David 17 hours ago

LLMs contain a LOT of parameters. But what’s a parameter?

MIT Technology Review

LLMs contain a LOT of parameters. But what’s a parameter?

They’re the mysterious numbers that make your favorite AI models tick. What are they and what do they do?

#AI #LLM

David 17 hours ago

AI-generated content can now be copyrighted...sometimes

Mashable

AI-generated content can now be copyrighted...sometimes

Welcome to AI Copyright Law 101.

#AI #Copyright

David yesterday

The Data Center Boom Is Concentrated in the U.S.

IEEE Spectrum

U.S. Data Centers Are Set to Dominate the Global Landscape

The U.S. is set to dominate the global data center landscape, but can the power grid handle the surge?

#Datacenters

David 2 days ago

Universal Partners With NVIDIA AI on Music Discovery, Fan Engagement & Creation Tools The collaboration will allow fans and artists to go in-depth on the music they love and create an artist incubator to explore AI in human creation.

Universal & NVIDIA Partner on AI Music Discovery, Fan & Creator Tools

The Universal Music Group has inked a new partnership with AI giant NVIDIA “to pioneer responsible AI for music discovery, creation and engagemen...

#AI #Music

David 4 days ago

Anna’s Archive Loses .Org Domain After Surprise Suspension

Anna's Archive Loses .Org Domain After Surprise Suspension * TorrentFreak

Popular shadow library Anna's Archive has lost control over its main domain name. Annas-archive.org was suspended and put on serverhold status.

#ShadowLibraries

David 4 days ago

40 million people turn to ChatGPT for health care https://www.axios.com/2026/01/05/chatgpt-openai-health-insurance-aca #AI #LLM #Healthcare

David 4 days ago

LAION Round 2: Machine-Readable but Still Not Actionable

Open Future

LAION Round 2: Machine-Readable but Still Not Actionable – Open Future

The OLG Hamburg ruled that machine-readable opt-outs must be machine-actionable, not just intelligible—but it left the definition of standards to...

#AI #TDM

David 6 days ago

How Mickey Mouse entered the Public Domain in 2024 – but not in Germany

COMMUNIA Association

How Mickey Mouse entered the Public Domain in 2024 – but not in Germany

The end of the copyright protection for Walt Disney's 1928 short film "Steamboat Willie" – known as the first-ever appearance of Mickey Mous...

#PublicDomain #Copyright #Law

David 1 week ago

Their Copyrights Expired. The Legal Threats Keep Coming.

Copyright Lately

Their Copyrights Expired. The Legal Threats Keep Coming.

Public domain works are free—unless aggressive claims deter the public from using them. From Hergé to Chaplin, some estates won't let go.

#Copyright #Law

David 1 week ago

2025: The year in LLMs

Simon Willison’s Weblog

2025: The year in LLMs

This is the third in my annual series reviewing everything that happened in the LLM space over the past 12 months. For previous years see Stuff we ...

#AI #LLM #2025

David 1 week ago

Instagram chief: AI is so ubiquitous 'it will be more practical to fingerprint real media than fake media'

Engadget

Instagram chief: AI is so ubiquitous 'it will be more practical to fingerprint real media than fake media'

Adam Mosseri offered a notably candid assessment on how AI is upending Instagram.

#AI #Instagram

David 1 week ago

Who to follow for staying current with AI

Who to follow for staying current with AI | Nicole Hennig

#AI #GenerativeAI #GenAI

David 2 weeks ago

AI Wrapped: The 14 AI terms you couldn’t avoid in 2025

MIT Technology Review

AI Wrapped: The 14 AI terms you couldn’t avoid in 2025

From “superintelligence” to “slop,” here are the words and phrases that defined another year of AI craziness.

#AI #2025

David 2 weeks ago

Now that phones alter our photos without us knowing, how do we know what’s real?

the Guardian

Now that phones alter our photos without us knowing, how do we know what’s real? | Isabel Brooks

Comparing the pictures taken with my camera’s automatic software to those taken with a ‘zero-processing’ app, the results are shocking. Is th...

#Photography #Technology #AI

David 2 weeks ago

Reggaeton artists challenge originality of 'dembow' rhythm in copyright battle https://www.courthousenews.com/reggaeton-artists-challenge-originality-of-dembow-rhythm-in-copyright-battle/ #Music #Copyright #Reggaeton #Dembow

David 2 weeks ago

Spotify Music Library Scraped by Pirate Activist Group

Spotify Music Library Scraped by Pirate Activist Group

A pirate activist group has reportedly scraped and released metadata from Spotify, and intends to release 86 million audio files.

#Music #Copyright #ShadowLibraries

David 2 weeks ago

In a First, AI Models Analyze Language As Well As a Human Expert

Quanta Magazine

In a First, AI Models Analyze Language As Well As a Human Expert | Quanta Magazine

If language is what makes us human, what does it mean now that large language models have gained “metalinguistic” abilities?

#AI #LLM #Linguistics

David 3 weeks ago

The 8 worst technology flops of 2025

MIT Technology Review

The 8 worst technology flops of 2025

The Cybertruck, sycophantic AI, and humanoid robots all made this year’s list of the biggest technology failures.

#Technology

David 3 weeks ago

Prediction: AI will make formal verification go mainstream

Prediction: AI will make formal verification go mainstream — Martin Kleppmann’s blog

#AI #ComputerScience

David 3 weeks ago

‘Greetings, earthlings’: Nvidia-backed Starcloud trains first AI model in space as orbital data center race heats up

CNBC

‘Greetings, earthlings’: Nvidia-backed Starcloud trains first AI model in space as orbital data center race heats up

The company's Starcloud-1 satellite is running Gemma, an open model from Google, marking the first time in history that an LLM has been trained in ...

#AI #Datacenters