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In UK parliamentary testimony, a Google executive says the company should not be required to license "freely available" open web content for AI training (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/platforms/google-ai-training-pay-opt-…

Google IP boss: We shouldn't pay for AI training on 'freely available' content
Google's global IP boss has said the tech giant does not believe it should have to pay to use "freely available content" for AI training.

A useful tidbit that stood out to me in this article:
“Noem [by lying] is training and testing the MAGA base”
Huh − “training and testing”
There’s a dance here: the regime is training its supports in how to think about and talk about current circumstances — but also testing the waters, seeing what sticks, what they’re willing to believe. Recognizing this as a bidirectional dance seems useful. Framing it as “training” instead of “telling” seems useful. Recognizing it as “testing” seems useful.
https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/ice-noem-dangerous-playbook

Der Chronist hinter der Cubicle-Trennwand: zum Tode von Scott Adams
Mit Dilbert schuf der Zeichner den ersten viralen Nerd-Comic des damals noch jungen Internets. Seine letzten Lebensjahre waren von Kontroversen geprägt.

Valve FM: Internet-Radio im Terminal hören https://blog.oliverswelt.de/blog/back-to-the-roots-warum-ich-radio-jetzt-im-terminal-höre-valve-fm

Jag har blivit rostad, debunkad och gjort en halmgubbe - enligt carnivorsnubbar https://traningslara.se/carnivorsverige-olle-gor-bort-sig/

Jag har blivit rostad, debunkad och gjort en halmgubbe - enligt carnivorsnubbar
Innan julen släppte jag en video där jag tog upp en vanlig myt som förs fram av många influensers som vill att du ska misstro stora delar av det vi vet idag kring kost och hjärtsjukdom. Det handlar om den ständigt återkommande historien om att forskaren Ancel Keys skulle ha ”fuskat” och medvetet valt ut […]

'Suicide is only one option': Social Security staff newly assigned to phone duties raise concerns over training (Eric Katz/GovExec.com)
https://www.govexec.com/management/2026/02/suicide-only-one-option-social-security-staff-newly-assigned-phone-duties-raise-concerns-over-training/411429/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260213/p124#a260213p124

Doch nur auswendig gelernt: Forscher testen Wiedergabe von KI-Trainingsdaten | heise online
https://heise.de/-11139290

Doch nur auswendig gelernt: Forscher testen Wiedergabe von KI-Trainingsdaten
Forscher zeigen, dass LLMs urheberrechtlich geschützte Trainingsdaten fast wörtlich wiedergeben können. Das bedeutet Kopfschmerzen für die Modell-Anbieter.

Thinking Machines parts ways with CTO Barret Zoph, with Soumith Chintala taking over the role; sources say the termination is due to "unethical conduct" (Kylie Robison/@kyliebytes)
https://x.com/kyliebytes/status/2011572331798548899

Kylie Robison (@kyliebytes) on X
BREAKING: Thinking Machines has terminated its CTO, Barret Zoph, due to unethical conduct according to two sources familiar with the matter. CEO Mira Murati announced the news at an all-hands with employees today. Soumith Chintala will be taking over as CTO.

Nova Poshta terminal and children's medical facility damaged as Russian attack kills 4, injures 6 in Kharkiv outskirts: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/13/nova-poshta-terminal-and-childrens.html

We're having our hallway replastered and painted by a property maintenance company. It's taking weeks, with painters turning up to paint walls that haven't been stripped yet, or with the wrong equipment, and people showing up for a few hours before being told to do another half day the other side of Sheffield so they have to spend ages sitting in traffic for no apparent reason, or no-one turning up for a week halfway through a job.. The person running the business is absolutely o…