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Musicians must embrace ‘unstoppable force’ of AI, Eurythmics’ Dave Stewart urges

Artificial Intelligence, Artificial intelligence (AI), Culture, Dave Stewart, Intellectual property, Music, Pop and rock, Technology, UK news

Producer says creatives need to own their intellectual property so they can license it to generative AI platformsThe Eurythmics co-founder Dave Stewart has said artificial intelligence is an “unstoppable force”, and musicians and other artists should bow to the inevitable and license their music to generative AI platforms.These platforms use artificial intelligence to analyse existing […]

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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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Home Office admits facial recognition tech issue with black and Asian subjects

Artificial Intelligence, Facial recognition, Home Office, Police, Politics, Technology, UK news

Calls for review after technology found to return more false positives for ‘some demographic groups’ on certain settingsMinisters are facing calls for stronger safeguards on the use of facial recognition technology after the Home Office admitted it is more likely to incorrectly identify black and Asian people than their white counterparts on some settings.Following the

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Another Cloudflare outage takes down websites including LinkedIn and Zoom

Artificial Intelligence, Business, Internet, LinkedIn, Technology, World news, Zoom

Web infrastructure provider says it has implemented a fix after users had seen ‘a large number of empty pages’A host of websites including LinkedIn, Zoom and Downdetector went offline on Friday morning after fresh problems at Cloudflare.Cloudflare said shortly after 9am UK time that it was “investigating issues with Cloudflare Dashboard and related APIs”, referring

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Tesla cuts Model 3 price in Europe as sales slide amid Musk backlash

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CEO Elon Musk says lower-cost electric car will reignite demand by appealing to broader range of buyersTesla has launched the lower-priced version of its Model 3 sedan in Europe in a push to revive sales after a backlash against Elon Musk’s work with Donald Trump and weakening demand for electric vehicles.Musk, the electric car maker’s

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

Artificial Intelligence, Digital media, Economic policy, Instagram, Labour, Media, Meta, Politics, Scotland, Social media, Technology, TikTok, UK news

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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Datacentres – why are they so thirsty? Let’s ask a shark! | First Dog on the Moon

Artificial Intelligence, Artificial intelligence (AI), Technology

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‘It was about degrading someone completely’: the story of Mr DeepFakes – the world’s most notorious AI porn site

Artificial Intelligence, Deepfake, Pornography, Society, Technology, Women

The hobbyists who helped build this site created technology that has been used to humiliate countless women. Why didn’t governments step in and stop them?For Patrizia Schlosser, it started with an apologetic call from a colleague. “I’m sorry but I found this. Are you aware of it?” He sent over a link, which took her

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Teens hoping to get around Australia’s social media ban are rushing to smaller apps. Where are they going?

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As Meta begins deleting accounts and the deadline looms, children have already begun to flock to platforms not included in the banned list, like Coverstar, Lemon8, Yope and RednoteAustralia social media ban explained: everything you need to knowGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAs Australia prepares to block under-16s from accessing

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