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British authors want Meta to answer for alleged copyright infringement

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The Society of Authors have published an open letter calling for UK Secretary of State Lisa Nandy to hold Meta accountable for possible copyright infringement regarding its LLM, Llama 3. Signatories of the letter include successful British authors Richard Osman, Kazuo Ishiguro, Val McDermid and Sarah Waters.

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‘The bad news is, this was fake’: The tear-jerking story of author Barbara Miller was a marketing stunt, influencer says

Fast Company Tech

A viral TikTok video showing an empty book signing for an elderly author tugged at millions of heartsuntil it was exposed as an alleged marketing stunt. The book in question, Just Cuz , was reportedly written by Barbara Miller as a tribute to her late husband, Marv.

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Judge on Meta’s AI training: “I just don’t understand how that can be fair use”

Ars Technica

A judge who may be the first to rule on whether AI training data is fair use appeared skeptical Thursday at a hearing where Meta faced off with book authors over the social media company's alleged copyright infringement. Read full article Comments

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Russian authorities threaten World of Tanks developer for its alleged "extremist activities"

TechSpot

Russian authorities have branded World of Tanks-related operations "extremist" and are threatening to confiscate property held by Wargaming executives. The case involves Lesta Games, a Moscow-based studio that Wargaming divested. Read Entire Article

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Mike Lindell’s lawyers used AI to write brief—judge finds nearly 30 mistakes

Ars Technica

These defects include but are not limited to misquotes of cited cases; misrepresentations of principles of law associated with cited cases, including discussions of legal principles that simply do not appear within such decisions; misstatements regarding whether case law originated from a binding authority such as the United States Court of Appeals (..)

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Judge admits nearly being persuaded by AI hallucinations in court filing

Ars Technica

I read their brief, was persuaded (or at least intrigued) by the authorities that they cited, and looked up the decisions to learn more about themonly to find that they didn't exist. In this instance, the judge noticed that some citations were unverifiable but was troubled by how close he came to including the bogus citations in an order.

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Belief in fake news linked to problematic social media use

Ars Technica

If someone struggles with a substance dependency, it's the decision-making process in their brain where they have difficulties stopping," co-author Dar Meshi of Michigan State University told Ars. They take their drug and have a negative outcome: get a DUI or crash their car.