friendly media bubble to ‘win the narrative battle online’

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At a time when distrust of big tech is high, Silicon Valley is embracing an alternative ecosystem where every CEO is a star A montage of Palantir’s CEO, Alex Karp, and waving US flags set to a remix of AC/DC’s Thunderstruck blasts out as the intro for the tech billionaire’s interview with Sourcery, a YouTube

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