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Wikipedia Strikes AI Data Deals with Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon
The nonprofit encyclopedia is converting its biggest bandwidth drain—AI scrapers harvesting video and text—into paid enterprise partnerships.
Pulitzer Winner Leads Copyright Revolt Against AI Giants, Targets Musk's xAI
Six prominent authors including John Carreyrou are abandoning class-action settlements to pursue individual lawsuits worth up to $150,000 per book against major AI companies.
Hollywood's Sora Betrayal: Agents Say OpenAI Knew Exactly What It Was Doing
Major talent agencies accuse OpenAI of calculated deception after Sora 2 launched without promised safeguards, sparking copyright chaos and deepfake scandals.
Apple Taps Google's Gemini to Power Siri, Sidelining OpenAI
Eighteen months after touting ChatGPT integration, Apple bets its voice assistant future on Google instead
New York Challenges Trump with the Country's Toughest AI Safety Laws
New York is enacting the country’s toughest AI safety rules despite federal pushback, setting a state-level standard for model governance.
Kling AI Hits 60 Million Users
Kling, a Chinese video generator, hits $240 million ARR
Universal Music Group Bets on NVIDIA to Fight the 'AI Slop' It Once Sued Over
UMG is partnering with NVIDIA's Music Flamingo model to manage AI-generated music quality, moving from lawsuits to collaboration with Silicon Valley.
Trump's DOJ Prepares to Sue States Over AI Laws
The DOJ under Trump is gearing up to challenge state AI regulations, setting up a federal-state showdown over model governance.