As a teenage Apple fanboy, I idolized Jony Ive. I wanted to be him when I grew up, and a part of me still does.

This will be fun.

My guess: ChatGPT voice mode abilities + Alexa-like behavior (wake word to activate, ability to handle context-dependent tasks like Apple said new Siri would do) in a Tamagotchi-sized form factor that looks like unmistakably like a Jony Ive design.

Just maybe not unapologetically plastic this time.

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In this week's update: major developments in copyright, companies are raising more funds, diverging visions for the future, and much more.

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Big win for authors and artists!

This is the first of many substantive decisions to come on this issue, but it sets the tone for what's to come.

Quoting Judge Bibas in the opinion: "Factors one and four favor Thomson Reuters. Factors two and three favor Ross. Factor two matters less than the others, and factor four matters more. Weighing them all together, I grant summary judgment for Thomson Reuters on fair use."

In the long-awaited summary judgment decision in Thomson Reuters & West v. Ross Intelligence, the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware has held that Ross Intelligence’s use of Thomson Reuters’ copyrighted Westlaw headnotes to train its AI legal research tool was not fair use.

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Generally that would be okay because the majority of the final product was human-created. Similar concept to using auto-tune or Photoshop. The tech is a tool but not the original source for the final work. But it's a very fuzzy standard, and "AI" still spooks people more than other tech

If you're using Devin, Cursor, or Replit on its own to write your code, this impacts you.

If you're using Sora on its own to make a film, this impacts you too.

If you're using ChatGPT, Claude, or DeepSeek on its own to write a book... Don't.