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Litigate or License? News Publishers Struggle With Letting AI Have Their Content
Media companies are choosing sides, with some trying to protect their content in court while others make deals
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How Shein and Temu Snuck Up on Amazon
The Chinese-owned platforms represent the biggest threat to its e-commerce empire in recent memory.
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Scarlett Johansson’s Agent Tells OpenAI to ‘Slow Down’ to Ensure Products Get Built ‘Transparently, Ethically and Responsibly’
The company firmly denies that the “Sky” voice feature was a deliberate imitation of the “Her” actress
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Washington Post Expands Use of AI After Losing $77 Million in Last Year
“The way I see us operate is we have A.I. everywhere. We have A.I. in our newsroom; we have A.I. with our consumers; we have A.I. in the business,” its chief technology officer tells staff
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‘Atlas’ Director Brad Peyton Didn’t Want to Say ‘AI Is All Bad’ in Jennifer Lopez Netflix Movie
“I wanted to do something that is completely unique,” the filmmaker tells TheWrap of his sci-fi extravaganza
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Scarlett Johansson Gets Support From SAG-AFTRA and Actors Over OpenAI Voice Scandal: ‘Just the Beginning’
Mark Ruffalo, Rob Delaney, Justine Bateman and more speak out after ChatGPT’s Sky feature was accused of sounding eerily like the “Her” actress
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OpenAI Pulls ChatGPT Voice ‘Sky’ After Users Say It Sounds Like Scarlett Johansson in ‘Her’
“Sky’s voice is not an imitation of Scarlett Johansson but belongs to a different professional actress,” OpenAI says
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OpenAI Wants To Get Big Fast, and Four More Takeaways From a Wild Week in AI News | Commentary
Ignore the flirty bot, OpenAI’s big strategic play became clearer this week.
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PlayStation Names Hideaki Nishino and Hermen Hulst as New CEOs
They replace former CEO Jim Ryan, who retired in March
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Bumble Founder’s Dystopian Vision for the Future of Dating Is Straight From a ‘Black Mirror’ Episode
Whitney Wolfe Herd imagines a world in which people’s AIs can date each other
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Apple Admits Divisive ‘Crush’ iPad Pro Ad ‘Missed the Mark’: ‘Creativity Is in Our DNA’
Apple confirms that the commercial spot will no longer air on TV
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Hugh Grant, Justine Bateman and More Slam Apple for iPad Pro ‘Crush’ Ad: ‘Truly, What Is Wrong With You?’
“Just imagine all the things it’ll be used to create,” Apple CEO Tim Cook says of the controversial new commercial
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AI Copying Is Not The Same As Human Copying | Commentary
Artists have built on the creative blocks of others forever, but that’s a false equivalence. GenAI’s wholesale “taking” is entirely different.
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TikTok Owner ByteDance Sues Federal Government Over US Ban of Social Media Platform
The Chinese parent company says the ban, signed last month, violates the First Amendment rights of U.S. users
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Dotdash Meredith Inks Licensing Partnership With OpenAI
The People and Entertainment Weekly publisher chooses paid partnership over litigation to compensate for training ChatGPT