Anthropic agrees to pay authors over $1.5 billion for using their work to train AI, totaling around $3,000 a book

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Anthropic settled a class-action lawsuit with a group of authors in a deal that could change the terms for how LLMs train on creative work.

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  • Anthropic agreed to pay over $1.5 billion to authors for books used for LLM training.
  • That comes out to about $3,000 per book, according to the proposed settlement terms.
  • Lawyers identified about 500,000 copyrighted
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You can stay on Windows 10 for another year for free — if you act by Oct. 14

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It’s no secret that Microsoft is ending official support for Windows 10 in October. The tech giant has been chomping at the bit to get users to upgrade to Windows 11, and even allows Windows 10 users to upgrade to Windows 11 for free.

However, some folks really want to stay on Windows 10, be it for upgrade compatibility reasons or just to avoid the increasingly AI-forward Windows 11. They may also

The Amazon executive overseeing its upcoming AI agent service is stepping down

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Amazon physical stores VP Dilip Kumar

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  • Dilip Kumar, VP of AWS Applications, is stepping down from his role this month.
  • Kumar led AWS's Quick Suite AI project, and previously launched the Just Walk Out store technology.
  • This is Amazon's latest AI leadership change.

The leader of a key Amazon AI project is stepping down.

Dilip Kumar, VP of AWS Applications, is leaving his current

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How the biggest hedge funds performed in August, including Citadel, Millennium, and Balyasny

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"Do we use it in our investment business? A little bit, a little bit, I can't say it's been game changing," Citadel founder Ken Griffin said of AI.

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  • Multistrategy hedge funds were mostly positive in August, according to Business Insider sources.
  • Firms like Ken Griffin's Citadel made money for their investors, though many trailed equity markets.
  • Michael Gelband's
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Tesla now puts their robotaxi safety monitors in the drivers seat

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Imagine this. You're in Austin, Texas, the one place where Tesla's autonomous robotaxi service is open to the public. You order a Tesla robotaxi in order to try the service out. After all, it's a self-driving car! You're living in the future.

And the Tesla robotaxi arrives with a human sitting in the driver's seat.

That's what's happening right now as Tesla seeks to operate its robotaxi under Texas

Miss USA pageant plunges into leadership crisis as CEO Laylah Rose says she's still in charge

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Miss USA CEO Laylah Rose took over the pageant in 2023.

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  • Laylah Rose hit back at Thom Brodeur's announcement that he is the new Miss USA CEO and president.
  • Rose, who was named CEO in 2023, said in a statement on Friday that she has "not seen any new contracts."
  • It's the latest development in a tumultuous few years for the legendary pageant.

If CEO Laylah Rose real

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Philips huge Hue refresh brings motion detection to its smart lights

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Philips has just announced a monster list of new products for its Hue lineup, part of an overhaul announced at the IFA conference in Berlin.

In recent years, the Philips Hue line has struggled, as cheaper smart lights (that don't require a complicated hub) entered the market.

The new products include smart light bulbs, the new Hue Bridge Pro, and not one, but seven new light strip products. Tucked

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