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Authors Fight Rise of AI ‘Scam Books’ on Amazon
Authors Fight Rise of AI ‘Scam Books’ on Amazon
March 13, 2024  |  artificial intelligence

Authors fighting for space on Amazon now have a new threat to contend with: books generated by artificial intelligence (AI). “Scam books on Amazon have been a problem...

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This Week in AI: A Battle for Humanity or Profits?
This Week in AI: A Battle for Humanity or Profits?
March 01, 2024  |  artificial intelligence

There’s some in-fighting going on in the artificial intelligence (AI) world, and one prominent billionaire claims the future of the human race is at stake....

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Expanding Boundaries in Publishing: When Authors Collaborate with AI
Expanding Boundaries in Publishing: When Authors Collaborate with AI
February 29, 2024  |  artificial intelligence

A startup that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to create books has raised $37 million in the latest sign of how machine learning is transforming the...

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New York Times Says OpenAI ‘Hacking’ Claim is ‘Bizarre’
New York Times Says OpenAI ‘Hacking’ Claim is ‘Bizarre’
February 27, 2024  |  Legal

The lead counsel for The New York Times said Tuesday (Feb. 27) that OpenAI’s claims that the publisher “hacked” its artificial intelligence (AI) systems to...

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Deep Dive: How Pause Features, Free Trials Can Help Digital Media Subscription Services Satisfy Users
Deep Dive: How Pause Features, Free Trials Can Help Digital Media Subscription Services Satisfy Users
November 05, 2020  |  Subscription Commerce

Few businesses have flourished as the pandemic has crushed almost every sector of the nation’s economy. The United States’ gross domestic product (GDP) has plummeted...

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Analytics Co RELX Buys Anti-Fraud Startup Emailage For $480M
Analytics Co RELX Buys Anti-Fraud Startup Emailage For $480M
February 05, 2020  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

RELX will acquire Arizona-based Emailage for $480 million in the former’s push to establish a footprint in the fraud prevention market, according to Financial Times...

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Facebook Rolls Out Curated News Feature
Facebook Rolls Out Curated News Feature
October 25, 2019  |  Facebook

With the soft launch of a new curation product called Facebook News, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and News Corp CEO Robert Thomson engaged in a...

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Lawsuit: Peloton Used 1,000+ Songs Illegally
Lawsuit: Peloton Used 1,000+ Songs Illegally
March 20, 2019  |  Legal

The National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) is suing streaming exercise bike company Peloton, saying the service used upwards of 1,000 songs without licensing them properly,...

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Apple Mulls Monetization Of News App Via Subscriptions
Apple Mulls Monetization Of News App Via Subscriptions
February 13, 2019  |  Apple

Apple wants to create a subscription service for news — and some major publishers aren’t happy about it. Sources revealed to The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) that...

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