EU and Canada publishers issue joint plea to halt AI ‘strip mining’ of news

If publishers cannot monetise content, they cannot reinvest in the accurate and authoritative journalism readers rely upon to make informed decisions that empower them to participate effectively in democratic processes. Publisher trade bodies see Canada-EU trade deal as chance to curb big tech power. A possible Canada-European Union Digital Trade Agreement could help scale Canadian and European innovation leaders, while ensuring the ethical, positive and responsible use of AI through reasonable guardrails.

Source: EU and Canada publishers issue joint plea to halt AI ‘strip mining’ of news

EU Tech Regs Remain a Flash Point in US Trade Talks; White House Threatens More Tariffs 

The European Union’s flagship technology regulations may have emerged unchanged from last week’s framework trade deal with the U.S., but they remain very much in the sites of the Trump administration. On Monday, citing “sources familiar with the matter,” Reuters reported the White House is considering placing additional tariffs on the EU or placing sanctions on member-state officials responsible for implementing the Digital Services Act.

Source: EU Tech Regs Remain a Flash Point in US Trade Talks; White House Threatens Additional Tariffs | PYMNTS.com

AI giants race to scoop up elusive real-world data

Over the past two months, OpenAI has tied up with e-commerce majors Shopee and Shopify, while Google and Perplexity have doled out free access to their advanced AI tools to some users in India. Experts believe these moves will help the companies access structured consumer queries, product behaviors, and transactional data — training signals that are often unavailable via public data alone.

Source: AI giants race to scoop up elusive real-world data

Survey suggests readers still click on links after reading Google AI Overview

More than eight in ten people have claimed they still click on a website link after reading an AI Overview in Google search results. Some 13.3% of people claimed to do so every time, 30.5% said they often do, 41.5% said they sometimes do and 10.3% said they rarely click through. The findings came in a survey of 1,000 US adults carried out via Pollfish for digital marketing agency NP Digital.

Source: Survey suggests readers still click on links after reading Google AI Overview

Suno argues none of the tracks made on its platform ‘contain anything like a sample’

Suno claims that even if its AI learned from copyrighted songs, the outputs it generates are entirely new sounds that cannot infringe existing recordings under copyright law. The motion represents the latest salvo in ongoing legal battles over AI training on copyrighted music, with Suno already defending against a separate lawsuit filed by major labels Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, and Warner Music Group in June 2024.

Source: Suno argues none of the millions of tracks made on its platform ‘contain anything like a sample’

Fastly warns AI bots can hit sites 39K times per minute

Cloud services giant Fastly has released a report claiming AI crawlers are putting a heavy load on the open web, slurping up sites at a rate that accounts for 80 percent of all AI bot traffic, with the remaining 20 percent used by AI fetchers. Bots and fetchers can hit websites hard, demanding data from a single site in thousands of requests per minute.

Source: Fastly warns AI bots can hit sites 39K times per minute

New Class Action Lawsuit Targets Amazon Over Movie ‘Purchase’ Licenses

A On Friday, a proposed class action was filed in Washington federal court against Amazon over a “bait and switch” in which the company allegedly misleads consumers into believing they’ve purchased content when they’re only getting a license to watch, which can be revoked at any time.

Source: You Don’t Actually Own That Movie You Just “Bought.” A New Class Action Lawsuit Targets Amazon

Perplexity's Comet AI Web Browser Had a Major Security Vulnerability

Comet, Perplexity’s new AI-powered web browser, recently suffered from a significant security vulnerability, according to a blog post last week from Brave, a competing web browser company. The vulnerability has since been fixed, but it points to the challenges of incorporating large language models into web browsers.

Source: Perplexity’s Comet AI Web Browser Had a Major Security Vulnerability

Trump to Extend TikTok Ban Deadline Indefinitely for a Buyer

On Friday, President Trump said he intends to keep extending the deadline by which TikTok must divest from its Chinese parent company ByteDance, until there’s a suitable buyer. Congress approved a federal ban on TikTok last year unless its parent company sold its controlling stake to a U.S.-based buyer. But Trump has thus far extended the deadline three times since his second term began.

Source: Trump to Extend TikTok Ban Deadline Indefinitely for a Buyer

Perplexity Is Launching a New Revenue-Share Model for Publishers

The artificial-intelligence startup expects to pay publishers from a $42.5 million revenue pool initially, and to increase that amount over time, Perplexity said Monday. Its payments to publishers will come out of the subscription revenue generated by a new news service, called Comet Plus, that Perplexity plans to roll out widely this fall.

Source: Perplexity Is Launching a New Revenue-Share Model for Publishers

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