Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 7, 2013

We’re grateful to our socially responsible publishing partners who give us world rights to their titles, even though they are not required to do so under international copyright law. The third pillar of Bookshare International is developing new language capabilities. We have built Bookshare International upon three principles.

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Engadget

MARCH 26, 2025

Utah Governor Spencer Cox has signed the App Store Accountability Act into law, making it the first state to require that app store makers verify their users' ages. We've reached out to Apple and Google for comment now that the bill has been signed into law.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 9, 2013

Random House Mondadori and Expanding the Spanish-language Bookshare Program Benetech’s strong relationships with numerous partners across sectors are fundamental to our continued success. We, too, are working hard to expand Bookshare into more geographies and languages. Spanish publishing is one of the hottest digital battlegrounds.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 31, 2025

For instance, if an investor asks a RAG-powered system whether a particular company looks like a good investment, the search process might surface parts of the business’s financial filings using that kind of language, like favorable quotes from the CEO, rather than conducting an in-depth analysis based on criteria for picking a stock.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 15, 2021

A startup out of Berlin that’s built and grown a successful online language learning platform based around live teachers and virtual classrooms is announcing some funding today to continue expanding its business. “We want the whole world to be learning languages,” Shangkuan said. “That is our vision.”

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 7, 2013

This is satisfied by having a law like the Chafee Amendment in the U.S., or similar laws in other countries like India and the EU. The Three Step Test This arcane bit of international copyright law caused a lot of concern among advocates that it might be a Trojan horse for more extensive commerciality requirements.

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TechSpot

JANUARY 14, 2022

The bipartisan law is called the "Terms-of-service Labeling, Design, and Readability Act"—the TLDR Act. Congress has proposed legislation that would require online companies to post a summary of their terms of service (ToS) agreements on their websites. It's sponsored by Representative Lori Trahan, Senator Bill Cassidy, and Senator Ben Ray.

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Association Analytics

AUGUST 14, 2023

The most popular model today is called a Large Language Model (LLM) , which is trained on massive text datasets. LLMs are meant to produce conversational human language responses. Types of AI Tools To start, it’s important to know about some of the models already available to the public.

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Engadget

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Were OpenAI purely a for-profit company with traditional shares Musk's bid would likely trigger what's known in corporate law as a Revlon moment, where, under certain circumstances, the company's board of directors would be forced to sell the company to the highest bidder to maximize shareholder profits.

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The Verge

MARCH 24, 2022

While the law isn’t passed yet, the language the EU’s referring to could compel companies like Apple and Meta to open up systems that they formerly controlled completely. The language in the press release is unclear on whether the big apps would have to work together (eg.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

She points to a paper from OpenAI the same company that partnered with Apple for news summarizationwhich concluded that well-calibrated language models must hallucinate as part of their creative process. California recently passed a law requiring AI literacy to be incorporated into K-12 curricula starting this fall.

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The Verge

AUGUST 7, 2020

Especially in antitrust law,” according to The Markup. Google spokesperson Julie Tarallo McAlister said in an email to The Verge that the training documents are “completely standard competition law compliance trainings that most large companies provide to their employees” and have been in place for more than a decade. “We

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 1, 2021

Odds are your emails are going to spam folders and are in violation of email compliance laws that require opt-out information and a mailing address to be prominently featured in all email campaigns. Open Data Project Language Sponsors. 7% send their email newsletters via BCC.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 15, 2014

I have previously written about the top issues addressed by the Treaty , but to recap, the Treaty is a wonderful instrument because it requires exceptions for people who are blind or have other print disabilities in national copyright laws. HathiTrust.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 24, 2010

and as far as I know, most of the other exceptions) law, there is no approval or authorization by other entities, whether government, publishing industry or the disability consumer organizations. Compare that to the fair use exception, which has plenty of case law. As long as we obey the law, they are unlikely to sue us.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2010

We now have global permissions for around 8,000 copyrighted books out of our 70,000. •

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Engadget

APRIL 1, 2025

Artists across the creative industries have also recently protested the UK government's December 2024 proposal to change copyright law. The shift would provide AI developers with a copyright exemption and require creatives to "opt out" or allow access to their materials.

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Engadget

APRIL 1, 2025

The company never explicitly stated why it limited access to Find My in South Korea, but it appeared to be related to local laws that could have allowed the government access to the location data. Without Find My, they are basically just puck-shaped paperweights. The service first appeared during a beta test of iOS 18.4,

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

by donors, grantors, governing boards, or by law.???. For international organizations, you may face additional complexity such as handling multiple currencies and multiple languages. Support multiple languages. Specific the languages which you need for all your users. An organization may have many funds supporting?its?mission.

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Gyrus

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Multilingual LMS Interface: Breaking Language Barriers For any company with employees in multiple countries, supporting multiple languages is a must. An LMS with a multilingual interface allows users to navigate the platform in their preferred language, which can greatly improve engagement and ease of use.

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Engadget

APRIL 17, 2025

Back in 2024, California lawmakers proposed the idea of blocking children's access to algorithmic social feeds , and just this year Utah passed an age verification law for app stores , a decidedly blunt way to try and guarantee child safety. This article originally appeared on Engadget at [link]

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The Verge

JANUARY 12, 2021

But ultimately labor was outspent and outmaneuvered by companies like Uber, Lyft, and DoorDash, which poured over $200 million into the “Yes on 22” campaign to exempt them from a California state law that would require them to treat their workers like employees.

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Non Profit Quarterly

APRIL 1, 2025

Image credit: Photo by cottonbro studio on pexels In late December 2024, New York State Senator Andrew Gounardess legislation to protect domestic violence survivors was signed into law. The legislation comes as law enforcement struggles to address the evolving role of technology in domestic violence cases.

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Robert Weiner

DECEMBER 6, 2012

Are there easily understandable reference materials (preferably online, in plain language) to help refresh memories? What about best practices in data management and any applicable laws? Do you have policies and procedures governing the use of the database? Have users been trained on those policies and procedures?

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Engadget

APRIL 9, 2025

The petition joins other attempts to stop OpenAI's conversion, like Meta's letter to Bonta claiming that OpenAI's transition to a for-profit would "flout the law," and Elon Musk's attempt to buy the company. This article originally appeared on Engadget at [link]

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The Verge

AUGUST 16, 2021

In its investigation of Riot Games, the DFEH found language in settlements between the company and employees that “suggested employees could not voluntarily and candidly speak with the government about sexual harassment and other violations.”

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Gyrus

MARCH 20, 2024

How to Choose the Right Law Practice Management Software? GyrusAim LMS GyrusAim LMS - In an increasingly tech-driven and digital world, law enforcement agencies are tackling crimes that were almost non-existent decades ago. Besides that, they also have to regularly update themselves about new policies, protocols, and federal laws.

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Gyrus

MARCH 20, 2024

In an increasingly tech-driven and digital world, law enforcement agencies are tackling crimes that were almost non-existent decades ago. Besides that, they also have to regularly update themselves about new policies, protocols, and federal laws. However, the workforce lacks the skills to deal with these problems.

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The Verge

MARCH 25, 2021

This is actually a change from the decision from the 2019 ruling, where Musk or someone with the labor board would have been required to read a notice that Tesla violated the law. Previously, employees had language in their confidentiality agreement that said they couldn’t talk to the media without authorization.

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Engadget

APRIL 11, 2025

Under Europe's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) rules , Ireland has the legal muscle to fine X up to four percent of its global revenue. The purpose of this inquiry is to determine whether this personal data was lawfully processed in order to train the Grok LLMs," Ireland's DPC said.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Harvey was founded by Winston Weinberg, a former securities and antitrust litigator at law firm O’Melveny & Myers, and Gabriel Pereyra, previously a research scientist at DeepMind, Google Brain (another of Google’s AI groups) and Meta AI. and Mixer Labs co-founder Elad Gil among other angel backers.

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Achieve

MARCH 4, 2022

From fundraising legal requirements to digital privacy laws, it’s important to understand the rules to which your nonprofit can be held accountable. Regulation #1: The CAN-SPAM Act The CAN-SPAM Act was passed into US law in 2003, and it protects consumers from receiving emails that they never agreed to receive.

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Google Research AI blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Posted by Jason Wei and Yi Tay, Research Scientists, Google Research, Brain Team In recent years, language models (LMs) have become more prominent in natural language processing (NLP) research and are also becoming increasingly impactful in practice. First, in “ Transcending Scaling Laws with 0.1%

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 8, 2010

It is narrower than the Treaty, and is not binding as a treaty would be (some call it “soft law” compared to the “hard law” of a treaty). law (this is a wildcard issue right now). . • law (this is a wildcard issue right now). and European privacy laws, and so on. • law today. • What would I work on?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 3, 2016

The creation of Bookshare was made possible because of an enlightened copyright law exception. law with the Treaty language. law with the Treaty language. Americans with disabilities will have access to far more accessible books, especially in languages other than English. or the work we do.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Some providers may exploit ambiguities in contract language or delay their responses intentionally, hoping to force you into an extended contract. Depending on your location and the specifics of the contract, these actions could cross the line into breach of contract or even violate consumer protection laws.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 27, 2011

Answer : • Countries should provide for a copyright exception in their national laws to allow nonprofit organizations serving people with disabilities to make accessible versions of inaccessible books and other content • Import and export of such accessible materials shall be permitted 2. for more than 15 years, and it’s worked great!

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