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Perplexity's definition of copyright gets it sued by the dictionary

engadget.com Unknown 2025-09-30 05:34:08

Merriam-Webster and its parent company Encyclopedia Britannica are the latest to take on AI in court. The plaintiffs have sued Perplexity, claiming that AI company's "answer engine" product unlawfully copies their copyrighted materials. They are also alleging copyright infringement for instances where Perplexity's AI creates false or inaccurate hallucinations that it then wrongly attributes to Britannica or Merriam-Webster. The complaint , filed in New York federal court, is seeking unspecified

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FTC commissioner questions status of Snap AI chatbot complaint: 'People deserve answers'

cnbc.com Jonathan Vanian 2025-10-09 15:50:16

U.S. Federal Trade Commission Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter raised questions on Friday about the status of an artificial intelligence chatbot complaint against Snap that the agency referred to the Department of Justice earlier this year. In January, the FTC announced that it would refer a non-public complaint regarding allegations that Snap's My AI chatbot posed potential "risks and harms" to young users and said it would refer the suit to the DOJ "in the public interest." "We don't know what

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“This telegram must be closely paraphrased before being communicated to anyone”

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-20 02:39:47

It appears that it was US military communications doctrine to not send the exact same message twice using different encryption ("none" counting as one type of encryption), and the term of art for changing a message to avoid that was indeed "paraphrase". I managed to dig up a US Army document on Cryptology from roughly that era that appears to discuss paraphrasing. The document in question is Department of the Army Technical Manual TM 32-220(pdf), dated 1950, titled "BASIC CRYPTOGRAPHY". It appa

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"This telegram must be closely paraphrased before being communicated" Why?

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-20 12:39:47

It appears that it was US military communications doctrine to not send the exact same message twice using different encryption ("none" counting as one type of encryption), and the term of art for changing a message to avoid that was indeed "paraphrase". I managed to dig up a US Army document on Cryptology from roughly that era that appears to discuss paraphrasing. The document in question is Department of the Army Technical Manual TM 32-220(pdf), dated 1950, titled "BASIC CRYPTOGRAPHY". It appa

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SSA Whistleblower’s Resignation Email Mysteriously Disappeared From Inboxes

wired.com Makena Kelly 2025-10-20 19:49:36

On Friday, the Social Security Administration’s chief data officer, Chuck Borges, sent an email to agency staff claiming that he was forcibly removed from his position after filing a whistleblower complaint this week accusing the agency of mishandling sensitive agency data. Minutes after the email went out, it disappeared from employee inboxes, two SSA sources tell WIRED. “I am regretfully and involuntarily leaving my position at the Social Security Administration (SSA),” Borges wrote in the re

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Tesla said it didn't have key data in a fatal crash, then a hacker found it

news.ycombinator.com Trisha Thadani 2025-10-22 00:15:39

Years after a Tesla driver using Autopilot plowed into a young Florida couple in 2019, crucial electronic data detailing how the fatal wreck unfolded was missing. The information was key for a wrongful death case the survivor and the victim’s family were building against Tesla, but the company said it didn’t have the data. Then a self-described hacker, enlisted by the plaintiffs to decode the contents of a chip they recovered from the vehicle, found it while sipping a Venti-size hot chocolate a

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Tesla said it didn't have key data in a fatal crash. Then a hacker found it

news.ycombinator.com Trisha Thadani 2025-10-22 10:15:39

Years after a Tesla driver using Autopilot plowed into a young Florida couple in 2019, crucial electronic data detailing how the fatal wreck unfolded was missing. The information was key for a wrongful death case the survivor and the victim’s family were building against Tesla, but the company said it didn’t have the data. Then a self-described hacker, enlisted by the plaintiffs to decode the contents of a chip they recovered from the vehicle, found it while sipping a Venti-size hot chocolate a

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Staff fear UK's Turing AI Institute at risk of collapse

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-11-24 18:01:26

Staff fear UK's Turing AI Institute at risk of collapse 5 hours ago Share Save Zoe Kleinman Technology editor Joshua Nevett Political reporter Share Save EPA Staff at the UK's national institute for artificial intelligence (AI) have warned the charity is at risk of collapse, after Technology Secretary Peter Kyle threatened to withdraw its funding. Workers at the Alan Turing Institute raised a series of "serious and escalating concerns" in a whistleblowing complaint submitted to the Charity Co

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“We Miss All the Trains to Get Rich”: The Real Story of Crypto and the Black Community

gizmodo.com Luc Olinga 2025-12-01 20:23:51

I’ve been at the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) Annual Convention in Cleveland since August 6. I came expecting to hear about the state of our industry under Donald Trump’s second presidency, especially how to navigate the administration’s anti-DEI policies, which many in the Black community see as a direct attack on progress. I thought the talk would be about AI: how to use it, how to control it, and whether it was a threat to our profession. I definitely did not expect to ta

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Hackers fooled Cognizant help desk, says Clorox in $380M cyberattack lawsuit

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-12-31 10:20:40

Clorox is suing IT giant Cognizant for gross negligence, alleging it enabled a massive August 2023 cyberattack by resetting an employee's password for a hacker without first verifying their identity. The incident was first made public in September 2023, reportedly carried out by hackers associated with Scattered Spider, who utilized a social engineering attack to breach the company. The lawsuit says Cognizant provided IT services to Clorox, including service desk support and identity managemen

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India expands its e-commerce crackdown with a new $200M case against Walmart’s fashion arm Myntra

techcrunch.com Jagmeet Singh 2025-12-31 15:52:30

India’s financial crime watchdog has filed a complaint against Walmart-backed fashion e-commerce giant Myntra, alleging the company violated foreign investment rules by channeling over $191 million through a related-party scheme that disguised retail operations as wholesale trade. This complaint marks the latest move in a broader crackdown by Indian authorities, which previously targeted Amazon and Flipkart. On Wednesday, the Enforcement Directorate said the Bengaluru-based fashion e-commerce

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Apple dodges iOS 13-era suit over background data usage (for now)

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2026-01-09 20:30:34

A years-old lawsuit accusing Apple of burning through users’ mobile data won’t be moving forward as a class action, but it might still be pursued individually. Here’s what happened. The case involves unauthorized cellular data usage, even when Wi-Fi was available The case, originally filed by user Alasdair Turner in 2020, claims that iOS 13 sent data over cellular networks even after users had specifically disabled mobile access for certain apps. That background activity was allegedly mislabe

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Analogue’s 4K N64 has been delayed again, but only by a month

theverge.com Andrew Webster 2026-01-16 15:00:39

The Analogue 3D has been hit with another delay, but should still be launching this summer. In an update on its preorder website, Analogue explained that it’s modern take on the Nintendo 64 “is now shipping in late August 2025,” after previously aiming for July. The company said in a separate statement that the decision was made due to the ever-changing situation around US tariffs. “Following last week’s sudden tariff changes, Analogue 3D will now begin shipping next month,” the company explain

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US court strikes down 'click-to-cancel' rule designed to make unsubscribing easy

news.ycombinator.com Joseph Gedeon 2026-01-29 02:59:31

A federal rule designed to make canceling subscriptions as easy as signing up for them has been struck down by a US federal appeals court just days before it was scheduled to take effect. The US court of appeals for the eighth circuit vacated the Federal Trade Commission’s “click-to-cancel” rule, which would have required companies to allow consumers to cancel subscriptions using the same method they used to sign up, after finding that the commission behind it failed to follow required procedur

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Alan Tudyk Says Even Scenes Cut From ‘Andor’ Season 2 Made the Show Better

gizmodo.com Cheryl Eddy 2026-02-01 05:10:54

Fans of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story had long anticipated K-2SO‘s arrival on Andor. Considering the hulking droid voiced by Alan Tudyk plays a huge part in the movie, the Disney+ show was duty-bound to explain how he first crosses paths with Cassian Andor (Diego Luna). However, as it turned out, K-2SO’s role in the series wasn’t as expansive as some might’ve predicted. There’s a practical reason for that; as Andor creator Tony Gilroy explained back in April, bringing in such a physically conspi

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Fubo pays $3.4M to settle claims it illegally shared user data with advertisers

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-02-02 00:21:11

Fubo has agreed to pay $3.4 million to settle a class-action lawsuit that accused the sports-streaming service provider of unlawfully distributing customers' personally identifiable information (PII) without their consent. In December 2023, Ne’Tosha Burdette filed a complaint [PDF] against Fubo with the stated goal of stopping Fubo’s "unlawful disclosure of its customers'" PII. The complaint argued that Fubo violated the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA), “which prohibits the disclosure of co

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Nobody has a personality anymore: we are products with labels

news.ycombinator.com Freya India 2026-02-03 12:16:37

Therapy-speak has taken over our language. It is ruining how we talk about romance and relationships, narrowing how we think about hurt and suffering, and now, we are losing the words for who we are. Nobody has a personality anymore. In a therapeutic culture, every personality trait becomes a problem to be solved. Anything too human—every habit, every eccentricity, every feeling too strong—has to be labelled and explained. And this inevitably expands over time, encompassing more and more of us,

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Meta wins AI copyright case, but judge says others could bring lawsuits

cnbc.com Jonathan Vanian 2026-02-19 23:52:35

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg makes a keynote speech during the Meta Connect annual event, at the company's headquarters in Menlo Park, California, on Sept. 25, 2024. Meta on Wednesday prevailed against a group of 13 authors in a major copyright case involving the company's Llama artificial intelligence model, but the judge made clear his ruling was limited to this case. U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria sided with Meta's argument that the company's use of books to train its large language model

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DOJ files to seize $225 million in crypto from scammers

theverge.com Adi Robertson 2026-03-07 00:53:53

The Department of Justice reported yesterday that it filed a civil complaint to seize roughly $225.3 million in cryptocurrency linked to crypto investment scams. In a press release, the DOJ said it traced and targeted accounts that were “part of a sophisticated blockchain-based money laundering network” dispersing funds taken from more than 400 suspected victims of fraud. The 75-page complaint filed in the US District Court for the District of Columbia lays out more detail about the seizure. Ac

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ISP sued by record labels agrees to identify 100 users accused of piracy

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-11-13 00:23:38

Cable company Altice agreed to give Warner and other record labels the names and contact information of 100 broadband subscribers who were accused of pirating songs. The subscribers "were the subject of RIAA or third party copyright notices," said a court order that approved the agreement between Altice and the plaintiff record companies. Altice is notifying each subscriber "of Altice's intent to disclose their name and contact information to Plaintiffs pursuant to this Order," and telling the

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Perplexity's definition of copyright gets it sued by the dictionary

FTC commissioner questions status of Snap AI chatbot complaint: 'People deserve answers'

“This telegram must be closely paraphrased before being communicated to anyone”

"This telegram must be closely paraphrased before being communicated" Why?

SSA Whistleblower’s Resignation Email Mysteriously Disappeared From Inboxes

Tesla said it didn't have key data in a fatal crash, then a hacker found it

Tesla said it didn't have key data in a fatal crash. Then a hacker found it

Staff fear UK's Turing AI Institute at risk of collapse

“We Miss All the Trains to Get Rich”: The Real Story of Crypto and the Black Community

Hackers fooled Cognizant help desk, says Clorox in $380M cyberattack lawsuit

India expands its e-commerce crackdown with a new $200M case against Walmart’s fashion arm Myntra

Apple dodges iOS 13-era suit over background data usage (for now)

Analogue’s 4K N64 has been delayed again, but only by a month

US court strikes down 'click-to-cancel' rule designed to make unsubscribing easy

Alan Tudyk Says Even Scenes Cut From ‘Andor’ Season 2 Made the Show Better

Fubo pays $3.4M to settle claims it illegally shared user data with advertisers

Nobody has a personality anymore: we are products with labels

Meta wins AI copyright case, but judge says others could bring lawsuits

DOJ files to seize $225 million in crypto from scammers

ISP sued by record labels agrees to identify 100 users accused of piracy

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