Information wants to be free. That observation, first made in 1984, anticipated the internet and the world to come. It cost nothing to digitally reproduce data and words, and so […]
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Back to news homeData Revolts Break Out Against A.I.
For more than 20 years, Kit Loffstadt has written fan fiction exploring alternate universes for “Star Wars” heroes and “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” villains, sharing her stories free online.But in […]
An AI Hit of Fake ‘Drake’ and ‘The Weeknd’ Rattles the Music World
For Drake and the Weeknd, two of the most popular musicians on the planet, the existence of “Heart on My Sleeve,” a track that claimed to use A.I. versions of […]
Publishers Worry AI Chatbots Will Slash Readership
The publishing industry has spent the past two decades struggling to adjust to the internet, as print circulation has plummeted and tech companies have gobbled up rivers of advertising revenue.Now […]
Early Version of Disney’s Mickey Mouse Will Soon Be Public Property
The expiration of the “Steamboat Willie” copyright means that the black-and-white short can be shown without Disney’s permission and even resold by third parties. (There may not be much sales […]
Lawsuit Takes Aim at the Way A.I. Is Built
In late June, Microsoft released a new kind of artificial intelligence technology that could generate its own computer code.Called Copilot, the tool was designed to speed the work of professional […]
The ‘Fearless Girl’ Statue Is in Limbo
When a bronze statue of a girl with fists on her hips first appeared at Bowling Green, a short distance from Wall Street, in 2017, her defiant expression captured the […]