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404 Media placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books. Translation: Imagine a corporation saying, “Hey, Ray Bradbury, hold my flamethrower.”
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Scientists are using cheap picnic coolers to protect some of the world’s most endangered animals. And by “endangered animals,” they mean various obscure beers like Mad Manatee and Fat Squirrel.
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Adam Driver will play Mister Sinister in Marvel’s ‘X-Men’ reboot. Oddly, the exact same name ya girl has for him in her dreams despite never reading or watching anything X-Men-related.
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The Motion Picture Association said that it had reached an agreement with TikTok owner ByteDance on a restriction framework over the use of studio intellectual property in AI video and images. For instance, if you make an AI fight sequence starring Tom Cruise, he should randomly transform into his character from Tropic Thunder at least twice.
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Of the thousands of lawsuits Meta faces over child safety on its platforms, none may be more consequential than one going to trial this week in California. If you’re a lawyer on the opposing side, just, uh… make sure you avoid the Waymos and drive yourself this week, okay? No reason at all. Just a feeling.
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