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How online fandom communities are advocating against AI, including protesting companies scraping fanfic content for AI training and opposing AI-generated fanfic (Decca Muldowney/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/688640/fanficti…

Fanfiction writers battle AI, one scrape at a time
‘It is a gift. They stole it without my permission.’

He says that like it’s a bad thing.
https://www.theverge.com/news/674366/nick-clegg-uk-ai-artists-policy-letter

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Meta’s former head of global affairs Nick Clegg said asking for permission from rights owners to train models would is “implausible.”

How I shorted $TRUMP coin (and got to have dinner with the President) | The Verge https://www.theverge.com/cryptocurrency/674327/trump-coin-short-sell-hedge-contest-dinner-winner

How I shorted $TRUMP coin (and got to have dinner with the President)
A crypto trader who won an invite to Trump’s exclusive dinner explains how he and many others shorted the meme coin to hedge his risk and still win the contest.

Of course, if it's companies wanting to take everything without consent then it's just a necessity we all have to live with. If individuals do they'll be sued into oblivion or bullied into suicide…
(Also filed under 'the UK keeps being a joke')
https://www.theverge.com/news/674366/nick-clegg-uk-ai-artists-policy-letter

Low-income broadband fund can keep running, says Supreme Court | The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/news/689176/supreme-court-universal-service-fund-fcc-ruling

SCOTUS upholds a broadband subsidy program for low-income users, schools, and others, rejecting claims that its funding mechanism is unconstitutional (Lauren Feiner/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/689176/supreme-court-universal-service…

Low-income broadband fund can keep running, says Supreme Court
The Supreme Court rejected claims that the way the Universal Service Fund is implemented is unconstitutional.

Microsoft plans to replace the Blue Screen of Death in Windows 11 with a simplified black screen "providing better information" in an update "later this summer" (Tom Warren/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/692648/micro

Windows is getting rid of the Blue Screen of Death after 40 years
Microsoft is changing its Blue Screen of Death to a black one. After decades, a simplified black error message will replace the traditional BSOD.

Of course, if it's companies wanting to take everything without consent then it's just a necessity we all have to live with. If individuals do they'll be sued into oblivion or bullied into suicide…
(Also filed under 'the UK keeps being a joke')
https://www.theverge.com/news/674366/nick-clegg-uk-ai-artists-policy-letter

Trump’s budget reconciliation bill could reduce the speed of your Wi-Fi | The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/news/694479/senate-bill-reduce-capacity-6ghz-wifi-band

At an all-hands, Andrew Bosworth says Sam Altman is not happy about Meta getting OpenAI talent and is "being dishonest" about Meta offering $100M bonuses (Alex Heath/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/command-line-newslet…

Meta says it’s winning the talent war with OpenAI
A top Meta exec called OpenAI CEO Sam Altman “dishonest” for saying that Mark Zuckerberg is offering researchers $100 million bonuses to leave.