Source: AI-backed robot painting aims to boost artist income
German media groups file complaint against Google AI Overviews
An alliance of media and digital organizations have filed a complaint with Germany’s Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur) against Google’s AI Overviews. It is the second instance this week of pushback against AI Overviews, following The Hollywood Reporter and Variety publisher Penske Media Corp becoming the first news publisher to sue Google over the product’s negative impact on traffic and revenue.
Source: German media groups file complaint against Google AI Overviews
Inspired by Anthropic’s $1.5B book piracy payout, labels accuse Suno of ‘stream ripping’
The major music companies have escalated their copyright infringement lawsuit against AI music generation company Suno, filing an amended complaint that alleges the startup illegally “stream ripped” copyrighted recordings from YouTube to train its AI models. The timing of the new allegations appears directly connected to Anthropic’s recent USD $1.5 billion settlement with authors, who claimed the service obtained pirated books to train its AI models.
Attorneys File Reply to Questions Raised in Anthropic Settlement
In response to the judge’s concerns over the preliminary settlement reached in class action lawsuit charging AI giant Anthropic with copyright infringement, attorneys representing authors have filed materials they hope will clear up any confusion. At the top of Judge Alsup’s list were concerns about how the $1.5 billion settlement would be paid out to authors and publishers as well as whether attorneys for the authors had conducted a vigorous enough campaign to alert all authors about the lawsuit and their options.
Source: Attorneys File Reply to Questions Raised in Anthropic Settlement
Book Industry Divided Over AI Adoption, Finds BISG Survey
Nearly half of book industry professionals are using artificial intelligence tools for work, but 98% report significant concerns about AI implementation, according to new survey data from the Book Industry Study Group released in September. “The overwhelming majority reported multiple pain points with AI, including serious ethical concerns,” Brooke Horn, BISG’s membership and operations manager, said during a webinar presenting the findings.
Source: Book Industry Divided Over AI Adoption, Finds BISG Survey
Big Tech Is Under Pressure From Emerging AI Giants. How Will This Change Hollywood?
This is no AI illusion. A perfect storm appears to be gathering around the world of generative artificial intelligence that promises to have profound effects on how Hollywood does business. In fact, there’s a fair chance that the generative AI revolution will have a bigger impact on Hollywood from a business and ownership standpoint, even before the technology itself can transform the making of movies and TV shows.
Source: Big Tech Is Under Pressure From Emerging AI Giants. How Will This Change Hollywood?
Once Again, Taylor Swift Heads to A Theater Near You
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aylor Swift is teaming up with AMC Theaters to host release parties across the United States for her latest album. The release party events will take place from October 3 to October 5 across thousands of screens in the United States and across the world. The official release party will play at all 540 AMC Theatres across the United States and additional circuits like Cinemark and Regal, as well as Cineplex in Canada, Cinepolis and Cinemex in Mexico, and various international partners.
Source: Once Again, Taylor Swift Heads to A Theater Near You
China’s DeepSeek developer just revealed the cost of training the AI model
Chinese artificial intelligence developer DeepSeek spent just $294,000 on training its R1 model, much less than reported for US rivals, it said in a paper that is likely to reignite debate over Beijing’s place in the AI race. The rare update from the Hangzhou-based company – the first estimate it has released of R1’s training costs – appeared Wednesday in a peer-reviewed article in the academic journal Nature.
Meta Approaches Media Companies About AI Content-Licensing Deals
Meta Platforms has held discussions in recent months with a number of media companies, including Axel Springer, Fox Corp. and News Corp, about licensing their articles for use in its artificial-intelligence tools. Meta, parent of Facebook and Instagram, offers a range of AI-powered products, including a variety of chatbots. Its conversations with media companies have focused on licensing news and other content for use across those products, according to people familiar with the matter.
Source: Meta Approaches Media Companies About AI Content-Licensing Deals
Why The Economist isn’t doing AI deals but has launched on Substack
Many publishers have done deals around the use of their content with ChatGPT owner OpenAI. However The Economist has not signed with OpenAI or any of its competitors. Bradley-Jones explained: “I think we see those products as publishing platforms. That’s fundamentally what they’re trying to create. And why would you license your content in any meaningful volume to a competitor platform?”
Source: Why The Economist isn’t doing AI deals but has launched on Substack