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North Carolina man who used AI for music streaming fraud sentenced to 18 months in prison.
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North Carolina man who used AI for music streaming fraud sentenced to 18 months in prison.

Michael Smith, who pleaded guilty earlier this year, was also ordered to pay over $8 million. According to the DOJ, that’s the amount he earned in royalties from using bots to stream hundreds of thousands of AI-generated songs from 2017 to 2024. [Link: North Carolina Man Sentenced To 18 Months In Prison For Super Intelligence-Assisted Music Streaming Fraud  | https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/north-carolina-man-sentenced-18-months-prison-super-intelligence-assisted-music | U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern Dis…

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Sony reportedly demanded music platforms take down over 260,000 AI deepfake tracks.
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Sony reportedly demanded music platforms take down over 260,000 AI deepfake tracks.

According to the Financial Times, that’s nearly double the 135,000 takedown requests Sony Music had previously sent for AI tracks imitating its artists, like Harry Styles, Adele, and Britney Spears. Over the past year, Sony has also filed lawsuits against AI music platforms like Suno and Udio over copyright infringement. [Link: Sony Music steps up fight against streaming fraud | https://www.ft.com/content/51aed058-f8e0-4426-b92a-790b7863d350 | Financial Times]

OpenAI has ‘work to do to rebuild trust’ in Australia, executive tells AI inquiry
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OpenAI has ‘work to do to rebuild trust’ in Australia, executive tells AI inquiry

OpenAI has used an appearance before a parliamentary inquiry on AI to apologise again to Australia about the hack on Medicare last month, as media and entertainment organisations argued weakening copyright law for AI model training would leave artists as “roadkill”. Meanwhile Anthropic told the inquiry it was not seeking to dictate copyright law on model training, but the current rules made it “impossible” to train AI in Australia. Tuesday morning’s hearing of the joint parliamentary inquiry on artificial intell…

After Jr NTR, Janhvi Kapoor condemns 'Chuttamalle' AI-generated explicit video: ‘Consent, choice and respect' are basic to humanity
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After Jr NTR, Janhvi Kapoor condemns 'Chuttamalle' AI-generated explicit video: ‘Consent, choice and respect' are basic to humanity

Janhvi Kapoor has publicly addressed a manipulated AI video circulating online that misrepresents her image. The video was created using footage from her film Devara: Part 1 with Jr NTR. Kapoor described the circulation of such content as deeply violating and comparable to sexual assault. Actors from the Indian film industry have condemned the misuse of AI in this context.

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A capitalist contest: the AI industry v. the creative industries

This paper examines whether artificial intelligence industry developers of large language models should be permitted to use copyrighted works to train their models without permission and compensation to creative industries rightsholders. This is examined in the UK context by contrasting a dominant social imaginary that prioritises market driven-growth of generative artificial intelligence applications that require text and data mining, and an alternative imaginary emphasising equity and non-market values. Policy…

A capitalist contest: the AI industry v. the creative industries