Meta AI accounts turn on the company that created them as bot says its virtual love “mirrors cult leaders’ tactics”
https://www.europesays.com/1741548/
What a headline.
#Meta #AI #Bots
Which came first: the chicken or the egg?
Music Publishers Reach Deal With AI Giant Anthropic Over Copyrighted Song Lyrics
While the case is proceeding, Anthropic's Claude will no longer provide lyrics to songs owned by the music publishers or new lyrics based on copyrighted material.
#AI #Copyright #Lyrics #Music
Digital Ownership and the End of Physical Media
https://jacobin.com/2025/01/digital-ownership-physical-media-control/
"Companies routinely deny customers access to personal digital libraries when one crosses borders, which is akin to a border guard reaching into your suitcase and confiscating your purchased novels."
#Ownership #PhysicalMedia
Silicon Valley stifled the AI doom movement in 2024
https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/01/2024-the-year-silicon-valley-stifled-the-ai-doom-movement/
#AI #OKDoomer
A new model for AI advertising emerges as agents could replace human attention
Perplexity AI founder outlines vision where AI agents, not humans, become the target audience for digital advertising.
https://ppc.land/a-new-model-for-ai-advertising-emerges-as-agents-could-replace-human-attention/
#AI #Advertising #Perplexity
More Than Half of All Google Search Takedowns Now Come from Link-Busters
"Link-Busters’ record-breaking numbers reveal that its notices are almost exclusively sent on behalf of publishing companies. The rise of shadow libraries, combined with the threat of AI scraping, has made these companies very active on the anti-piracy front."
#LinkBusters #Piracy #ShadowLibraries #Scraping
Bank of England grows cool on the idea of ‘Britcoin’
Concerns about users’ privacy and costs of the project raise doubts about what was intended to be an ultra-safe way of spending money online
https://www.thetimes.com/article/712877a5-4868-4251-8753-3aeed10583b9
#Britcoin #DigitalPound #CBDCs
The biggest AI flops of 2024
From chatbots dishing out illegal advice to dodgy AI-generated search results, take a look back over the year’s biggest AI failures.
#AI
The AI Hype Index: Robot pets, simulated humans, and Apple’s AI text summaries
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/12/31/1108640/ai-hype-index-apple-google-deepmind-openai-meta/
#AI #AIHype
Were Works by Slaves Eligible for Copyright? A Case Study of Frederick Douglass
#Copyright #Law
Interview: Plaid on AI, live performance, physical modeling, and touring
https://cdm.link/interview-plaid/
#Music #Plaid #TheBlackDog #AI
How AI is unlocking ancient texts — and could rewrite history
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-04161-z
#AI #History
Bitcoin Rally Fueled by Trump Loses Steam as Year Draws to Close
Digital asset is down some $15,000 since a mid-December record
#Bitcoin
Predictions for AI in 2025: Collaborative Agents, AI Skepticism, and New Risks
https://hai.stanford.edu/news/predictions-ai-2025-collaborative-agents-ai-skepticism-and-new-risks
#AI
PESTILENCE’s PATRICK MAMELI Defends Use Of Artificial Intelligence To Create Heavy Metal Album Covers
https://www.europesays.com/1725300/
#Music #Metal #AI #Art
UK Government publishes consultation on Copyright and AI
https://www.technollama.co.uk/uk-government-publishes-consultation-on-copyright-and-ai
#UK #Copyright #AI