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Is paying artists enough to convince them to embrace AI? (theverge.com)

2026-08-02 | by Charles Pulliam-Moore | tags: pippa, generative artificial intelligence, hogan shrum

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A Surveillance Treaty in Disguise: Canada Signs UN Cybercrime Convention (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-01 | by Michael Geist | tags: un cybercrime convention, canada, un general assembly

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Major Publisher Cans $2.4 Million Book Deal After Author Was Accused of Using AI, for a Very Cynical Reason (futurism.com)

2026-07-31 | by Victor Tangermann | tags: macmillan, minotaur, ai writing

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I built a f.lux alternative because the M5 Max firmware broke existing solutions (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: f.lux, m5 max, firmware

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Better to Beg Forgiveness (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: creative commons, copyright law, fair use

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The EU's Right to Repair directive kicks in today (engadget.com)

2026-07-31 | by Daniel Cooper | tags: eu right to repair, apple iphone, samsung galaxy

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The major labels propose rules to keep AI slop off the charts (theverge.com)

2026-07-31 | by Terrence O'Brien | tags: generative ai, record charts, music industry

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Montana’s plan to become an experimental medical hub just pushed forward (technologyreview.com)

2026-07-30 | by Jessica Hamzelou | tags: montana, fda, longevity

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How I use statistics and my law degree to fight human-rights abuses (feeds.nature.com)

2026-07-30 | by Crowell | tags: international criminal court, human rights abuses, amnesty international

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Bright Machines says its new hybrid robot cell could help solve a major AI infrastructure bottleneck (venturebeat.com)

2026-07-29 | tags: bright machines, hybrid brc, bright factory

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Logitech to ship mice with replaceable batteries in Europe only, following Nintendo (techspot.com)

2026-07-29 | by Daniel Sims | tags: logitech, replaceable batteries, lithium-ion

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Artists are lawyering up against AI slop, and some are even winning (theverge.com)

2026-07-29 | by Terrence O'Brien | tags: artists, anthropic, copyright

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OpenAI tells ChatGPT to stop impersonating famous authors (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-28 | tags: openai, chatgpt, anthropic

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ChatGPT can no longer help rip off your favorite author (androidauthority.com)

2026-07-28 | tags: openai, chatgpt, copyright

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ChatGPT is now refusing requests to write in famous authors' styles (engadget.com)

2026-07-28 | by Mariella Moon | tags: openai, chatgpt, ars technica

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An artist is suing an AI meme generator for selling his viral comic as ad templates (techspot.com)

2026-07-28 | by Skye Jacobs | tags: memes.ai, mems apps, elmer saflor

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DConf 2026 in London (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-27 | tags: d programming language, symphony investments, brightspace events

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The Odyssey got bootlegged on X, but the internet cared more about the memes (techspot.com)

2026-07-27 | by Julio Franco | tags: the odyssey, x platform, christopher nolan

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ChatGPT starts blocking direct requests to copy an author's style (arstechnica.com)

2026-07-27 | tags: openai, chatgpt, authors

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AI Found a New Way to Ruin Memes: Selling Them to Advertisers (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-27 | tags: running away balloon, copyright, advertisers

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Artist sues AI meme generator for selling deeply personal comic as ad template (arstechnica.com)

2026-07-27 | tags: memes.ai, elmer saflor, ai meme generator

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Google's Anti-search-scraping Lawsuit Dismissed (slashdot.org)

2026-07-26 | by Posted | tags: google, serpapi, digital millennium copyright act

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Kill The Cookie Banner (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-26 | tags: cookie banners, eu privacy law, online tracking

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Show HN: Writemark, a dependency free web component for inline Markdown editing (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-25 | tags: writemark, markdown, web component

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AI doesn’t solve creativity (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-23 | tags: ai explore, choose, choose right

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Edtech platform raises $4.5M to help teach students how to vibe code (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-23 | by Dominic-Madori Davis | tags: imagi, lovable, openai

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When your job conflicts with your values (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-23 | tags: ethics, workplace values, corporate social responsibility

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Why Lettuce Is Always Making People Sick (wired.com)

2026-07-22 | by Emily Mullin | tags: taylor farms, cyclosporiasis, leafy greens

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‘Good design takes mastery’: scientific illustrators sketch out AI’s future (feeds.nature.com)

2026-07-22 | by Anne Pichon | tags: scientific illustration, d’oliveira, copyright

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'VPNs are lawful technical tools,' says EU Court in landmark copyright ruling (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-21 | by Rene Millman | tags: vpn, eu court, anne frank