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TWiT 1074: Chicken Mating Harnesses - Supreme Court Rules AI Art Not Copyrightable

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Between copyright-free AI art, government blacklists, and data brokers run amok, this episode spotlights the fierce new battles for privacy, agency, and control in our digital lives. Plus, hear Cory Doctorow break down why the AI gold rush may be headed for a colossal crash.

  • Pentagon Officially Tells Anthropic It Is a Supply Chain Risk
  • Trump moves to blacklist Anthropic AI from all government work
  • If AI is a weapon, why don't we regulate it like one?
  • Sam Altman's greed and dishonesty are finally catching up to him
  • ChatGPT user base surges 350% in 18 months as it nears 1 billion weekly active users
  • AI-generated art can't be copyrighted after the Supreme Court declines to review the rule
  • Chardet dispute shows how AI will kill software licensing, argues Bruce Perens
  • Grammarly is using our identities without permission
  • Alphabet Grants Sundar Pichai Stock Awards Worth Up to $686 Million
  • Google vs Epic Games ends with Android app stores, lower fees
  • Google Ends Its 30% App Store Fee, Welcomes Third-Party App Stores - Slashdot
  • Xbox CEO confirms next-gen 'Project Helix' console will play PC games
  • Motorola Partners With GrapheneOS - Slashdot
  • Data Broker Breaches Fueled Nearly $21 Billion in Identity-Theft Losses
  • CBP Tapped Into the Online Advertising Ecosystem To Track Peoples' Movements
  • Proton Mail Helped FBI Unmask Anonymous 'Stop Cop City' Protester
  • COPPA 2.0 passes the Senate again, unanimously this time
  • South Korean Police Lose Seized Crypto By Posting Password Online
  • Iranian drone strikes at Amazon sites raise alarms over protecting data centers
  • Charter Gets FCC Permission To Buy Cox, Become Largest ISP In the US
  • How Big Diaper absorbs billions of extra dollars from American parents
  • Anne Wojcicki's Plan to Revive 23andMe: Rich Donors, Improved Tests—and Maybe Even MAHA
  • Bundle of human neurons hooked to silicon learns to stumble through Doom
  • 10% of Firefox crashes are caused by bitflips
  • Seagate Just Unleashed 44TB Hard Drives

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