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Anthropic’s $1.5B piracy settlement with book authors is a record loss that hands AI labs their biggest legal win
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- July 23, 2026
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Anthropic has to pay $1.5 billion to book authors, the largest copyright settlement in class action history. But the payout is for downloading roughly 482,460 works from piracy databases, not for AI training itself. Judge Alsup had previously ruled that AI training on legally obtained books is “transformative” and falls under fair use. The settlement […]
Microsoft Launches $2.5B Frontier Company to Drive Enterprise AI Deployments at Scale
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- July 2, 2026
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Microsoft has announced the creation of Microsoft Frontier Company, a new operating business backed by $2.5 billion and 6,000 industry and engineering specialists, designed to ensure successful AI deployments for enterprise clients using Microsoft’s existing suite of AI tools. Judson Althoff, CEO of Microsoft’s Commercial Business, positioned the venture as something larger than the forward-deployed […]
Is Artificial Intelligence Causing Journalists to “Deskill”? Exploring Journalistic Deskilling/Upskilling in the AI Age
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- June 28, 2026
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Research by Shangyuan Wu (National University of Singapore). AI’s growing role in news production risks journalists losing core reporting and thinking skills, making it crucial they consciously limit reliance on automation while upskilling in verification, storytelling, ethical and original use of AI to preserve journalism’s human-centered moral core. Type: Research Title: Taylor & Francis Online
NZ’s unique fossil record of marine molluscs helps scientists predict extinction risk – before it’s too late
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- July 8, 2026
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New Zealand’s well-documented fossil and living marine fauna allows scientists to explore drivers of extinction risk that are relevant globally.