GoKawiil - Latest Tech News & Aggregated Headlines

Court says AI training on books is fair use but Anthropic must face trial over pirated copies

techspot.com Skye Jacobs 2025-08-30 04:58:00

What just happened? A federal court has delivered a split decision in a high-stakes copyright case that could reshape the future of artificial intelligence development. US District Judge William Alsup ruled that Anthropic's use of copyrighted books to train its Claude AI system qualifies as lawful "fair use" under copyright law, marking a significant victory for the AI industry. However, the judge simultaneously ordered the company to face trial this December for allegedly building a "central l

Topics: ai anthropic judge training use

Shop Amazon

Judge backs AI firm over use of copyrighted books

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-08-30 18:12:44

Judge backs AI firm over use of copyrighted books 47 minutes ago Share Save Natalie Sherman and Lucy Hooker BBC News Share Save Getty Images A US judge has ruled that using books to train artificial intelligence (AI) software is not a violation of US copyright law. The decision came out of a lawsuit brought last year against AI firm Anthropic by three writers, a novelist, and two non-fiction authors, who accused the firm of stealing their work to train its Claude AI model and build a multi-bi

Topics: ai anthropic firm judge use

Shop Amazon

Judge OKs Anthropic's Use of Copyrighted Books in AI Training. That's Bad News for Creators

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-31 11:36:22

Anthropic's use of copyright-protected books in its AI training process was "exceedingly transformative" and fair use, US senior district judge William Alsup ruled on Monday. It's the first time a judge has decided in favor of an AI company on the issue of fair use, in a significant win for generative AI companies and a blow for creators. Fair use is a doctrine that's part of US copyright law. It's a four-part test that, when the criteria is met, lets people and companies use protected content

Topics: ai anthropic books fair use

Shop Amazon

Key fair use ruling clarifies when books can be used for AI training

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-08-31 12:56:58

Artificial intelligence companies don't need permission from authors to train their large language models (LLMs) on legally acquired books, US District Judge William Alsup ruled Monday. The first-of-its-kind ruling that condones AI training as fair use will likely be viewed as a big win for AI companies, but it also notably put on notice all the AI companies that expect the same reasoning will apply to training on pirated copies of books—a question that remains unsettled. In the specific case

Topics: ai alsup anthropic authors works

Shop Amazon

Judge rules Anthropic's AI training on copyrighted materials is fair use

engadget.com Unknown 2025-08-31 16:26:03

Anthropic has received a mixed result in a class action lawsuit brought by a group of authors who claimed the company used their copyrighted creations without permission. On the positive side for the artificial intelligence company, senior district judge William Alsup of the US District Court for the Northern District of California determined that Anthropic's training of its AI tools on copyrighted works was protected as fair use. Developing large language models for artificial intelligence has

Topics: ai alsup anthropic district use

Shop Amazon

A federal judge sides with Anthropic in lawsuit over training AI on books

news.ycombinator.com Amanda Silberling 2025-08-31 14:22:14

Federal judge William Alsup ruled that it was legal for Anthropic to train its AI models on published books without the authors’ permission. This marks the first time that the courts have given credence to AI companies’ claim that fair use doctrine can absolve AI companies from fault when they use copyrighted materials to train large language models (LLMs). This decision comes as a blow to authors, artists, and publishers who have brought dozens of lawsuits against companies like OpenAI, Meta,

Topics: anthropic companies fair judge use

Shop Amazon

Anthropic Scores a Landmark AI Copyright Win—but Will Face Trial Over Piracy Claims

wired.com Kate Knibbs 2025-08-31 19:26:26

Anthropic has scored a major victory in an ongoing legal battle over artificial intelligence models and copyright, one that may reverberate across the dozens of other AI copyright lawsuits winding through the legal system in the United States. A court has determined that it was legal for Anthropic to train its AI tools on copyrighted works, arguing that the behavior is shielded by the “fair use” doctrine, which allows for unauthorized use of copyrighted materials under certain conditions. “The

Topics: alsup anthropic copyright fair use

Shop Amazon

Judge rules Anthropic did not violate authors' copyrights with AI book training

cnbc.com Ashley Capoot 2025-09-01 00:47:29

Dario Amodei, Anthropic CEO, speaking on CNBC's Squawk Box outside the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 21st, 2025. Anthropic's use of books to train its artificial intelligence model Claude was "fair use" and "transformative," a federal judge ruled late on Monday. Amazon -backed Anthropic's AI training did not violate the authors' copyrights since the large language models "have not reproduced to the public a given work's creative elements, nor even one author's identifiable

Topics: ai alsup anthropic legal use

Shop Amazon

Judge sides with Anthropic over training AI on books without authors' permission

news.ycombinator.com Amanda Silberling 2025-09-01 00:22:14

Federal judge William Alsup ruled that it was legal for Anthropic to train its AI models on published books without the authors’ permission. This marks the first time that the courts have given credence to AI companies’ claim that fair use doctrine can absolve AI companies from fault when they use copyrighted materials to train LLMs. This decision comes as a blow to authors, artists, and publishers who have brought dozens of lawsuits against companies like OpenAI, Meta, Midjourney, Google, and

Topics: anthropic companies fair judge use

Shop Amazon

Anthropic wins a major fair use victory for AI — but it’s still in trouble for stealing books

theverge.com Emma Roth 2025-08-31 23:16:55

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. A federal judge has sided with Anthropic in an AI copyright case, ruling that training — and only training — its AI models on legally purchased books without authors’ permission is fair use. It’s a first-of-its-kind ruling in favor of the AI industry, but it’s importantly limited specifically to physical books Anthropic purchased and digitized. Jud

Topics: ai alsup anthropic fair judge

Shop Amazon

A federal judge sides with Anthropic in lawsuit over training AI on books without authors’ permission

techcrunch.com Amanda Silberling 2025-09-01 04:17:18

Federal judge William Alsup ruled that it was legal for Anthropic to train its AI models on published books without the authors’ permission. This marks the first time that the courts have given credence to AI companies’ claim that fair use doctrine can absolve AI companies from fault when they use copyrighted materials to train LLMs. This decision comes as a blow to authors, artists, and publishers who have brought dozens of lawsuits against companies like OpenAI, Meta, Midjourney, Google, and

Topics: anthropic companies fair judge use

Shop Amazon

Microsoft planning ‘major’ Xbox layoffs next week

theverge.com Tom Warren 2025-09-01 08:17:05

is a senior editor and author of Notepad , who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft is planning to cut jobs in the company’s Xbox gaming business, as early as next week. I first reported in Notepad earlier this month that Microsoft was planning Xbox layoffs “potentially by the end of the month,” and now Bloomberg says a round of “major layoffs” is due next week. I understand managers at Microsoft have been briefed about Xbox cuts and wider layoffs i

Topics: cuts layoffs microsoft month xbox

Shop Amazon

NordVPN Coupon and Discount Codes: 76% Off

wired.com Scott Gilbertson 2025-09-01 19:39:00

Whether you're worried about the open network at your local coffee shop or want to get around geo-restrictions when you're traveling, NordVPN can help. A virtual private network (VPN) is like a protective tunnel, keeping your data safe from prying eyes. VPNs aren’t perfect protection (you need to trust your VPN provider), but they’re always going to be better than nothing when you’re using a public hotspot. They also make it easy to continue to watch your favorite shows even when you’re on vacat

Topics: months nordvpn plan plans year

Shop Amazon

AI agents will threaten humans to achieve their goals, Anthropic report finds

zdnet.com Webb Wright 2025-09-03 00:23:00

BlackJack3D/Getty Images The Greek myth of King Midas is a parable of hubris: seeking fabulous wealth, the king is granted the power to turn all he touches to solid gold--but this includes, tragically, his food and his daughter. The point is that the short-sightedness of humans can often lead us into trouble in the long run. In the AI community, this has become known as the King Midas problem. A new safety report from Anthropic found that leading models can subvert, betray, and endanger their

Topics: ai anthropic claude company models

Shop Amazon

Show HN: Ariadne – A Rust implementation of aperiodic cryptography

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-04 06:54:06

Ariadne Suite ariadne.ciphernomad.org This repository contains the Ariadne Suite, our canonical Rust implementation of the Ariadne Protocol. The protocol is a novel cryptographic architecture we designed around the Labyrinth Construction to provide aperiodic, or non-repeating, cryptographic transformations. The project mission is to create resilient, open-source tools for digital sovereignty. This is independent research, released as a public good. Its continuation, development, and future s

Topics: ariadne cryptographic labyrinth protocol secret

Shop Amazon

Midjourney Released an AI Video Generator: How You Can Get Started

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-04 06:38:00

The popular AI image platform Midjourney released a new AI-video generator on Wednesday. The new V1 video model lets you create 5-second AI videos from images you create on the platform or upload. Founder David Holz announced the video model in a blog post. This generator could one day compete with other generative-AI video options, like OpenAI's Sora and Google's Flow. Subscriptions for Midjourney's V1 start at $10 per month for 3.3 hours of "fast" GPU time. According to Holz, a "video job" co

Topics: ai image midjourney month video

Shop Amazon

T-Mobile may soon offer 36 month installment plans, versus the current 24-month default

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-05 20:49:36

Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR A new report claims T-Mobile is at least considering 36-month EIPs, versus its current two-month contract for new devices. Not only is there an internal report claiming such a program is the in the works, a few smarwatches briefly showed the new terms live on T-Mobile’s website before they were reverted back. It’s possible 36-month EIP program will only apply to select devices like watches and tablets, though it’s also certainly possible the carrier has po

Topics: 36 mobile month new plans

Shop Amazon

Marvel's 'Ironheart': Release Date and How to Watch

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-06 15:00:04

You can watch a full lineup of Marvel shows and movies on Disney Plus, including Daredevil: Born Again, Black Panther and Agatha All Along. The service starts at $10 per month for a basic subscription with ads, with options to stream ad-free or to save money with a bundle. The Disney Bundle packages the service with Hulu and/or ESPN Plus, and there's a newer bundle pack that includes Max, Hulu and Disney Plus starting at $17 per month. Read our Disney Plus review.

Topics: bundle disney hulu month plus

Shop Amazon

Christopher Eccleston’s ‘Doctor Who’ Regeneration Remains One of the Show’s Best

gizmodo.com James Whitbrook 2025-09-08 04:00:53

Twenty years ago this week, the first season of the revived era of Doctor Who came to an end with “The Parting of the Ways,” as did the tenure of Christopher Eccleston’s Ninth Doctor. Ready to sacrifice it all to stop the Daleks, the Ninth Doctor’s final moments remain a vital moment in Doctor Who history. It was the first time in decades since Doctor Who had asked its audience to trust in the magic of the series’ defining trick to survival and re-invention: the magic of regeneration itself. Ec

Topics: doctor final ninth regeneration series

Shop Amazon

The Missing 11th of the Month (2015)

news.ycombinator.com David Hagen 2025-09-08 03:45:46

The Missing 11th of the Month Source xkcd. Image licensed under CC-BY-NC. On November 28th, 2012, Randall Munroe published an xkcd comic that was a calendar in which the size of each date was proportional to how often each date is referenced by its ordinal name (e.g. "October 14th") in the Google Ngrams database since 2000. Most of the large days are pretty much what you would expect: July 4th, December 25th, the 1st of every month, the last day of most months, and of course a September 11th t

Topics: 11th day january nth year

Shop Amazon

T-Mobile Debuts New Prepaid Plans With 5-Year Price Guarantee

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-09 03:25:21

T-Mobile has debuted new prepaid plans with a bump in data for its cheapest month-to-month plans, but the big upgrade is T-Mobile's guarantee that its prices won't change for the next five years, a feature on some of the best phone plans. T-Mobile introduced its five-year price guarantee on its premium plans back in April to appeal to subscribers wary of rising costs. As consumers worry about tariff-related price increases and the potential of a recession, it's a savvy move for the carrier to e

Topics: mobile month plans prepaid unlimited

Shop Amazon

Here are the best streaming service deals available right now

theverge.com Sheena Vasani 2025-09-09 12:37:08

So far, 2025 has been a great year for watching new, must-see TV shows and movies on subscription services. But if you, like many of us, have more concurrent subscriptions than you care to admit, you’ll agree that keeping up with the latest each month is expensive. They may not cost as much as most of the tech we cover, but it adds up. If you’re trying to cut down on your expenses, you might be able to do so while holding onto your precious subscriptions. Attempting to cancel your service is a

Topics: 99 ad free month plus

Shop Amazon

Anthropic now lets developers use Claude Code with any remote MCP server

zdnet.com Sabrina Ortiz 2025-09-10 00:00:00

Sabrina Ortiz/ZDNET Anthropic pioneered the Model Context Protocol (MCP) open standard for connecting AI assistants and agents to data systems seamlessly and securely. Since MCP's introduction last year, the standard has become increasingly adopted across the industry, including by Microsoft, OpenAI, and Google. Now, the company is expanding capabilities for developers. Claude Code support for remote MCP On Wednesday, Anthropic announced that it would allow users to integrate Claude Code with

Topics: anthropic claude code developers mcp

Shop Amazon

The best VPS hosting services for 2025: Expert tested

zdnet.com Marshall Gunnell 2025-09-11 00:30:14

Ionos is my top choice for VPS hosting at the moment, as it offers a good balance of price, customization, and security, making it a solid option for businesses of most sizes. Why we like it: Ionos makes VPS hosting easy, especially if you like having options to tweak things to your liking. You can adjust the server setup to fit precisely what you need. The control panel is straightforward, so you don't have to be super technical to get things going, and the learning curve isn't steep. Also: B

Topics: ionos like month offers vps

Shop Amazon

The best streaming deals: Get three months of Audible for only $3, plus save on Disney+, Starz and more

engadget.com Unknown 2025-09-11 02:01:26

Engadget has been testing and reviewing consumer tech since 2004. Our stories may include affiliate links; if you buy something through a link, we may earn a commission. Read more about how we evaluate products . Streaming services keep raising prices. At this point, if you subscribe to all the major services out there, you're basically paying the same price as cable — those antiquated local monopolies that streaming was supposed to save us from. But streaming still has one big advantage over t

Topics: access month percent streaming tv

Shop Amazon

The Interpretable AI playbook: What Anthropic’s research means for your enterprise LLM strategy

venturebeat.com Ross Teixeira 2025-09-11 04:01:08

Join the event trusted by enterprise leaders for nearly two decades. VB Transform brings together the people building real enterprise AI strategy. Learn more Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei made an urgent push in April for the need to understand how AI models think. This comes at a crucial time. As Anthropic battles in global AI rankings, it’s important to note what sets it apart from other top AI labs. Since its founding in 2021, when seven OpenAI employees broke off over concerns about AI safety,

Topics: ai amodei anthropic interpretability models

Shop Amazon

AWS' custom chip strategy is showing results, and cutting into Nvidia's AI dominance

cnbc.com Kristina Partsinevelos 2025-09-11 16:50:00

Amazon Web Services is set to announce an update to its Graviton4 chip that includes 600 gigabytes per second of network bandwidth, what the company calls the highest offering in the public cloud. Ali Saidi, a distinguished engineer at AWS, likened the speed to a machine reading 100 music CDs a second. Graviton4, a central processing unit, or CPU, is one of many chip products that come from Amazon's Annapurna Labs in Austin, Texas. The chip is a win for the company's custom strategy and puttin

Topics: ai amazon anthropic aws chip

Shop Amazon

Anysphere launches a $200-a-month Cursor AI coding subscription

techcrunch.com Maxwell Zeff 2025-09-12 08:45:37

Anysphere launched a new $200-a-month subscription plan for its popular AI coding tool, Cursor, the company announced in a blog post on Monday. The new plan, Ultra, offers users 20x more usage on AI models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google DeepMind, and xAI compared to the company’s $20-a-month subscription plan, Pro. Anysphere also says Cursor users on the Ultra plan will get priority access to new features. Anysphere CEO Michael Truell said in a blog that the Ultra plan was made possible throug

Topics: ai anthropic anysphere cursor plan

Shop Amazon

Trump Mobile is a bad deal

theverge.com Jacob Kastrenakes 2025-09-14 11:05:38

is The Verge’s executive editor. He has covered tech, policy, and online creators for over a decade. Trump Mobile launched this morning with a single prepaid wireless plan and the promise of nationwide coverage for $47.45 per month. For that price, you get unlimited talk and texting, international calling, plus 20GB of “high-speed” cell and hotspot data, which a customer support representative told me is 5G. But while the plan’s price might have been selected to appeal to Trump fans (he is th

Topics: mobile month prepaid service trump

Shop Amazon

Jensen Huang hits back at Anthropic CEO's warning that AI will eliminate half of white-collar jobs

techspot.com Rob Thubron 2025-09-15 11:51:00

What just happened? Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's recent warning that AI could wipe out about half of all entry-level white-collar jobs in the next five years has been disputed by Nvidia boss Jensen Huang. It's not the first time the two companies have clashed, and Anthropic has hit back with claims that Huang is putting words into Amodei's mouth. Amodei made his ominous prediction about AI's impact on entry-level, white-collar jobs in May, warning that the eradication of these positions will le

Topics: ai amodei anthropic huang jobs

Shop Amazon

Latest Tech News

Court says AI training on books is fair use but Anthropic must face trial over pirated copies

Judge backs AI firm over use of copyrighted books

Judge OKs Anthropic's Use of Copyrighted Books in AI Training. That's Bad News for Creators

Key fair use ruling clarifies when books can be used for AI training

Judge rules Anthropic's AI training on copyrighted materials is fair use

A federal judge sides with Anthropic in lawsuit over training AI on books

Anthropic Scores a Landmark AI Copyright Win—but Will Face Trial Over Piracy Claims

Judge rules Anthropic did not violate authors' copyrights with AI book training

Judge sides with Anthropic over training AI on books without authors' permission

Anthropic wins a major fair use victory for AI — but it’s still in trouble for stealing books

A federal judge sides with Anthropic in lawsuit over training AI on books without authors’ permission

Microsoft planning ‘major’ Xbox layoffs next week

NordVPN Coupon and Discount Codes: 76% Off

AI agents will threaten humans to achieve their goals, Anthropic report finds

Show HN: Ariadne – A Rust implementation of aperiodic cryptography

Midjourney Released an AI Video Generator: How You Can Get Started

T-Mobile may soon offer 36 month installment plans, versus the current 24-month default

Marvel's 'Ironheart': Release Date and How to Watch

Christopher Eccleston’s ‘Doctor Who’ Regeneration Remains One of the Show’s Best

The Missing 11th of the Month (2015)

T-Mobile Debuts New Prepaid Plans With 5-Year Price Guarantee

Here are the best streaming service deals available right now

Anthropic now lets developers use Claude Code with any remote MCP server

The best VPS hosting services for 2025: Expert tested

The best streaming deals: Get three months of Audible for only $3, plus save on Disney+, Starz and more

The Interpretable AI playbook: What Anthropic’s research means for your enterprise LLM strategy

AWS' custom chip strategy is showing results, and cutting into Nvidia's AI dominance

Anysphere launches a $200-a-month Cursor AI coding subscription

Trump Mobile is a bad deal

Jensen Huang hits back at Anthropic CEO's warning that AI will eliminate half of white-collar jobs

About GoKawiil

Privacy

Advertising

Latest Tech News

Trending Topics

Hot Now

Popular

Emerging

About GoKawiil

Privacy

Advertising