The folks behind Wikipedia say that an extreme decision in either direction could threaten the open web. OpenAI and Microsoft say that training and deploying AI models based on published data is necessary for technological development and would therefore fall within the definition of fair use. The Wikimedia Foundation, however, is seeking a third way. The amicus brief agrees with Microsoft and OpenAI and suggests that a much more restrictive version of fair use could inhibit tech innovation. However, it also says that a ruling in favor of blanket fair use could lead to a closed web where knowledge is weakened due to a lack of available secondary source materials. The platform's alternative position applies fair use to two specific use cases for AI companies.

In a simmering debate centred on the same legal point as the movie The Castle, the question of acquiring property "on just terms" is emerging as a key concern amid furious lobbying from tech companies and rights holders ahead of a looming federal government announcement on AI. "We could be liable for'just terms' compensation for acquiring that property for every rights holder on Earth," Ross Cadell, a Nationals senator, told Guardian Australia. Michaelia Cash, the shadow attorney general, said the government should not "sell out Australian creators and rights holders in the rush to entice AI investment". Anthropic suggested an "opt-out" model which would allow it to scrape content unless a rightholder deployed digital protections signaling an objection. "If they go ahead with an opt-out model, it does raise a real question of whether the government is acquiring the intellectual property rights of others," said Cadell, a member of the federal parliamentary committee on AI . "How we support property rights is core to this." Anne Twomey, professor emerita of law at the University of Sydney, said the issue was exceedingly complex and noted no legislative proposal had been aired.

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European countries are leading the way harvesting heat that would otherwise be wasted as green death practices become more common. In 2011, Redditch Borough Council in England tried something that hardly anyone in the UK had heard of before. Staff announced they were going to warm the local swimming pool with heat from a nearby crematorium. The plans were met with international headlines, and a labor union official branded them "sick and an insult to residents." "All you're doing is basically heating a radiator and sending the heat down a tube," says Guy Revans, of Redditch and Bromsgrove Councils, just south of Birmingham.

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Image caption, The Gruffalo has been a staple of children's bookshelves since 1999 Axel Scheffler, whose illustrations have captivated children since 1999, said he wanted AI companies to stop using artists' work without permission. The Gruffalo, written by London-born children's author Julia Donaldson, tells the story of a mouse who outsmarts a beast. I've been in touch with a lawyer in Germany, Scheffler said. There have been illustrators taking legal action against AI companies and I'm seriously considering it. I just want them to stop.

Lawyers say clients who use chatbots are adding to their workload, forcing them to correct errors made by AI. Lawyers say clients who use chatbots are adding to their workload, forcing them to correct errors made by AI. Research finds 55% of lawyers are using AI in legal practices, up from 37% last year, though efficiency gains aren't as high as expected More than half of Victoria's lawyers have reported using AI in their work, according to a new study, but just over a quarter say they have reduced fees as a result of efficiency gains. They also say clients seeking advice from chatbots have added to their workload, forcing them to correct errors made by AI. The 2026 census of 2,221 of the state's lawyers, conducted by the Victorian Legal Services Board and Commissioner's legal services research centre, found a big increase in lawyers using AI in their practices, rising from 37% to 55% in the last year.

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