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British authors want Meta to answer for alleged copyright infringement

Engadget

The Society of Authors have published an open letter calling for UK Secretary of State Lisa Nandy to hold Meta accountable for possible copyright infringement regarding its LLM, Llama 3. Signatories of the letter include successful British authors Richard Osman, Kazuo Ishiguro, Val McDermid and Sarah Waters.

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Stream Driven by Cause Now, With Kay Sprinkel Grace, Renowned Author, Consultant and International Speaker

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Listen to Kay Sprinkel Grace, renowned author, consultant, and international speaker. The author of numerous novels including Beyond Fundraising, and her best-selling book, The Ultimate Board Member's Book, and recipient of multiple awards including The AFP Global Fundraising Professional of the Year Award.

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‘The bad news is, this was fake’: The tear-jerking story of author Barbara Miller was a marketing stunt, influencer says

Fast Company Tech

A viral TikTok video showing an empty book signing for an elderly author tugged at millions of heartsuntil it was exposed as an alleged marketing stunt. The book in question, Just Cuz , was reportedly written by Barbara Miller as a tribute to her late husband, Marv.

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Neutered: Federal court strikes down FCC authority to impose net neutrality rules

TechSpot

The Federal Communications Commission's long-standing effort to establish stronger oversight of the internet was dealt a decisive blow this week when the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the FCC lacks the authority to regulate wireless and home broadband services under the same set of rules that have traditionally.

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A Stytch in time: Connected Apps untangles authorization tie-ups for AI agents

VentureBeat

AI agents are set to change ID authorization: As they integrate behind the scenes, they will need to move seamlessly between different apps on our behalf, and not get continually halted by login screens, lest they become cumbersome. Every app, or almost every app, will need to function as its own

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An Ars Technica history of the Internet, part 1

Ars Technica

Authors re-creation of Bob Taylors office with three teletypes. Each one was connected to a different mainframe computer. They all worked slightly differently, and it was frustrating to remember multiple procedures to log in and retrieve information.

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DeepMind has detailed all the ways AGI could wreck the world

Ars Technica

While some in the AI field believe AGI is a pipe dream, the authors of the DeepMind paper project that it could happen by 2030. Researchers at DeepMind have been working on this problem and have released a new technical paper (PDF), which you can download at your convenience.

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