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  • Penguin to sue OpenAI over ChatGPT version of German children’s book

    Publisher alleges AI research company’s chatbot violated its copyright over Coconut the Little Dragon series Penguin Random House has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging its chatbot ChatGPT violated copyright by mimicking and reproducing the content of a popular series of German children’s books. The lawsuit, which was filed on Friday with a Munich court…

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  • The jobs AI can’t do – and the young adults doing them

    For many young people entering the workforce, the stigma of hands-on jobs is fading. There a competitive appeal – and they all require human expertise Gib and Michelle Mouser are proud of their son’s career – just not in the way they once imagined. Only 23 years old, Cale Mouser already earns well over six…

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  • Palantir’s UK boss criticises ‘ideological’ groups as ministers move to scrap NHS contract

    Louis Mosley says government should resist calls to trigger break clause in £330m deal with US analytics company UK politics live – latest updates Palantir’s UK boss has urged the government not to give in to “ideologically motivated campaigners” as government ministers explore a way out of a £330m NHS contract with the tech company.…

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  • Meta, Tiktok and Google under investigation for allegedly disobeying Australia’s social media ban

    Nearly 70% of under-16s with accounts on Instagram, Snapchat or TikTok had maintained access, survey finds The Australian government has accused big tech firms like Meta, TikTok and Google of disobeying the landmark ban on under-16s using social media, after the country’s online safety office warned many children had accounts. A survey of 900 Australian…

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  • MacBook Neo review: the budget Apple laptop powered by an iPhone chip

    Snappy performance, high-quality screen, best-in-class keyboard and trackpad show cheaper can still be great Apple’s brand new entry-level laptop is powered by the chip from an iPhone and offers more than just the essential MacBook experience for a great price, putting the PC industry on notice. The MacBook Neo is the first of its kind…

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  • If OpenAI is to float on the stock market this year, it needs to start turning a profit

    The poster child of the AI boom, valued at $850bn, needs to show strategic discipline after ‘casting its net too wide’ If OpenAI is going to float this year, it has to get serious about its business model. The wow factor around the US company – the poster child of an AI industry boom that…

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  • California to impose new AI regulations in defiance of Trump call

    Gavin Newsom signs order to prioritize public safety and rights as president seeks to prevent ‘cumbersome’ rules California will impose new standards on artificial intelligence companies seeking to do business with the state, defying Donald Trump’s demands to keep the controversial industry as deregulated as possible. Democratic governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order on…

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  • ‘Soon publishers won’t stand a chance’: literary world in struggle to detect AI-written books

    US release of horror novel Shy Girl cancelled and UK book discontinued after suspected AI use, as publishers feel ‘cold shiver’ Recently, the literary agent Kate Nash started noticing that the submission letters she was receiving from authors were becoming more thorough – albeit also more formulaic. “I took it as a rise in diligence,”…

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  • The OnlyFans inheritance: how its owner’s death could reshape the porn money-making machine

    Leonid Radvinsky’s widow has been left with a crucial role in deciding what happens to the business that made her husband a billionaire Yekaterina Chudnovsky, online biographies say, is a mother-of-four who “enjoys spending time with her family and teaching them the importance of giving back and helping others”. They add that Ukrainian-born Chudnovsky, known…

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  • ‘The era of invincibility is over’: the week big tech was brought to heel

    Ruling that Meta and YouTube deliberately designed addictive products marks possible watershed moment for social media The young woman at the heart of what has been called the tech industry’s “big tobacco” moment was on YouTube at six and Instagram by nine. More than a decade later, she says, she still can’t live without the…

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