🌎 Discussion: Online Piracy, AI, Net Neutrality, Killswitch, and Other Internet Issues II

[blueharvest]

The Internet Archive Loses Its Appeal of a Major Copyright Case

Hachette v. Internet Archive was brought by book publishers objecting to the archive’s digital lending library.

www.wired.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Companies patent dumb **** all the time that never gets implemented do hopefully it is one of those times.

https://www.motor1.com/news/732376/ford-patents-in-vehicle-advertisements/

 

[blueharvest]

Texas law restricting minors’ internet usage takes partial effect as lawsuits continue

A federal judge blocked part of Texas' SCOPE Act, while the law restricting minors' internet usage faces multiple lawsuits.

www.lonestarlive.com

 

[blueharvest]

Republican voters less confident than Democrats in spotting AI deepfakes, poll shows

Exclusive: research shows three out of four registered US voters don’t trust themselves to identify AI-made images

www.theguardian.com

 

[Teelie]

Companies patent dumb **** all the time that never gets implemented do hopefully it is one of those times.

https://www.motor1.com/news/732376/ford-patents-in-vehicle-advertisements/

Never buying a Ford, that's for sure.

 

[blueharvest]

US and UK sign legally enforceable AI treaty

But will it have any real impact?

www.theverge.com

 

[blueharvest]

FBI busts musician’s elaborate AI-powered $10M streaming-royalty heist

Feds say it's the first US criminal case involving artificially inflated music streaming.

arstechnica.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Yeah but what about Scam Altman’s dreams?

 

[Lily Adler]

 

[blueharvest]

The DOJ wants info on Google’s AI strategy to bust up its search monopoly

There’s still no set timeline for the remedies phase.

www.theverge.com

 

[Mani-Man]

Yeah but what about Scam Altman’s dreams?

This is what should be the end of OpenAI and those alike.
For what do we have Copyright laws if they can be broken?
If they cant do anything without breaking these Laws, then they shouldnt do it and be held accountable for breaking these laws.

Disney can legally stop you from making a free game with their stuff, but a company like openai can steal from Disney?
Something is not right if that is the case.

 

[blueharvest]

The AI industry uses a light lobbying touch to educate Congress from a corporate perspective

Education has become a primary goal of artificial intelligence interests in Washington. That's the assessment of lobbyists, members of Congress and industry experts.

apnews.com

 

[Lily Adler]

Microsoft doesn't support country flag emojis due to politics is the dumbest thing I've learned today.

 

[blueharvest]

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Senators Believe AI Summaries May Be an Antitrust Violation

The lawmakers say summaries further entrench the monopolies that companies like Google hold over online search, by lifting content from publishers without permission and then directing traffic and profits away from those publishers.

gizmodo.com

Google Teams With the Internet Archive to Revive Cache Feature

Google search results will now show users a direct link to the Wayback Machine to view previous versions of web pages.

gizmodo.com

 

[Lily Adler]

 

[squeekness]

Yeah, that shouldn't be legal.

 

[blueharvest]

Actors union and women’s groups push Gavin Newsom to sign AI safety bill

Newsom has until September 30th to decide the bill’s fate, and both sides are lobbying hard.

www.theverge.com

 

[blueharvest]

 

[Lily Adler]

YouTube suggesting that I watch a tarot reading of the election is just... weird.

 

[blueharvest]

Google's AI note-taking app NotebookLM can now explain complex topics to you out loud | TechCrunch

Google's AI note-taking and research app, NotebookLM, is adding a new "audio overview" feature.

techcrunch.com

 

[blueharvest]

OpenAI Announces a New AI Model, Code-Named Strawberry, That Solves Difficult Problems Step by Step

The ChatGPT maker reveals details of what's officially known as OpenAI-o1, which shows that AI needs more than scale to advance.

www.wired.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Why some Silicon Valley billionaire bros want Trump to be the ‘CEO of America’

The former president has attracted growing support from tech investors, who are seeking favorable tax policies and more deregulation that could widen inequality. By Daria Solovieva for Capital & ...

www.dailykos.com

 

[blueharvest]

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Google Serves AI Slop as Top Result for One of the Most Famous Paintings in History

The first thing people saw when they searched Google for the artist Hieronymus Bosch was an AI-generated version of his Garden of Earthly Delights, one of the most famous paintings in art history. Depending on what they are searching for, Google Search sometimes serves users a series of images...

www.404media.co