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He Scraped a Million Artists' Work for Fun. Now He's Helping Them Fight Back.
A student who downloaded Cara's entire image library and bragged about it online ended up regretting the stunt and building a protection tool with the platform's founder.
Stability AI raises $76 million, with music giants and EA among the backers
The maker of Stable Diffusion has pulled in fresh funding from Universal Music, Sony Music, Warner Music and Electronic Arts, a roster that says a lot about where the company is heading.
Who owns the words that trained AI? Courts are still figuring it out
A $1.5 billion ruling against Anthropic and a string of unresolved lawsuits show just how far copyright law is from catching up with the technology reshaping publishing.
UK Cinemas Eye Ban on Meta Smart Glasses Over Film Piracy Fears
The trade body for British cinemas says local chains are weighing policies to keep camera-equipped smart glasses out of screenings, as venues worry the devices make covert recording dangerously easy.
AI firms are quietly buying up secondhand books by the thousands. Some are being destroyed to train chatbots.
A US court ruling cleared Anthropic to use purchased books for AI training. Now booksellers report a strange surge in sales of obscure titles, and court documents reveal a project with a goal to 'destructively scan all the books in the world'.
AI-made music is creeping into the charts. Nobody can agree on what to do about it.
A rap artist's eerily off-sounding synth-pop single hit No. 58 on the Billboard Hot 100 and racked up 35 million Spotify streams. The music industry is still trying to figure out what that means.
This Font Makes Webpages Unreadable to AI Scrapers, but Normal for Humans
Two designers have built a typeface that secretly swaps words in the code AI companies collect, while leaving the page looking perfectly normal to ordinary readers.
AI Companies May Be Destroying Rare Books to Train Their Models
Booksellers are raising the alarm that AI firms are buying up physical books, including rare and out-of-print copies, then shredding them to scan the pages cheaply and fast.
Australia's Government Is Writing the Rules for AI Data Centres. Can It Actually Work?
A senior minister is talking about copyright scraping, public distrust, and national standards for data centres. Here is what the policy push means for ordinary Australians.
Suno Is Adding Watermarks to AI Music and Cutting Back on Free Downloads
The AI music platform wants to prove it can be a responsible player in the industry. Here is what is actually changing, and what it means if you use the service.
Suno Will Start Watermarking AI Songs as Legal Pressure Mounts
The AI music platform is adding hidden audio fingerprints, tighter download rules, and new copyright-detection software. The moves come as Suno fights lawsuits from major labels, a German court ruling, and a data breach affecting 55 million users.
Court Documents Reveal Anthropic's Secret Plan to 'Destructively Scan All the Books in the World'
An internal memo uncovered in a copyright lawsuit shows the Claude maker ran a covert book-scanning project it deliberately hid under a codename.
Fender's CEO Said Cover Songs Are 'Analog AI'. Guitar Players Are Not Happy.
Edward 'Bud' Cole compared learning cover songs and jamming with bandmates to how AI trains on data. The backlash was swift, and the timing could not be worse for the guitar brand.
Rare books shredded to feed AI: Australian sellers sound the alarm
Secondhand and rare book dealers in Australia say old books are being bulk-bought, scanned for AI training data, then destroyed. For the people who trade in physical books, that process feels like cultural vandalism.
A $2 million crime novel deal just collapsed over AI writing fears
A debut thriller was pulled from sale days after a 14-publisher bidding war pushed offers past $2 million. The agent says she can no longer verify how the manuscript was written.