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Developing AI field signal Development 1d ago
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AI companies buy old books

AI Companies Are Buying Tons of Old Books Because They're Free of AI Slop

11 experts across 3 network communities independently surfaced this.

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“ISBNdb, a company that sources printed books for AI companies to turn into training data, tells clients “the optics problem is real.””

“New from 404 Media: a company is selling tons of old books specifically to AI companies and says they have a strong NDA to never reveal which AI company bought all of the books. They don't want headlines of 'we scanned and destroyed millions of books for AI…”

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Emanuel Maiberg: companies are sourcing millions of printed books for AI labs that scan them for training data, then destroy them. printed books are more valuable because they're free of AI slop, and AI labs know d…
Meredith Broussard: companies are sourcing millions of printed books for AI labs that scan them for training data, then destroy them. printed books are more valuable because they're free of AI slop, and AI labs know d…
Neil Turkewitz: How do you spell TRAGEDY?
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Established AI field signal Analysis 6d ago
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McSweeney's AI economics satire

AI Economics for Dummies

14 experts across 5 network communities independently surfaced this.

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“Blood Sacrifice Fridays… lol -mcsweenys on AI finance www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/ai-...”

“McSweeney's on "AI finances" goes harder than most business publications. https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/ai-economics-for-dummies”

Developing AI research Signal 2d ago
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University of Tennessee sues Anthropic over neural network technology

2 directory members surfaced this signal.

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““The research arm of the University of Tennessee has sued artificial-intelligence giant ‌Anthropic in Delaware federal court for allegedly infringing ‌its patents related to neural networks.””

Developing Policy & governance Development 2d ago
Bartz v. Anthropic lawsuit terminated

Judgment AND Order AND Terminate Civil Case AND ~Util - Terminate Motions – #680 in Bartz v. Anthropic PBC (N.D. Cal., 4:24-cv-05417) – CourtListener.com

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“www.courtlistener.com/docket/69058...”

Established Policy & governance Development 6d ago
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xAI Grok CSAM lawsuit filed

Musk’s xAI sues user who allegedly used Grok to create child sexual abuse material | AI (artificial intelligence) | The Guardian

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“Wild. Musk/xAI is suing one of its users for using Grok to create CSAM. Someone correct me if I am wrong, but I can't recall many cases where an SM company sues its user for TOS violations. This seems like an effort to save face w/the recent lawsuit against…”

Established Policy & governance Development 6d ago
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xAI sues Grok user over deepfakes

Elon Musk's xAI, Which is Being Sued Over AI-Generated Sexual Deepfakes, Sues Grok User Over AI-Generated Sexual Deepfakes

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“The details of xAI's lawsuit against a man who allegedly used Grok to generate CSAM are disturbing. So are the claims in the several lawsuits *against* xAI, which allege that xAI failed to prevent the creation of Grok-generated CSAM — then failed to protect…”