Tag AI and copyright

AI vs. YouTube Creators: What’s at Stake When Your Videos Train the New Machine

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What’s the Controversy? Creators are increasingly alarmed that their YouTube videos—especially transcripts/subtitles—are being used without explicit permission to train AI models. These datasets (notably something called YouTube Subtitles, part of the larger Pile) include text derived from thousands of videos…

AI Makes a Tragic Romance Happy on Raanjhanaa Re-Released with a New Ending

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In what may be the first AI-driven alternate ending for a theatrical re-release, the Bollywood cult classic Raanjhanaa is returning to cinemas under its Tamil dub name Ambikapathy—but with a major change: the tragic climax has been replaced with a…

How New AI Band Fooled Spotify and Millions of Fans

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What if your favorite rising indie band didn’t exist? That’s exactly what happened when an AI-generated music project called Velvet Sundown racked up over a million streams on Spotify—without a single human musician involved. Welcome to the new reality of…

New Era of Reading: How AI Summaries Are Changing the Way We Consume Text

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As AI tools continue to mature, a new frontier is emerging: automatic summarization of long-form content. From academic papers to novels, AI-powered summarizers promise to condense pages into bite-sized insights in seconds. On June 4, 2025, The Washington Post explored…

New AI Cloning of Celebrity Voices Outpaces the Law: What You Need to Know

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As artificial intelligence (AI) continues its meteoric rise, one of the latest and most controversial uses is AI cloning of celebrity voices. While this technological marvel has sparked innovation across entertainment, marketing, and accessibility, it has also led to ethical…