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AI-Generated Influencers Are Stealing Jokes From Comedians to Boost Adult Content Sites

AI-generated women are stealing stand-up routines verbatim from real comedians on Instagram, amassing hundreds of thousands of followers while promoting OnlyFans and Fanvue. Meta's policies offer little protection as AI fakes outperform original creators.

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AI-Generated Influencers Are Stealing Jokes From Comedians to Boost Adult Content Sites

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Meta Backs Down on Commercial Terms That Would Have Allowed Website Scraping for AI Training

Meta reversed controversial commercial terms that would have allowed the company to scrape content from websites linked to business accounts for AI model training. Legal experts warned the October 30 update could have cost news publishers millions in licensing fees while granting Meta sweeping permissions to bypass paywalls and robots.txt protections.

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Meta Backs Down on Commercial Terms That Would Have Allowed Website Scraping for AI Training

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AI Models Turn Game Decompilation Into a Hollow Numbers Game, Forcing Decomp.dev to Close Index

Decomp.dev, a major game decompilation tracking hub, has shut down its public index after frontier AI models enabled bad actors to hijack human-driven projects. Administrator Luke Street cited AI-assisted forks rushing half-baked ports and turning collaborative research into a hollow numbers game, breaking the community aspect of decompilation.

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AI Models Turn Game Decompilation Into a Hollow Numbers Game, Forcing Decomp.dev to Close Index

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CNN, Axios and 400+ Publishers Join Google AI News Program to License Content for Generative AI

CNN, Financial Times, and Axios have joined Google's AI news program alongside over 400 global publishers to license their content for generative AI features. The multi-year partnership with Google marks CNN's first major deal since Skydance's merger with Paramount, as publishers seek compensation while grappling with declining referral traffic from AI-generated search answers.

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CNN, Axios and 400+ Publishers Join Google AI News Program to License Content for Generative AI

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Marsha Blackburn's AI Kendrick Lamar Video Sparks Controversy Over Deepfake Technology Misuse

Tennessee Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn released an AI-generated video depicting herself as Kendrick Lamar during his Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show performance. The gubernatorial campaign video has drawn sharp criticism for potential AI misuse, particularly ironic given her advocacy for the No Fakes Act against unauthorized AI-generated deepfakes.

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Marsha Blackburn's AI Kendrick Lamar Video Sparks Controversy Over Deepfake Technology Misuse

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Xbox Labs: Microsoft Embraces AI-Powered Game Ports and Experimental Game Development

Microsoft launches Xbox Labs, a new division led by Scott Van Vliet, to explore AI-powered game ports and decompilation. The initiative responds to recent AI-driven game modifications that enabled Halo: Combat Evolved to run in browsers and ported classic titles to Apple Silicon, challenging traditional software-hardware boundaries.

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Xbox Labs: Microsoft Embraces AI-Powered Game Ports and Experimental Game Development

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New York Times, Economist Join 80+ Publishers in SPUR Coalition Against Unpaid AI Content Usage

The New York Times, Agence France-Presse, and The Economist joined the SPUR coalition alongside over 80 news publishers across 20+ countries to combat AI firms monetising content without permission. The coalition launched its Content Telemetry Standard as publishers face a 33% drop in Google referrals and escalating copyright infringement battles with OpenAI.

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New York Times, Economist Join 80+ Publishers in SPUR Coalition Against Unpaid AI Content Usage

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David Pocock Accuses Government of Political Interference in AI Inquiry After PM's Office Edits Letter

Independent senator David Pocock has accused the Australian government of political interference after discovering Anthony Albanese's office vetted and edited a bipartisan parliamentary committee letter on AI policy before it was sent to the prime minister. The incident has raised questions about the integrity of the AI inquiry process.

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David Pocock Accuses Government of Political Interference in AI Inquiry After PM's Office Edits Letter

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Major Book Publishers Quietly Deploy AI Tools Despite Employee Revolt and Author Consent Issues

Three of America's Big Five book publishers are secretly using generative AI tools like ChatGPT and Claude for cover art, marketing materials, and publicity copy without author consent. Employees at HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, and Hachette reveal growing concerns about ethical and legal implications as executives dismiss objections as the cost of doing business.

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Major Book Publishers Quietly Deploy AI Tools Despite Employee Revolt and Author Consent Issues

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USA Today Sues OpenAI for Copyright Infringement Over AI Training Data Worth Hundreds of Millions

USA Today Co. and several local newspapers filed a lawsuit against OpenAI in Manhattan federal court, alleging the AI company copied hundreds of thousands of copyrighted articles without permission to train its AI models. The publisher seeks damages exceeding $250 million, joining a growing coalition of media outlets taking legal action against OpenAI over unauthorized content use.

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USA Today Sues OpenAI for Copyright Infringement Over AI Training Data Worth Hundreds of Millions

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Denmark Introduces Deepfake Ban to Protect Faces and Voices From AI Manipulation

Denmark's Culture Minister Zenia Stampe unveiled legislation banning sharing AI deepfakes without consent. The amendment to Denmark's copyright law targets unauthorized digital imitations while allowing satire and political criticism, aiming to force tech giants to remove manipulated content quickly.

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Denmark Introduces Deepfake Ban to Protect Faces and Voices From AI Manipulation

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ChatGPT Forges Real Artists' Signatures on AI-Generated New Yorker-Style Cartoons

OpenAI's ChatGPT has been generating New Yorker-style cartoons and forging the signatures of real cartoonists like Brendan Loper onto AI-generated images. Nieman Lab identified over 15 affected artists whose names appear on work they never created, raising serious questions about intellectual property, misattribution, and the ethical boundaries of AI training data.

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ChatGPT Forges Real Artists' Signatures on AI-Generated New Yorker-Style Cartoons

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Wizards of the Coast developers unionize, demand halt to generative AI push by leadership

Developers behind Dungeons & Dragons and Magic The Gathering have joined United Wizards of the Coast - CWA, demanding protection from AI encroachment. The union alleges leadership is pushing adoption of LLMs without team input and seeks voluntary recognition by October 13.

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Wizards of the Coast developers unionize, demand halt to generative AI push by leadership

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AI Comedians Are Stealing Jokes on Instagram to Sell OnlyFans Subscriptions

AI-generated performers are stealing stand-up routines from real comedians and posting them on Instagram to drive traffic to OnlyFans accounts. One fictional character, Tiffany Sloan, gained 375,000 followers in three weeks by using stolen material. Real comedians like George Brett Olson are fighting back as this AI creator business raises serious ethical concerns about joke theft and authenticity.

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AI Comedians Are Stealing Jokes on Instagram to Sell OnlyFans Subscriptions

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Italy Opens Investigation Into AI Music Startup Suno Over Unfair Contract Terms

Italy's competition authority AGCM has launched an investigation into Suno, the US-based AI music startup that converts text prompts into songs. The probe centers on potentially unfair terms of service that may violate Italian consumer protection laws, including concerns about unilateral contract alterations, copyright licensing, and waiver of moral rights.

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Italy Opens Investigation Into AI Music Startup Suno Over Unfair Contract Terms

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