BIZARRE: 43 - What They Never Told You

AI companies want to bypass copyright laws for content

Major US tech companies have bluntly told an inquiry they want to use Australian content to train models without having to honour the country's copyright rules.

AAP · Oct 5

Cornell victim’s supporters flood internet with ‘I Am Jane Doe’ posts to confuse algorithms: ‘We have had enough’

Slogan intended to keep search engines from identifying anonymous plaintiff, who is suing the New York institution after allegedly being sexually assaulted

The Independent UK · Oct 5

Norway plans temporary ban on smart glasses in some public places

Camera-enabled Meta spectacles are already restricted in UK and US because of fears about unauthorised covert recording

The Guardian - UK · Oct 5

Florida woman allegedly treats Claude like a personal diary. Then Anthropic reads her entry and calls the police: ‘Threat of violence’

Not so private after all

We Got This Covered · Oct 5

Elon Musk Says Humanity Serving as Biological Bootloader for Machine Intelligence Could Mean Success

Elon Musk has recast his long-standing "biological bootloader" warning, saying humanity's success could involve spreading superintelligence beyond Earth while maintaining concerns about AI safety

International Business Times UK · Oct 5

Italy’s Meloni follows pop stars in seeking to trademark her voice to combat AI deepfakes

Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni has applied to trademark her voice with the European Union intellectual property office in a bid to bolster protections against AI-generated deepfakes

The Independent UK · Oct 5

Majority of UK voters see AI as a 'force for bad', major poll reveals

THE majority of people across the UK view artificial intelligence (AI) as a force for bad, according to a major new poll ...

The National (Scotland) · Oct 5

Follow the Money: 5 AI Stocks Buying Back Shares by the Billions

NVIDIA, Salesforce, Adobe, Qualcomm, and Jabil are backing AI-era investment with reliable share buybacks, supported by strong cash flow and solid balance sheets, as the tech sector shifts toward heavier infrastructure spending.

MarketBeat · Oct 5

Bill Gates Predicts AI Will Replace ‘Most Things’ By 2036, And Humans Will Hardly Work

Is the 9-5 grind getting you down? Have you been daydreaming of shorter work weeks and longer weekends? While some may laugh at your lofty ideals, Bill Gates believes a more relaxed life for all is not that far-fetched. In fact, he predicts that AI can replace ‘most’ things by…

Bored Panda · Oct 5

AI is breaking one of the most important ways we keep technology safe

Google has been forced to shut one of its key security programs because of ‘slop’

The Independent UK · Oct 5