New ruling: Training AI on Books is LEGAL

A judge rules that Anthropic's training on copyrighted works without authors' permission was a legal fair use, but that stealing the books in the first place is illegal.

Meta may defeat authors’ torrenting claim due to lack of evidence.

An open letter from authors including Lauren Groff, Lev Grossman, R.F. Kuang, Dennis Lehane, and Geoffrey Maguire calls on book publishers to pledge to limit their use of AI tools, for example by committing to only hire human audiobook narrators.

Anthropic tried testing Claude’s ability to run a passive-income business. Then came the weird existential crisis.

As generative artificial intelligence tools continue to proliferate, pushback against the technology and its negative impacts grows stronger.

Judges clash over “schoolchildren” analogy in key AI training rulings.

Company hired Google’s book-scanning chief to cut up and digitize “all the books in the world.”…

Critics as varied as Marjorie Taylor Greene and the NAACP have come out against the rule, which would prevent states from passing AI regulations for 10 years.

As thousands of applications flood job posts, ‘hiring slop’ is kicking off an AI arms race.

Perplexity began testing the browser on macOS in May and now (amid rumors of an Apple acquisition), it's rolling it out on Windows for a small test group. Here's how to try it out.

Now, devs who prefer the terminal can get AI assistance, too.

Venture capital company Hongshan Capital Global originally developed it to assess its potential investments. Now it’s opening it up for anyone to use.

Researchers reported that the AI model could accurately distinguish between individuals with and without Parkinson's based on the analysis of their smiles.

We saw 10 AI films and interviewed Runway’s CEO as well as Hollywood pros.

Ex: AI is making a lot of things easier. It saves time, increases productivity and can even enhance creativity when used well. But there’s a quiet tradeoff we don’t talk about enough: We’re starting to offload the very muscles that make us creative in the first place.

And the "Last Week Tonight" host got his "petty" revenge.

For enterprises betting big on generative AI, grounding outputs in real, governed data isn’t optional—it’s the foundation of responsible innovation.

‘It is a gift. They stole it without my permission.’