Anthropic has received final court approval for its $1.5 billion settlement in a class action lawsuit over copyright infringement related to its AI training data. The settlement will pay $3,000 per copyrighted work to authors and publishers for about 500,000 works. While the judge ruled that training AI on copyrighted text is fair use, Anthropic was found to have illegally downloaded books from pirate sites, leading to the settlement to avoid trial. This case does not set a nationwide legal precedent, and similar lawsuits against other AI companies like Google and OpenAI continue, keeping the legal debate over AI training data unresolved.
Barret Zoph, co-founder of AI startup Thinking Machines and former OpenAI executive, has left OpenAI after a brief return to join Google as vice president of research. Zoph's move highlights the high turnover in the AI industry, especially at OpenAI,...
Over 100 leading tech companies, including OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, and cybersecurity firms like Crowdstrike, have signed an open letter calling for joint efforts between private and public sectors to combat increasing AI-enabled cyber threats. The...
Google introduced a special-edition Fitbit Air that integrates with Pokémon Sleep, a game that rewards players for healthy sleep habits by turning sleep into a gameplay experience. This device tracks daily movement, heart rate, and sleep quality, syn...
Dan Ives highlighted six AI stocks—Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon, Palantir, CrowdStrike, and NVIDIA—as leaders in the next AI growth phase during a CNBC broadcast. All these stocks were already held in his Dan Ives Wedbush AI Revolution ETF, but this w...
Google has enhanced its AI Mode to act as a virtual travel agent, allowing users to plan and book trips through conversational search. Users can now track flight prices, book hotels, and view costs in points or miles. The tool aggregates options from...
