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US-Handelsaufsicht untersucht Reddits Lizenzierung für KI-Trainings
Die FTC untersucht Reddits Lizenzierung von Benutzerinhalten, die das Unternehmen für KI-Training zur Verfügung stellt. Reddit will in Kürze an die Börse gehen.

Broadcom tinkers with VMware licencing terms as EU gets involved
Trade groups concerned over unilateral changes to licencing conditions
https://www.computing.co.uk/news/4197637/broadcom-tinkers-vmware-licencing-terms-eu-involved…

Broadcom tinkers with VMware licencing terms as EU gets involved
US chipmaker Broadcom is under scrutiny by EU antitrust regulators over alterations to the licencing conditions of its recently acquired cloud computing company VMware, following complaints from several EU business users and trade groups. On the same day Broadcom announced licencing changes.

Looking for a warm, awkward, funny, life-affirming but never sentimental novel? Highly recommended the #LandOfShortSentences by Stine Pilgaard - book number 11 in 2024
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In a lawsuit, the Mechanical Licensing Collective claims Spotify's recent subscription offers that bundle music and audiobooks would result in lower royalties (Jem Aswad/Variety)
https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/spotify-su…

Spotify Sued by Mechanical Licensing Collective
The Mechanical Licensing Collective has filed legal action against Spotify over its subscription offers that bundle music and audiobooks.

Why Ukraine is losing the war with Russia – POLITICO
https://www.politico.eu/article/why-ukraine-losing-russia-war/

Why Ukraine is losing the war with Russia
The West’s failure to send weapons to Kyiv is putting Putin on course for victory. 

How one author gained a limited copyright for the "selection, coordination, and arrangement of text" from AI, as the US Copyright Office wrestles with AI law (Kate Knibbs/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/the-us-copyright-office-loosens-up…

How One Author Pushed the Limits of AI Copyright
Elisa Shupe was initially rebuffed when she tried to copyright a book she wrote with help from ChatGPT. Now the US Copyright Office has changed course—but there’s a catch.

Why Ukraine is losing the war with Russia – POLITICO
https://www.politico.eu/article/why-ukraine-losing-russia-war/

Why Ukraine is losing the war with Russia
The West’s failure to send weapons to Kyiv is putting Putin on course for victory. 

How Amazon developed Just Walk Out since the early 2010s, driven by Jeff Bezos, as the company removes the tech from stores while expanding third-party sales (Matt Day/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Amazon Licenses Cashierless ‘Just Walk Out’ Tech to Other Retailers
The company is cutting back on the “Just Walk Out” tech in its own grocery locations.

Republican lawyer's license suspended despite Trump pardon
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/trump-pardon-couldnt-save-gop-county-chairman-supported-by-chris-christie-from-…

Trump pardon couldn't save GOP county chairman from having his law license suspended
A longtime GOP powerbroker who was pardoned by Trump in one of the former president's last acts in office has nonetheless been suspended from practicing law.

Sources: Apple and Google are in active talks to let Gemini power some new features coming to iPhone in 2024; Apple also held talks with OpenAI to use its model (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Apple in Talks to License Google Gemini for iPhone, iOS 18 Generative AI Tools
Apple Inc. is in talks to build Google’s Gemini artificial intelligence engine into the iPhone, according to people familiar with the situation, setting the stage for a blockbuster agreement that would shake up the AI industry.