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A group of librarians argue the Internet Archive is a library, saying that the four major publishers' lawsuit threatens the development of digital collections — A lawsuit against the Internet Archive threatens the most significant specialized library to emerge in decades, say a group of current and former university librarians.
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| Maria Bustillos / The Nation: |
A look at four publishers' lawsuit against the Internet Archive, which hinges on defining the legal ownership of ebooks, ahead of oral arguments on March 20 — Or that they haven't already started to pollute Google searches. And if publishers win their lawsuit against the Internet Archive …
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| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
UChicago researchers launch a free app to help artists prevent AI models from stealing their “artistic IP”, by adding imperceptible “perturbations” to their art — Generative art's style mimicry, interrupted — The asymmetry in time and effort it takes human artists …
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Researchers detail a recently fixed “aCropalypse” bug in Google Pixel's Markup tool, where some images edited by it can be retroactively unredacted or uncropped — Besides the Samsung Exynos modem issue, Android 13 QPR2 with the March 2023 security update fixes a vulnerability with the Pixel's Markup screenshot tool.
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| Faiz Siddiqui / Washington Post: |
Amid mounting safety concerns about Tesla's FSD, ex-staffers blame Elon Musk's erratic leadership, cost-cutting measures like removing radar, and more — Tesla's campaign to deliver a fully autonomous vehicle has suffered amid mounting safety concerns — and the boss's Twitter distraction
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| Anna Tong / Reuters: |
Replika and Character.AI, which offer AI companions, are no longer allowing adult content, angering some users who became deeply involved with their chatbots — After temporarily closing his leathermaking business during the pandemic, Travis Butterworth found himself lonely and bored at home.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
An interview with Microsoft CVP of Design and Research Jon Friedman about the company's vision for Microsoft 365 Copilot, Bing AI lessons, AI ethics, and more — Copilot is more than just a chatbot. Microsoft is slowly building an AI assistant that it has dreamed about for years.
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| Pete Schroeder / Reuters: |
The FDIC announces an agreement to sell Signature Bank's assets to Flagstar Bank, a subsidiary of New York Community Bancorp — A subsidiary of New York Community Bancorp (NYCB.N) has entered into an agreement with U.S. regulators to purchase deposits and loans from New York-based Signature Bank … | Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Early screenshots show Microsoft is testing a non-custodial Ethereum crypto wallet built into Edge that lets users send and receive cryptocurrencies and NFTs — Microsoft is working on a non-custodial built-in Ethereum crypto wallet for Microsoft Edge to allow users to send and receive cryptocurrency and NFTs.| Cameron Kaiser / Ars Technica: |
A look back at PLATO, an educational computer system released in 1960 that some consider a precursor to graphics, touchscreens, messaging apps, games, and more — Forums, instant messaging, and multiplayer video games all started here. — Bright graphics, a touchscreen, a speech synthesizer …
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| Bloomberg: |
The FBI arrests “Pompompurin”, a New York man who allegedly ran BreachForums, a dark web site that hosted the stolen databases of almost 1K companies and sites — Federal agents have arrested a Peekskill, New York, man they say ran the notorious dark web data-breach site “BreachForums” under the name “Pompompurin.”
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| Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Netflix's ad-supported tier reached about 1M MAUs in the US after its second month, and the company has hit its forecasted deliveries to advertisers — Good afternoon from Los Angeles. It's good to be home and I hope your March Madness bracket is doing better than mine.Sponsor Posts
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