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Anthropic's landmark $1.5B copyright settlement is approved
A court has granted final approval to Anthropic's $1.5 billion copyright settlement, marking one of the largest such agreements in AI history. While the settlement resolves this particular case, it does not address the broader, unresolved question of whether using copyrighted works to train AI models is legally permissible.
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Sony sues Udio over copyright infringement of 30,000+ songs
Sony Music Entertainment has filed a lawsuit in New York against AI music generator Udio, alleging copyright infringement of more than 30,000 songs spanning artists from Elvis Presley to Beyoncé and Harry Styles. The case adds to growing legal pressure on AI companies over the use of copyrighted material in training their models.
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OpenAI is scared of open-weight models. Should the US be?
Talk of banning Chinese-made open-weight large language models has intensified, revealing the tension between AI as a national security concern and AI as a commercial product. OpenAI's apparent fear of open-weight competition highlights the broader challenge US companies face in maintaining dominance when powerful models can be freely distributed.
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Trump's latest AI czar has already resigned
The director role for the Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI) has become a revolving door since David Sacks departed as AI czar. The latest appointee has already resigned, raising questions about the stability and direction of US AI policy leadership.
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YouTube clarifies policies around AI slop and upsetting videos
YouTube has updated its monetization policies to more explicitly define the categories of AI-generated and low-quality content that are ineligible to earn advertising revenue. The clarification is aimed at curbing the spread of so-called 'AI slop' while giving creators clearer guidelines on what content standards are required for monetization.
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China delivers a one-two punch to America's AI dominance
Moonshot AI's Kimi K3 and Alibaba's Qwen are among the latest Chinese models claiming to rival OpenAI and Anthropic's best offerings at a fraction of the cost. Kimi K3 is notable for being the largest open-weight model ever released, with 2.8 trillion parameters, and takes an unusual architectural bet on memory over raw compute. The rapid-fire releases suggest America's lead at the AI frontier is increasingly narrow.
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US public health agencies to test OpenAI and Anthropic AI models
A new programme called PULSE (Public Health Use Case and Learning Scaling Engine) will bring generative AI tools from OpenAI and Anthropic to public health departments across 10 US state, local, tribal, or territorial jurisdictions. The initiative is a collaboration between the Coalition for Health AI, OpenAI, Anthropic, and Accenture, and aims to generate learnings on how AI can support public health at scale.
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Google is working on a new AI chip designed to make Gemini more efficient
Alphabet is reportedly developing a new custom chip specifically designed to improve the efficiency of running its Gemini AI models. The move underscores the growing importance of purpose-built silicon in reducing the cost and energy demands of large-scale AI inference.
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Adobe's camera app embraces generative AI with photo critique and editing tools
Adobe's experimental Project Indigo camera app, originally launched to deliver a more natural SLR-like look for iPhone photography, is being updated with a suite of generative AI features including background removal and AI-powered photo critique. Notably, the new AI capabilities do not rely on Adobe's own Firefly models.
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AI's most important protocol is getting a little bit easier to use
A key AI interoperability protocol is being updated to adopt a stateless approach to session IDs on the server side, similar to how most ordinary websites already handle sessions. The change is intended to lower the barrier to implementation and broaden adoption of the protocol across AI tooling ecosystems.
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X relaunches a rebuilt Android app after year-long effort
X has relaunched a fully rebuilt version of its Android app, now available globally after approximately a year of development work. The rebuild represents a significant technical overhaul of the platform's mobile experience.
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SpaceX in your index fund, explained
SpaceX is being fast-tracked into the Nasdaq-100, raising questions about what this means for everyday investors who hold broad index funds. The piece examines the risks of including a highly speculative private company in an investment vehicle typically associated with safety and diversification.
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