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Japanese government issues statement on AI and copyright regulationFrom GameReactor: Japan’s Agency for Cultural Affairs, an agency under the country’s Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports,...
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Five key takeaways from the House Judiciary Committee hearing on AI and copyright lawFrom Verdict: In light of several high-profile lawsuits in recent months, countries’ legislative frameworks are finally beginning to grapple...
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Creative Machines? The Riddle of AI and Copyright Authorship and OwnershipFrom Lexology: The AI Explosion It’s probably no exaggeration to say artificial intelligence (AI) exploded into the public...
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Supreme Court rules Twitter not liable for ISIS contentFrom SCOTUSblog: The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled against the family of a 2017 ISIS attack victim who sought to hold tech companies liable...
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How a Chatbot Went RogueFrom The Wall Street Journal: A mental-health chatbot that veered off script—giving diet advice to people seeking help from an...
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CLAVICLEThe Adventure Continues Today, PG had an appointment with an orthopedic surgeon who specializes in sports medicine. The surgeon was...
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A Broken ClaviclePG finally went to the doctor and had an x-ray performed. Turns out, he chipped a piece off the end of his left clavicle. He was sent...
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These doomsday warriorsThese doomsday warriors look no more like soldiers than the soldiers of the Second World War looked like conquistadors. The more expert they...
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I’ve always heard the same doomsday concernsI’ve always heard the same doomsday concerns and yet, every day, there are people going to a classical concert for the first time –...
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Tool or Terror? Looking to Literature to Better Understand Artificial IntelligenceFrom The Literary Hub: “The Algorithm knew the timing of our periods. It knew when and if we’d marry,” begins “The Future Is a Click Away,” a...
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“Like dropping a nuclear bomb”: Will Google turn digital publishing upside down with AI search?From What’s New in Publishing: Google announced a raft of releases at its I/O 23 developer conference. From changes to its Maps...
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English Capitalization RulesFrom The Grammarly Blog: English capitalization rules require that certain words, like proper nouns and the first word in a sentence, start...
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The Birth of a BookFrom Writing Cooperative: This past year I’ve had the pleasure of helping more than one friend celebrate a very special birthday. Their...
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The earthThe earth laughs in flowers. Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Carbon Emission Labels on BooksFrom Publishing Perspectives: Speaking at the Global Sustainable Development Congress in Thuwal, Elsevier‘s global director of...
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AI Is About to Turn Book Publishing Upside-DownFrom Publisher’s Weekly: The latest generation of AI is a game changer. Not incremental change—something gentle, something gradual:...
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The Big Business of the British EmpireFrom The Wall Street Journal: Those of us who went to school before our past was rewritten as a catalog of the White Man’s crimes were...
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Not Dead YetPG will be seeing his doctor early next week about his bruise. He thanks one and all for their concerns, suggestions, etc.
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Sore BackPG did what for him was a lot of physical labor today and his back started whispering that it needed to become prone. Of course, PG ignored...
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Impromptu AcrobaticsPG was trying to carry too many items down some steps at Casa PG earlier today. He missed a step, took a tumble and banged up various parts...
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In Flanders fieldsIn Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly...
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And I’m proud to be an AmericanAnd I’m proud to be an American, Where at least I know I’m free, And I won’t forget the men who died, Who gave that right to...
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Let every nation knowLet every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend,...
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Workers at Park Slope B&N File for Union Election; Hadley, Mass. Store Votes for UnionFrom Publisher’s Weekly: Barnes & Noble workers at the Park Slope, Brooklyn, store filed for a union election with the National...
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The comic opera of EnglandFrom The Economist: Y ou lug your wicker hamper across the stiletto-punctured lawn and bag a spot beside the ha-ha. You say “ha-ha” a...
