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A win for copyright holders! This ruling found that using materials under copyright to train AI was not fair use.
"Now we have a clear decision, and it is favorable for rightsholders." Very useful fr Roy Kaufman of the Copyright Clearance Center this am on @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social --on fair use in the impt recent case of scraping for AI training. scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/02/20/c...
Copyright’s Big Win in the First Decided US Artificial Intelligence Case - The Scholarly Kitchen
The first AI training case has been decided in the US in favor of the copyright holder.
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org
February 20, 2025 at 12:42 PM
A win for copyright holders! This ruling found that using materials under copyright to train AI was not fair use.
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'He's just doing what he said he would.'
February 19, 2025 at 5:36 PM
'He's just doing what he said he would.'
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Fact check: No, Zelenskyy doesn't have 4% approval as Trump claims; it's over 50% abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
Fact check: No, Zelenskyy doesn't have 4% approval as Trump claims; it's over 50%
President Donald Trump last night joined Russian President Vladimir Putin in claiming Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy lacks legitimacy.
abcnews.go.com
February 19, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Fact check: No, Zelenskyy doesn't have 4% approval as Trump claims; it's over 50% abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
Really just an astounding and inspiring piece of work.
February 10, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Really just an astounding and inspiring piece of work.
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Why do white supremacists fake tan?
February 10, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Why do white supremacists fake tan?
The uphill battle of trying to encourage students to trust their own intellectual voice and find confidence in them while every place of "intellect" begins practices that discourage that. It's become harder to tell my students not to use AI while the larger world is embracing this to such a degree.
The Chronicle is frequently embarrassing, but this is just an all-timer. Scraping your contributor's essays into a hallucinating summary machine is such an anti-intellectual, anti-scholar move.
January 28, 2025 at 3:21 PM
The uphill battle of trying to encourage students to trust their own intellectual voice and find confidence in them while every place of "intellect" begins practices that discourage that. It's become harder to tell my students not to use AI while the larger world is embracing this to such a degree.
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Any writer who thinks using generative AI for "transitions" and other things that "don't matter" has a fundamental misunderstanding of both the art and craft of writing.
January 28, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Any writer who thinks using generative AI for "transitions" and other things that "don't matter" has a fundamental misunderstanding of both the art and craft of writing.
Jesus christ. Im glad I just graduated.
The White House budget office has ordered a pause in grants, loans and other federal financial assistance, according to a memo sent to government agencies on Monday, potentially paralyzing a vast swath of programs and jeopardizing spending that Congress has mandated by law.
White House Budget Office Orders Pause in All Federal Loans and Grants
The full extent of the order was not immediately clear, but the directive sent to government agencies on Monday threatened to paralyze a vast swath of federal programs.
www.nytimes.com
January 28, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Jesus christ. Im glad I just graduated.
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MY WRITING PROCESS
1st draft: delusions of grandeur
2nd draft: debilitating nervous breakdown
3rd draft: brutal self-loathing
Final draft: grammar and word choice
#writingcommunity #booksky #writer
1st draft: delusions of grandeur
2nd draft: debilitating nervous breakdown
3rd draft: brutal self-loathing
Final draft: grammar and word choice
#writingcommunity #booksky #writer
December 4, 2024 at 11:19 AM
MY WRITING PROCESS
1st draft: delusions of grandeur
2nd draft: debilitating nervous breakdown
3rd draft: brutal self-loathing
Final draft: grammar and word choice
#writingcommunity #booksky #writer
1st draft: delusions of grandeur
2nd draft: debilitating nervous breakdown
3rd draft: brutal self-loathing
Final draft: grammar and word choice
#writingcommunity #booksky #writer
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YOU FOOLS. YOU LET MOOSE.
December 1, 2024 at 7:40 PM
YOU FOOLS. YOU LET MOOSE.
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This echo chamber nonsense is predicated on the notion that bigotry is a valid perspective. It isn’t. Grow up! Think better!
November 22, 2024 at 3:12 PM
This echo chamber nonsense is predicated on the notion that bigotry is a valid perspective. It isn’t. Grow up! Think better!
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"He was always an inhumane, callous commander-in-chief instinctually motivated by cruel subjugation—that’s what drew millions of American voters to Him in the first place. But now He’s, like, infused with a hollow malice that knows absolutely no reason, remorse, or decency?"
Something about President-Elect Nyarlathotep’s Unholy Rebirth Feels Weird, Right?
I guess I’m what you’d call a swing voter, Jerry. I am not one to align myself with any political party. I listen to each candidate’s positions on ...
buff.ly
November 22, 2024 at 4:23 PM
"He was always an inhumane, callous commander-in-chief instinctually motivated by cruel subjugation—that’s what drew millions of American voters to Him in the first place. But now He’s, like, infused with a hollow malice that knows absolutely no reason, remorse, or decency?"
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"Tulsi Gabbard, Director of National Intelligence" is a hell of an oxymoron.
November 13, 2024 at 8:31 PM
"Tulsi Gabbard, Director of National Intelligence" is a hell of an oxymoron.