Music publishers have claimed Anthropic's models'scraped' smash hits including Mariah Carey's All I Want For Christmas Is You. Music publishers have claimed Anthropic's models'scraped' smash hits including Mariah Carey's All I Want For Christmas Is You. Anthropic sued over alleged theft of'tens of thousands' of songs All AI wants for Christmas is a vast back catalogue of songs without paying for it, according to a multibillion dollar lawsuit against the startup behind the Claude chatbot. The compositions include Mariah Carey's All I Want for Christmas is You, Ain't No Mountain High Enough, originally performed by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell, and Survivor's Eye of the Tiger. The plaintiffs claim they are victims of "one of the largest and most blatant ongoing thefts of intellectual property in history". The lawsuit, filed in a California court, targets Anthropic and its chief executive, Dario Amodei, as well as co-founder Benjamin Mann.

When you purchase through links in our articles, we may earn a small commission. The actual teen protections are more complicated. I'm not a parent, but I'm looking at the Meta settlement wondering if our kids are any safer. If you haven't heard already, Meta agreed last Wednesday to settle a lawsuit over Facebook and Instagram's affect on children. Brought by 47 states, Washington D.C., and several U.S. territories, the suit alleged that Meta purposely made its platforms addictive to kids, ultimately causing negative mental health outcomes like anxiety, depression, and even suicide.

Look Up Mashable's Best: E-readers, robovacs, laptops, earbuds, smart home and more Say More Switch Off Creator Playbook Mashable Voices Trending Now Mashable Selects Safety Net Versus Gift Ideas For Everyone On Your List In My Bag All Series Anna Iovine is the associate editor of features at Mashable. Previously, as the sex and relationships reporter, she covered topics ranging from dating apps to pelvic pain. Before Mashable, Anna was a social editor at VICE and freelanced for publications such as Slate and the Columbia Journalism Review. Follow her on Bluesky . When new technology emerges, pornography soon follows.

UCLA PhD student Dylan Kupsh, who was a pro-Palestinian campus protester, is suing UC over its student discipline process. The lawsuit alleges viewpoint discrimination and due process violations. UCLA said it will respond to the suit in court.

Living through Operation Metro Surge, and what came after. A former Assistant U.S. Attorney described the ground plan in Minnesota: "They were, like, 'Occupy Minneapolis like it was Falluja.' " Photographs by Philip Cheung for The New Yorker Michael Cavlan had settled into a routine of patrolling his neighborhood by car most mornings when, early on January 7th, he received an alert on his phone informing him about Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity near his house in Powderhorn, in South Minneapolis. The previous day, the Department of Homeland Security had announced that it was sending two thousand immigration agents to Minnesota to take part in Operation Metro Surge, a campaign of mass detention and deportation that the Trump Administration advertised as the largest D.H.S. undertaking ever. Cavlan, a salty, gray-haired nurse and union steward, is a first-generation Irish American; in 1969, his Irish Catholic parents, inspired by the U.S. civil-rights movement, had moved the ...

China sees opportunity in America's recent AI security scares Software made by OpenAI broke free and hacked into another company's computer systems in July. SEOUL - In the United States, recent episodes of powerful artificial intelligence software breaking free and hacking into other computer systems prompted a wave of anxiety and intense debate about how to guard against the risks of AI. But in China, these incidents and the growing capabilities of AI have not caused the same level of alarm. The government already controls many kinds of technology, including AI. The prevailing attitude in the industry has been that the benefits of AI far outweigh the risks. That was exemplified Friday when Z.ai, a Beijing-based AI startup, made public the details of its latest model.

The Bank governor recently told City bosses: 'No country can seal itself off from the cross-border nature of systems that are prevalent today.' The Bank governor recently told City bosses: 'No country can seal itself off from the cross-border nature of systems that are prevalent today.' Andrew Bailey warns G20 members about risk of cyber-disruption spreading'across jurisdictions' The Bank of England's governor, Andrew Bailey, has joined the throng of figures warning about the global risks posed by the most advanced artificial intelligence technology. In a two-page letter sent to international finance ministers and central bank governors as part of his role as chair of the international Financial Stability Board (FSB), Bailey said "frontier" AI models were "showing increasingly sophisticated autonomy and problem-solving abilities, as well as threat capabilities". He said the models risked destabilising the "highly interconnected" global financial system via cyber-disruption that "can spread across jurisdictions".

Follow this section to personalize your feed and get instant alerts. Follow Go to your personalized feed WHY FOLLOW? Smart Alerts: Get notified about major news as it happens. Follow this tag to personalize your feed and get instant alerts. Follow Go to your personalized feed WHY FOLLOW?

Recruiters are facing a problem they might have once wished for: Every resume is perfect. Artificial intelligence tools have made it easy to submit a flawless job application, so employers are bringing back traditional techniques to sift through candidates. The advent of AI in generating or editing resumes has left companies flooded with similar applications, according to a number of London-based recruiters. That's pushing employers to rely on methods such as live tests, networking and recommendations to evaluate potential hires. "Networking has always been important. It's now absolutely crucial," said Zoe McLoughlin, executive director at London Business School's career center.

'We're alive': Kyiv-area survivor recalls Russian strike that killed 38 A firefighter works at the site of a Russian drone attack in the Kyiv region of Ukraine on Saturday. MYLA, Ukraine - Glass crackles as Liudmyla Polianychko walks through her shattered home outside Kyiv, where a Russian drone strike on an ammunition depot on Friday sparked blasts that killed 38 people and ravaged her neighborhood. Debris littered her young daughter's bedroom. Charred artillery shells and belts of ammunition lie scattered across her carefully manicured lawn. "But we're alive, and thank god for that," said the 48-year-old entrepreneur. Polianychko was still cleaning up on Sunday after the deadliest Russian strike of the year, whose devastating effects Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy blamed on official negligence.