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Anthropic's 'Project Panama' aimed to destructively scan all the books in the world to gather training data for its AI model Claude, bypassing copyright issues. The project was revealed in court documents from Bartz v Anthropic PBC, a northern California district court case decided in late July.

AI music company Suno lost a copyright case in Germany, which ruled that AI companies must license copyrighted music for training models and generating songs. The decision marks another legal victory for music rights holders in Europe.

A federal judge approved a $1.5 billion copyright settlement between Anthropic and authors, with $3,000 paid per work across an estimated 500,000 titles.

Anthony Albanese addressed AI regulation in a speech at the University of Sydney, announcing an AI office to protect Australian creatives from copyright theft and regulate datacentres.

Reels Remix is encountering copyright issues, as indicated by a recent ruling. The article directs readers to the ruling for more details.

QEMU is considering relaxing its ban on AI-generated contributions to allow limited AI assistance in areas with minimal copyright risk, such as small bug fixes and documentation. The proposal, suggested by Red Hat engineer Paolo Bonzini, acknowledges improved AI tools and a shift in risk balance, while maintaining restrictions on core code contributions without maintainer approval.

CBS and Paramount abandoned copyright challenges against Stephen Colbert's appearance on a Michigan cable access show, following a viral parody. Colbert concluded his tenure as host of 'The Late Show' on Friday.

The article argues that artificial intelligence systems are engaging in large-scale unauthorized plagiarism by training on copyrighted content without permission. The piece challenges the notion that AI development is fundamentally different from plagiarism, suggesting the scale and automation of the process does not change its ethical nature.

Databricks faces a class action lawsuit from book authors who claim their copyrighted works were used in training an LLM without permission. A judge is demanding more information from Databricks, which could lead to 'extraordinary' damages if the authors' claims are upheld.