Wed. 11/20 – AI To Read The Books
Now authors are being approached about training AI on their books, and some are not pleased. The new Android development cadence is here. More signs crypto is ascendant. More signs that Bluesky has taken off. And a case in point for why governments and militaries are worried about smartphone tracking.
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Now authors are being approached about training AI on their books, and some are not pleased. The new Android development cadence is here. More signs crypto is ascendant. More signs that Bluesky has taken off. And a case in point for why governments and militaries are worried about smartphone tracking.
Links:
- Microsoft Signs AI-Learning Deal With News Corp.’s HarperCollins (Bloomberg)
- Penguin Random House underscores copyright protection in AI rebuff (The Bookseller)
- The first Android 16 developer preview just landed: Here’s what you need to know (Android Police)
- Sony’s new PlayStation Portal update lets you stream PS5 games from the cloud (The Verge)
- Howard Lutnick, Tether's Wall Street Banker, Is Trump's Pick for Commerce Chief, Not Treasury Secretary (CoinDesk)
- Bluesky tops 20M users, narrowing gap with Instagram Threads (TechCrunch)
- Anyone Can Buy Data Tracking US Soldiers and Spies to Nuclear Vaults and Brothels in Germany (Wired)
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