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Apple Podcasts Launches New Video Features in Aim to Compete With YouTube, Spotify
The update will come to iPhone, iPad and Apple Vision Pro users, as well as via Apple Podcasts on the web this spring
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ByteDance to Implement AI Safeguards After Seedance 2.0 Pushback From Disney, Paramount
“We are taking steps to strengthen current safeguards as we work to prevent the unauthorized use of intellectual property and likeness by users,” the company says
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Paramount Insists ByteDance Stop Use of Copyrighted Material to Train AI Models in Cease-and-Desist: ‘Blatant Infringement’
Allegedly infringed properties include South Park, SpongeBob SquarePants, Star Trek and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
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Disney Hits ByteDance With Cease-and-Desist, Claiming Seedance AI Tool Is ‘Hijacking’ Trademarked Characters
SAG-AFTRA and the MPA also issued statements against the generative AI tool this week
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The AI Jobs Apocalypse Isn’t Here Yet, But the Panic Is Real | Analysis
A warning about “something big” happening with AI clearly touched a nerve, even as critics question its validity
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SAG-AFTRA Condemns ‘Unacceptable’ Seedance 2.0 AI Videos: ‘Disregards Law, Ethics’
The actors’ union says the new model from ByteDance enables “blatant infringement” on properties like “Lord of the Rings” and “Mission: Impossible”
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In Landmark Social Media Trial, Big Tech Faces the Big Tobacco Playbook | Analysis
A bellwether case accusing Meta and YouTube of addicting young users and harming their mental health could reverberate through courtrooms for years to come
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MPA Demands Seedance 2.0 Halt ‘Infringing Activity’ After Viral AI Video of Tom Cruise-Brad Pitt Fight
“In a single day, Seedance 2.0 has engaged in unauthorized use of U.S. copyrighted works on a massive scale,” CEO and chairman Charles Rivkin says
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Disney Settles Streaming Data Suit From CA Attorney General for $2.75 Million
“Consumers shouldn’t have to go to infinity and beyond to assert their privacy rights,” Rob Bonta says
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FTC Accuses Apple News of Promoting ‘Left-Wing News Outlets’ While Suppressing Conservative Ones
“I encourage you to conduct a comprehensive review of Apple’s terms of service and … to take corrective action swiftly,” reads the letter from FTC chair Andrew Ferguson
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Instagram Chief Argues Social Media Not ‘Clinically Addictive’ in Landmark Trial
“There’s always trade-off between safety and speech,” Adam Mosseri adds
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YouTube Argues It’s Designed for Entertainment, Not Addiction, in Landmark Social Media Trial
The company’s lawyers delivered the video platform’s opening statements Tuesday in California state court
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Spotify Hits 290 Million Premium Subscribers in Q4
The music streaming giant reaches a total of 751 million monthly active users, a gain of 38 million during the quarter
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AI in Africa: A Creative Revolution Challenging Hollywood Fears and Limitations
African filmmakers and artists see AI giving them access to the kinds of resources traditionally limited to big Hollywood studios
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