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Newly unsealed court documents in the New York Times lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft reveal something striking — the companies' own internal records warned their data practices were creating a so-called doom loop for the web, and described their training scrapes as the largest theft of labor in human history. That kind of language, coming from inside the organizations themselves, is difficult to dismiss.
On a related front, Sony Music and Universal Music Group are pressing forward with fresh legal action against AI music startup Suno, arguing that the company's newest models still train on unlicensed recordings, just through a more indirect route. The labels contend Suno found a workaround rather than a solution, and the courts will now have to decide whether the distinction matters.
Meanwhile, a small Dutch chip designer called Euclyd has pulled in two hundred thirty one million dollars in funding, with Samsung among its backers, as it sets its sights on challenging Nvidia in the AI inference market. The catch is that Euclyd's first commercial chip won't arrive until two thousand twenty eight, which is a long time to ask investors to hold their breath in this industry.
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