French publishers and authors sue Meta over copyright works used in AI training
French publishers and authors are taking Meta to court, accusing the social media company of using their works without permission to train its artificial intelligence model
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OpenAI urges U.S. to allow AI models to train on copyrighted material
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PSG win over Marseille marred by homophobic, racist chants. It's an ongoing problem in French soccer
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US journalist sues Indian government after losing his overseas citizenship
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Meta's Community Notes will use tech from Elon Musk's X
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Nvidia has teamed up with the state of Utah on an AI education initiative to improve workforce training and economic growth.VentureBeat - Mar. 10 -
Anthropic researchers forced Claude to become deceptive — what they discovered could save us from rogue AI
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Perkins Coie sues over Trump's order stripping security clearances
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Democratic Attorneys General Sue Over Gutting of Education Department
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Chinese authorities summon Walmart executives over Trump’s tariffs
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Wall Street Journal: 'Someone should sue' Trump over tariffs
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Arbitrator sides with Meta in bid to halt sales of ex-employee's memoir
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Why Europe cannot rely on French nuclear umbrella alone
France’s president opens debate over using country’s atomic arsenal as a deterrent against Russia if US scales back its presenceFinancial Times - 1d -
Baidu shares jump 10% following release of new free-to-use AI models
Shares of Chinese tech giant Baidu were trading up 10% in trading in Asia, as investors reacted positively to a spate of AI model releases over the weekend.CNBC - 1d -
White House on French politician suggesting US return Statue of Liberty: 'Absolutely not'
The White House on Monday pushed back on a French politician who called for the United States to return the Statue of Liberty to France, jabbing the "low-level" French lawmaker. “Absolutely not,” ...The Hill - 1d -
Hollywood creatives urge government to defend copyright laws against AI
More than 400 Hollywood creatives, including director Guillermo del Toro, comedian Chris Rock and "Wicked" actor Cynthia Erivo, signed a letter urging the White House Office of Science and ...Los Angeles Times - 20h -
French industrial giant Schneider Electric hails the significance of China’s ‘DeepSeek moment'
China's "DeepSeek moment" is likely to be good news in the global race to develop AI models, according to French power-equipment maker Schneider Electric.CNBC - Mar. 12 -
Meta's Community Notes will use open-source technology from Elon Musk's X
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Moonvalley’s Marey is a state-of-the-art AI video model trained on FULLY LICENSED data
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Harvard researchers sue the Trump administration for removing their work from public website
Two Harvard researchers said in a lawsuit that the Trump administration removed their work from a public website because it referenced the LGBTQ community.NBC News - 5d -
Law firm sues Trump administration after executive order targeting its attorneys
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Commentary: Documentary on Washington Post's former publisher reminds us there's one way forward for media
As publisher, Katharine Graham not only helped change the Washington Post from a small, local daily into a paper of international importance but also set the standard of media ownership.Los Angeles Times - Mar. 6 -
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While a majority of his team-mates are away with their national teams, Manuel Neuer continues to work on his comeback. The 38-year-old FC Bayern goalkeeper was able to train with the ball again on ...Yahoo Sports - 3h -
Democrats Demand Answers on DOGE’s Use of AI
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AI should replace some work of civil servants, Starmer to announce
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French lawmaker who uses a wheelchair wins a change in voting rules that discriminated against him
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