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US judge allows using pirated books to train AI
US judge allows using pirated books to train AI
Economy
by  AFP

A federal judge has sided with the AI company Anthropic in its practice of training a chatbot on copyrighted books without permission from the authors. Tremendous amounts of data are needed to train large language models powering generative AI. Musicians, book authors, visual artists and news publications have sued AI companies that used their data without permission or payment.

Spain moves to strengthen power grid after huge April blackout
Spain moves to strengthen power grid after huge April blackout
Economy
by  AFP

The Spanish government on Tuesday announced a package of measures to strengthen its power grid and support renewable energy in a bid to avoid a repeat of the huge April blackout. The timeframe for installing new wind and solar energy facilities will be reduced and the government will facilitate developing power storage at renewable energy sites, notably through batteries.