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Today, I delve into a high-stakes legal battle between OpenAI and major news outlets like The New York Times and Daily News. These publishers allege OpenAI improperly used their copyrighted content to train AI models, and now, a data loss by OpenAI has escalated the case. Subscribe to the Newsletter. Join the Chat @ GeekNews.Chat Email Todd or follow him
The Department of Justice is making bold moves against Google, urging the tech giant to sell its Chrome browser to address illegal monopolization of the search market. This historic antitrust effort could reshape the digital landscape by enforcing AI restrictions and data licensing requirements and unbundling Android from Google’s other services. The DOJ’s proposals aim to create a fairer competitive
Today, the Federal Trade Commission released National Do Not Call Registry Data Book for the Fiscal Year 2024, which shows that consumer reports about unwanted calls continue to drop for the third straight year, with complaint volume down by more than half since 2021. The FTC has pursued a multifaceted strategy to crack down on unwanted calls. In 2023, the
The Onion, known for its satirical news, has acquired Alex Jones' Infowars in a bankruptcy auction. The site, notorious for spreading conspiracy theories, will be reimagined and relaunched in 2025, focusing on humor and advocacy. The acquisition aims to replace disinformation with socially conscious satire, supported by Sandy Hook families. The Onion has also secured a multi-year advertising deal with
OpenAI is releasing a new model called o1, the first in a planned series of “reasoning” models that have that have been trained to answer more complex questions, faster than a human can. It’s being released alongside o1-mini, a smaller, cheaper version. And yes, if you're steeped in AI rumors: this is, in fact, the extremely hyped Strawberry model, The Verge reported.
With summer nearly over, the family and I squeezed in a week in the heat of Catalunya, España otherwise known as Catalonia, Spain. It was lovely: 30 C and sunny every day compared with 15 C and lashing rain back home in Northern Ireland as the tail end of hurricane Ernesto passed over. And if that wasn't enough, the pastries
The European Parliament posted: “Right to repair: Making repair easier and more appealing to consumers”. The new rules reinforce the right to repair, aim to reduce waste and bolster the repair sector by making it easier and more cost-effective to repair goods. On Tuesday, Parliament adopted the directive on the so-called “right to repair” for consumers with 584 votes in