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Publishers Sue Google Over Gemini AI Training Data
Klaudia Radecka/Nurphoto Via Getty Images Hachette Book Group, other publishers and author Scott Turow have sued Google, accusing the tech giant of willful copyright infringement. The plaintiffs allege Google illegally bypassed scope-limited…
Publishers accuse Google of stealing copyrighted content in new lawsuit
Multiple book publishers sued Google on Tuesday for allegedly stealing copyrighted content, using it to train artificial intelligence (AI) models and then generating content that 'directly' competes with the original authors' work. SCROLL TO…
DOJ threatens criminal prosecution if publisher proceeds with Zachary Young spy memoir
FIRST ON FOX — The Department of Justice has threatened legal action and potential criminal prosecution if book giant HarperCollins proceeds with a planned spy memoir by Zachary Young, but the CIA-trained U.S. Navy veteran blasted the…
Biden to publish another memoir after midterm elections: Promise Me, America
Former President Joe Biden announced the release of his new memoir, Promise Me, America, which is slated to hit shelves on Nov. 17, two weeks after the midterm elections. Memoirs have become a signature move for presidents after they leave office…
Authors, publishers sue Google over alleged AI copyright infringement
Hachette Book Group, Cengage Learning, Elsevier, and author Scott Turow have filed a lawsuit against Google in a federal United States court in New York, alleging the Silicon Valley tech giant committed copyright infringement while training its…
'The Implications Are Global': International Music Publishers Welcomes Australian Government's 'Landmark' Statement on AI
SYDNEY, Australia — The Australian prime minister's assurances that tech and AI companies can't use copyright-protected works including consent, credit and compensation has been warmly welcomed by the international music publishers…
Publishers sue Google over use of copyrighted books for AI training
A group of major publishers has sued Google, alleging the company illegally used millions of copyrighted books to train its Gemini artificial intelligence models, according to a report by Emma Loffhagen in The Guardian. The lawsuit, filed in…
Media Briefing: AI visibility is becoming publishers' newest currency
This Media Briefing covers the latest in media trends for Digiday+ members and is distributed over email every Thursday at 10 a.m. ET. More from the series → This week's Media Briefing looks at the rise of AI visibility as publishers' latest…
HarperCollins Children's Books promotes Tom Bonnick to fiction publishing director
HarperCollins Children's Books has promoted Tom Bonnick to fiction publishing director after his work on the launch of the Harper Fire YA imprint and the HarperCollins Children's Classics list. Create a free account to unlock 3 articles a month and…
John Murray Press to publish Promise Me, America by Joe Biden
John Murray Group in the UK and Little, Brown in the US will publish Promise Me, America, former US president Joseph R Biden Jr's personal account of his four-year presidency. Create a free account to unlock 3 articles a month and receive tailored…
From the Deputy Publisher: Good Points
The American Press Institute news summit last month in Pittsburgh was unlike any journalism conference I've attended. A two-day, invitation-only event, it brought together editors and publishers from around the country, as well as leaders from…
Piatkus to publish new Rebecca Yarros book set in Empyrean series
Rebecca Yarros © Katie Marie Seniors Piatkus will publish a new Rebecca Yarros book set within the world of the Empyrean series. The publisher secured UK & Commonwealth rights for Threshing Day in a deal with Red Tower Publishing, for…
Police performance levels published for first time - How our forces ranked
New police performance tables have been published today. Every force in England and Wales has been been assigned a performance level by the policing inspectorate for the first time. The move by His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire &…
No plans' to close University of Exeter's MA Publishing course despite humanities department cuts
University of Exeter © Shutterstock The University of Exeter has maintained that it does not intend to close the MA Publishing course despite plans to make cuts to 150 full-time roles. Create a free account to unlock 3 articles a month and…
How to Verify an Email Is Real Without Sending One (Dev Guide) Published
How to Verify an Email Address Is Real Without Sending One A regex that checks for an @ and a. will happily accept. It's syntactically valid — and completely useless. If you're building a signup form, a lead capture flow, or anything that…
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