Leftovers

• Jonathan Dowland ☛ Jonathan Dowland: Interzone digital

  (no, this isn't a blog post about Joy Division songs)

  Last time I wrote about Interzone, I was discussing issue #294, the first published under new management in a paperback-sized format ("JB6"). The format and presentation of the magazine was fantastic: it fit in a lot of my pockets, and was packed with 15 stories as well as the regular columns, in full colour with fantastic layouts and illustrations. Sadly there was only one more physical issue before Interzone was forced to become a digital-only publication.

• Games

  • Boiling Steam ☛ The Great Steam Deck Crash of 2026: How The New Pricing Slashed Demand by 80%

    Following our recent article estimating the volume of Steam Machines currently sold on the market, I wanted to also go back to another very interesting piece of data and question: has the change of price of the Steam Deck in May 2026 had a big impact on the number of its sales? Not just in value, but in units sold? Turns out, we should be able to answer the question using a similar methodology and the weekly top sellers charts. This chart lists the ranking of all products according to their sales in total dollars, regardless of the software or hardware aspect.

  • The Zambian Observer ☛ Kylian Mbappe becomes the first player to win the World Cup Golden Boot twice

    French football star, Kylian Mbappe has become the first player to win the World Cup Golden Boot twice after earning the award for top scorer at the 2026 tournament.

• Science / Mathematics / Computer Science

  • Science Alert ☛ It's Not Just You: Scientists Say Modern Life Is Pushing The Human Mind Beyond Its Limits

    This evolutionary mismatch is leading to significant problems.

  • Science Alert ☛ American Heart Association Reveals The Optimal Daily Cups of Coffee For Your Health

    Put the kettle on.

  • Science Alert ☛ Wildfire Smoke Can Attack Almost Every Part of Your Body – Not Just Your Lungs

    "Your whole body is affected."

  • Science Alert ☛ Humans Landed on The Moon 57 Years Ago Today. It Revealed How Little We Know

    The Apollo missions were just the beginning.

  • Science Alert ☛ Monkeys Have Geometric Skills On Par With Human Preschoolers, Study Suggests

    "Abstract thought is not an all-or-none ability that suddenly appeared in humans."

  • Science Alert ☛ Scientists Find a More Precise Way to Grow Artificial Blood Vessels, Using Magnets

    Essential for lab-grown organs.

• Career/Education

  • Chronicle Of Higher Education ☛ U. of Houston Is Planning Big Cuts to Its Core Curriculum. Faculty Aren't Happy.

    The university is moving to cut 40 percent of classes from its core curriculum in response to a state law. Professors say administrators' interpretation of the law is too broad, and that they should halt the cuts.

  • Chronicle Of Higher Education ☛ A Professor Argues His Tenure Was Denied Because the University Succumbed to Federal Pressure

    Experts say a new lawsuit from Northwestern U.'s Steven Thrasher, who drew attention in 2024 for blocking campus police officers from a student encampment, makes some creative arguments.

• Hardware

  • Cybernews ☛ Intel layoffs hit data centers, but company says it won’t affect production

    Just over a year later, the semiconductor giant is reportedly laying off an unknown number of employees who work with the hardware that powers cloud computing, data centers, and AI.

    Hardware used in data centers and AI is scarce due to the widespread AI adoption, which has spiked demand for CPUs, GPUs, AI chips, and other related hardware.

    While this new round of layoffs might spark concerns about hardware production, an Intel spokesperson said “it remains committed to its product roadmap,” meaning the changes shouldn’t affect production.

• Health/Nutrition/Agriculture

  • The Straits Times ☛ South Korea’s pregnancy badges being resold online, raising concerns over misuse

    These badges may be proof of eligibility for priority services intended for only expectant mothers.

  • Science Alert ☛ Inflammatory Bowel Disease Has Been Recreated on a Chip, And Scientists Could Finally Figure Out Its Cause

    This could help millions of people.

  • New York Times ☛ Epidemics and Rage

    Societies have always struggled with hostile reactions to health care workers during epidemics. Why?

  • Futurism ☛ Taylor Farms Made Huge Donation to Convicted Felon Group After Loosening of Rules That Could Have Prevented Explosive Diarrhea Outbreak

    A cautionary tale.

  • Futurism ☛ Whole Foods Offering Steep Discount on Taylor Farms Shredded Iceberg Lettuce

    "The cost is on the back end."

  • New York Times ☛ Soaring Egg Prices Are Hitting China Hard

    China consumes more eggs per capita than almost every other country, so a recent spike in costs is touching a nerve.

  • New York Times ☛ The Sewer Knows What You Ate

    During the Covid-19 pandemic, wastewater testing became a virus warning system. Now, scientists are using the approach to understand how communities eat.

  • The Strategist ☛ To China, a beef tariff is for national security. Australia can learn from that

    China is telling us what to do and, for once, our complying would be rather helpful. In fact, China is telling us to do what it does.

• Proprietary / SaaS

  • Qt Project Goals - call for submissions now open

    The Qt folks have taken inspiration in our successful KDE Goals and are starting the Qt Project Goals.
    
    The idea is to select goals that help focus on activities that we believe to be the most crucial for the near Qt future.
    
    Since KDE uses Qt extensively some of you probably have good goals ideas for Qt.

  • So-Called 'Artificial Intelligence' ('AI') / LLM Slop / Plagiarism

    • Digital Music News ☛ TikTok Quietly Starts Testing Hey Hi (AI) Deepfake Detection Tech

      TikTok is testing an opt-in tool that scans for Hey Hi (AI) likenesses and enables creators to report them to the company. Initial tests are limited to a few US-based creators. Fentanylware (CheeTok) has started testing an opt-in function that scans for AI-generated likenesses and enables creators to report them to the company. First spotted by social control media [...]

    • Futurism ☛ Lawsuit Alleges That Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Chaffbot Encouraged Suicide of Woman Who Walked Into Traffic

      "This is not suicide. This is surrender."

    • New York Times ☛ A.I. ‘Vibecoded’ Apps Are Flooding Apple’s App Store

      Mobile apps are easy to make with artificial intelligence. That doesn’t mean people are excited to use them.

    • Press Gazette ☛ Google search traffic to leading UK publishers set to halve by Q3 2027

      New AOP study reveals impact of Hey Hi (AI) overviews on search at eight leading UK publishers.

    • Press Gazette ☛ Cultural resistance hampers use of Hey Hi (AI) in newsrooms, new global survey finds

      New study charts attitudes to Hey Hi (AI) across newsrooms in 86 countries.

    • Futurism ☛ There’s a Gigantic Problem at the Heart of the Hey Hi (AI) Industry That Could Cause the Whole Thing to Collapse

      It just doesn't make any sense.

    • Futurism ☛ OpenAI Exec Laments That China Is Giving Away Models So Good That For-Profit Companies Won’t Be Able to Compete

      "The head of strategic futures Proprietary Chaffbot Company seems a little rattled."

    • Futurism ☛ OpenAI Appears to Be Missing Its Sales Goals by a Vast Margin

      It's a bloodbath.

    • Federal News Network ☛ AI may be getting the attention, but it’s only as reliable as the data behind it

      "I think that's the jump that we're really trying to make here, is go from data accessibility to data understandability," said Richard Coffin.

    • European Commission ☛ Commission publishes guidelines on transparency obligations for providers and deployers of certain Hey Hi (AI) systems

      Today, the European Commission published guidelines to assist providers and deployers of artificial intelligence (AI) systems in meeting the Hey Hi (AI) Act's transparency obligations, which start to apply on 2 August 2026.

• Entrapment (Microsoft GitHub)

  • Unicorn Media ☛ The XZ Backdoor Long Con Chronicled in ‘Half a Second’

    'Half a Second' chronicles the XZ Utils backdoor attempt—from a patient impostor maintainer to the half-second latency that exposed the plot.

• Security

  • Privacy/Surveillance

    • Federal News Network ☛ A new Commerce Dept policy pits privacy and transparency against access to information

      "These data contain within it a lot of information that has policy implications, economic development, transportation infrastructure," said Paul Schroeder.

• Defence/Aggression

  • The Straits Times ☛ Top Chinese, Philippine envoys to meet for first time since 2024

    Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is set to meet Philippine counterpart Ma. Theresa Lazaro.

  • The Straits Times ☛ China, Philippines trade accusations over South China Sea encounter

    The Philippines said Chinese Coast Guard personnel aggressively struck its navy staff with a wooden baton.

  • The Straits Times ☛ China summons Philippine ambassador over South China Sea encounter

    BEIJING, July 21 - Beijing said it has summoned the Philippine ambassador to China on Tuesday to lodge solemn representation over an encounter a day earlier between the two countries in the Second Thomas Shoal, according to a statement.

  • The Straits Times ☛ Philippine military says China injured sailor in sea clash

    The Philippines accused the China Coast Guard of clubbing a Filipino sailor with a baton during the incident.

  • The Straits Times ☛ Rubio in Philippines as US condemns ‘dangerous’ China actions

    Rubio has said he is open to the possibility of a meeting. with his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi.

  • Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Rubio in Philippines as US condemns ‘dangerous’ China actions

    The United States condemned “dangerous and aggressive actions” by China following a clash with the Philippine navy in the South China Sea, as US Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in Manila on Tuesday for a meeting of Southeast Asian nations.

  • The Straits Times ☛ Musical diplomacy: Thai PM bursts into song on China visit

    Sitting alongside Chinese Premier Li Qiang, Anutin sang a classic hit by Taiwanese star Teresa Teng.

  • The Straits Times ☛ Thailand raises alarm with China over tanks to Cambodia army

    Thai PM Anutin Charnvirakul raised the concerns with Chinese President Pooh-tin Jinping in a meeting on July 17.

  • Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Taiwan says ‘significant’ rise in China maritime activity near island

    Taiwan detected a sharp rise in the number of Chinese ships entering waters around the island democracy last month, a Taiwanese coast guard official said, as Beijing intensifies pressure on Taipei. China deploys military aircraft, warships and coast guard vessels around Taiwan on an almost daily basis to assert its claim of sovereignty over the […]

  • The Straits Times ☛ Taiwan charges ex-TSMC employee over attempted tech leak to China

    The authorities said this was the first such case on the island.

  • Tom's Hardware ☛ Taiwan indicts ex-TSMC manager for allegedly stealing chip secrets for China — first case of its kind links managers to Chinese semiconductor materials analysis company

    Taiwanese prosecutors indicted a former TSMC deputy manager on Monday for allegedly copying 21 confidential documents.

  • The Straits Times ☛ Taiwan to slow mobile internet in civil defence drills as China threat grows

    The drills aim to prepare citizens for communication disruptions from disasters or a Chinese blockade.

  • JURIST ☛ Third Circuit strikes down New Jersey bans on assault firearms and large capacity magazines

    The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled Friday that New Jersey’s bans on assault firearms and magazines holding more than 10 rounds violate the Second Amendment, marking the first time a federal appeals court has struck down a state assault weapons ban. Sitting en banc, the court was divided 10-5.

  • The Straits Times ☛ Japan protests Chinese live-fire drill in nearby waters

    The Chinese destroyer was operating alongside Russian naval vessels.

  • Defence Web ☛ Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’ exploits African shipping registries to skirt sanctions

    From the ports of Cameroon to the islands of Comoros [...]

  • Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Mentally impaired waiter jailed for 2 years and 4 months for inciting subversion by promoting pro-Taiwan party

    A mentally impaired man has been jailed for two years and four months for inciting subversion by promoting a pro-Taiwan political party through online posts and putting up posters in public places Waiter Chan Ho-hin, 23, was sentenced at the District Court on Monday following his guilty plea earlier this month.

  • France24 ☛ Lebanese army deploys to three southern villages under US-backed security framework

    The Lebanese army began assuming security responsibilities in three southern villages on Monday under a US-backed pilot initiative, the State Department said. Operations in Froun, Srifa and Zawtar al-Gharbiya mark the first implementation of a framework aimed at enabling a phased Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon and Hezbollah's disarmament.

  • Russia, Belarus, and War in Ukraine

    • New York Times ☛ Ukraine War Momentum Helps Spur Interest in Postwar Investment

      At a conference on reconstruction, the focus shifted to private investment, not donor assistance.

    • New York Times ☛ Zelensky Faces Pressure to Remove Ukraine’s Top General

      Demonstrators and many soldiers want President Volodymyr Zelensky to reaffirm the vision of drone warfare laid out by the defense minister he fired last week.

    • CS Monitor ☛ Why so many Ukrainians are up in arms over firing of defense minister

      Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s dismissal of the popular defense minister, an architect of Ukraine’s effective high-tech warfare, has sparked protests across the country. More than just strategy, youth appears part of his appeal.

    • The Straits Times ☛ North Korea, Russia foreign ministers hold strategic talks in Moscow, KCNA says

      North Korea said it supports Russia in eliminating what it calls the “root cause” of Ukraine war.

    • The Straits Times ☛ Three Chinese injured in drone attack on Moscow

      Three Chinese nationals were injured during a Ukraine drone attack on Moscow, Chinese state media said on Tuesday.

    • RFERL ☛ Russian And Ukraine Exchange Overnight Strikes As Drone Attacks Target Moscow Region

      Large plumes of black smoke rose high into the skies of the Moscow region on July 20 after Ukrainian drone strikes hit an oil depot and logistics facilities, wounding 10 people as Kyiv vowed to respond to deadly Russian attacks that have left several people dead.

    • LRT ☛ Lithuania holds funeral for volunteer killed fighting in Ukraine

      Dozens of mourners, including senior politicians and military officers, gathered at a church in Vilnius, the Lithuanian capital, on Sunday to pay their final respects to Ignas Kailius, a Lithuanian volunteer killed while fighting alongside Ukrainian forces against Russia's invasion.

    • LRT ☛ Lithuania's defence minister says Russia views Baltic states, Poland as next targets

      With Russia unable to secure victory in its war against Ukraine, the Kremlin is looking for an alternative win and now regards the Baltic region and Poland as its most likely next target, said Lithuania's Defence Minister Robertas Kaunas.

    • JURIST ☛ UN says Kyiv missile strike violated protections for civilians

      A Russian missile barrage on Kyiv killed at least one person and damaged homes, shops and a metro station early Sunday, in a strike UN officials said breached international humanitarian law protections for civilians and civilian infrastructure.

    • France24 ☛ Ukraine fires 400 missiles at Moscow after deadly Russian attacks

      Ukraine fired more than 400 drones toward Moscow in its latest major attack on the Russian capital on July 20. The blitz came hours after Russia bombarded Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities with ballistic missiles in a relentless cycle of tit-for-tat strikes.

    • Latvia ☛ New builds in Latvia still come without bomb-shelter basements

      As the war in Ukraine continues, the question of where people can take shelter in a sudden crisis such as a military attack has become a key one. In Latvia, many newly built apartment buildings often have no basements at all, even if the building has only been put into operation very recently. Why are builders ignoring safe basements, and how expensive would it be to install shelters in new buildings?

    • The Straits Times ☛ Russia's Putin meets North Korea's top diplomat in Kremlin

      MOSCOW, July 20 - Russia's President Vladimir Putin met North Korea's Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui an the Kremlin on Sunday, thanking her for help in what Moscow calls the special military operation, the Kremlin said.

• Environment

  • Energy/Transportation

    • The Straits Times ☛ Power, water needs test South Korea’s push to build Hey Hi (AI) chip hub beyond Seoul

      South Korea wants to establish a new semiconductor hub in its south-west within four years.

    • The Straits Times ☛ China’s home-grown passenger jet to make first international flight in August

      The daily round-trip service will be operated by Air China, connecting Beijing and Ulaanbaatar.

    • The Straits Times ☛ China suspends aviation firm linked to Beijing light aircraft crash

      The aviation authorities have cast doubt on the company's flight personnel qualifications and the airworthiness of their aircraft.

  • Overpopulation

    • JURIST ☛ UN report: Djibouti faces severe food insecurity

      The UN warned on Friday that Djibouti is facing severe emergency-level hunger following the release of a report on the food insecurity situation in the East African country.

• Finance

  • Green Party UK ☛ Zack Polanski: We will judge Andy Burnham on whether he provides solutions to the affordability crisis, the inequality crisis and the climate crisis

    Zack Polanski said: "The Green Party wishes the new Prime Minister well. There is an affordability crisis, an inequality crisis, and a climate crisis. We will judge Andy Burnham on whether he provides the leadership necessary to deliver solutions. His speech today failed to mention any willingness to challenge the vested interests of the establishment which Labour has become part and parcel of and has driven these crises. Without this being fundamental, nothing progressive can truly be achieved."

  • Latvia ☛ Hungary's OTP to buy Baltic bank Luminor

    Hungarian banking giant OTP Group is to enter the Baltic markets by buying Luminor, the third-largest banking group in the Baltic region, it has been announced.

  • FSF / Software Freedom / Digital Sovereignty

    • FSF ☛ Help us reach our goal by Friday and get an anti-surveillance cover

      96% of our funding comes from individuals just like you. When you become an associate member, you play a direct and crucial role in taking on the proprietary software giants. Your support runs the infrastructure for the GNU Project. It also helps maintain and enforce the GNU Public License (GPL), one of the world's most popular software licenses, and our Licensing and Compliance Lab is also the preeminent resource of free licensing information for free software developers. And your support helps us protect and expand user freedom across the world through our many campaigns and projects, including LibrePhone, Defective by Design, Fight to Repair, and LibreLocal.

• AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics

  • France24 ☛ After getting a new PM, the UK waits for his government and first policies

    Former Manchester mayor Andy Burnham has become the UK's new prime minister, the seventh in a decade, following Keir Starmer's resignation on July 20. In his first speech, he has vowed to start a ten-year plan for Britain. His government and his first policies will quickly be announced. FRANCE 24's Benedicte Paviot tells us more.

  • The Straits Times ☛ Prosecutors win subpoenas for Philippine vice president Duterte's financial records in impeachment case

    The Philippine Senate ordered banks and the Anti-Money Laundering Council on Monday to produce financial records for Vice President Sara Duterte, her husband and several linked entities, a procedural win for prosecutors seeking to prove she amassed unexplained wealth while in office.

  • ACLU ☛ Federal Funding Should Support Communities, Not Political Agendas

    Congressional investments should reach the communities they were intended to serve.

  • New Yorker ☛ Can Andy Burnham’s Manchesterism Save the U.K.’s Center Left?

    With a populist touch, and a focus on affordability and raising up left-behind communities, Britain’s new Prime Minister has drawn comparisons to Zohran Mamdani.

  • JURIST ☛ UN experts urge Venezuela to remove barriers to humanitarian aid

    UN experts on Friday warned that the recent earthquakes in Venezuela have exacerbated its humanitarian and human rights crisis, and urged authorities to remove regulatory barriers to humanitarian aid and relief provided by non-profits and NGOs.

  • France24 ☛ Two French diplomats subjected to ‘extremely serious act of intimidation’ in Iran, FM Barrot says

    France’s Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot on Monday said two French embassy officials had been subject to an “extremely serious act of intimidation” by Iranian security services in Iran the day before, having been held and interrogated for hours. One of them was also subjected to physical abuse, he said.

  • Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda

    • The Straits Times ☛ Rohingya targeted by resurgence of ‘hateful’ disinformation in Malaysia

      Malaysia hosts more than 215,000 refugees and asylum seekers through the United Nations refugee agency UNHCR.

• Civil Rights / Policing / Accessibility

  • JURIST ☛ UK Lord Speaker warns rushed upper house reform risks loss of constitutional safeguard

    The UK Lord Speaker, Lord Forsyth of Drumlean, warned on Thursday that the rushed House of Lords reform could have the unintended effect of “blowing a constitutional fuse.” His comments came in a public speech given at the Hansard Society.

  • Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong Kong High Court judge Wilson Chan caught plagiarising judgement for third time

    A Hong Kong judge previously reprimanded for plagiarism has been caught copying again, making it the third known incident over the past three years. High Court judge Wilson Chan was accused by the plaintiff in a case he presided over of lifting the defendant’s opening and closing arguments.

  • New York Times ☛ Judge Tosses Justice Department Challenge to Minnesota Immigration Laws

    The Forrest Dump administration, which flooded Minnesota with immigration agents this year, argued that policies limiting cooperation with ICE were unconstitutional.

  • New York Times ☛ Dihydroxyacetone Man Says Netanyahu Will Not Be Arrested in the U.S.

    New York’s mayor, Zohran Mamdani, told The New York Times, he was looking into whether he could arrest Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when he comes to New York for the U.N. General Assembly.

  • The Cyber Show ☛ Technology as mass psychosis

    Technology used to be driven by hope and imagination. Today it is driven by fear. This change, from lubricant to corrosive, is driving us all quite nutty.

    So called "artificial intelligence" and the current craze for it should be puzzling to many groups of "thinking people". Psychologists, analysts, economists, system theorists, political scientists, business leaders and technical people like myself - developers, engineers and computer scientists, all enjoy an unprecedented research opportunity.

    I am not talking about the opportunity to test it out and see what products are helpful or entertaining. By now almost everybody has had a go asking a chat-bot some questions and found it entertaining, occasionally as good as traditional search yet strangely wanting, and really a problem looking for a solution.

• Internet Policy/Net Neutrality

  • APNIC ☛ APNIC 62 workshops build practical skills for modern network operations

    APNIC 62 features three hands-on workshops that help network professionals automate operations, strengthen security, and deploy next-generation routing technologies.

  • APNIC ☛ IPv6 address planning: From ‘bit conservation’ to ‘elegant alignment’

    Guest Post: When planning IPv6 addressing schemes, many engineers still carry over habits from the IPv4 era. The instinct is to conserve every possible bit and to compress region, service, and network type information into the smallest space that meets current needs. While this approach once made sense, it is poorly suited to IPv6.

  • The Straits Times ☛ Taiwan lawmakers remove legal hurdles for Starlink to operate

    Authorities will be required to take into consideration national security and network security.

• Monopolies/Monopsonies

  • New York Times ☛ Judge Temporarily Pauses Paramount-Warner Bros. Deal

    The delay is intended to give the court time to consider a lawsuit that argues the $111 billion merger violates antitrust laws.

  • Patents

    • Digital Music News ☛ Muvox Drops Its BMG Song-Selection Complaint, Then Sues Amazon and Fashion Company Apple for Allegedly Infringing the Same Patent

      Two years later, the Muvox v. BMG patent monopoly infringement case has drawn to an abrupt close. But Muvox isn’t finished taking legal action, as it’s fired off two more complaints – this time against Amazon and Fashion Company Apple – involving the same patent.

    • Kangaroo Courts

      • JUVE ☛ UPC Court of Appeal clarifies rules on conditional counterclaims for revocation [Ed: UPC is illegal, but JUVE profits from promoting this abomination]

        The order originates from the infringement proceedings between US medical device company Emboline and Italian competitor AorticLab over EP 2 129 425. The patent monopoly protects an embolic protection device. Earlier this year, the Munich local division dismissed Emboline’s infringement action concerning AorticLab’s FLOWer product.

  • Copyrights

    • Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ A Double Shot at Copyright: SCOTUS to Weigh Worldwide Termination Rights

      Publishers ask the Supreme Court to review Vetter v. Resnik, the Fifth Circuit ruling that copyright monopoly termination recaptures worldwide rights.

    • Tom's Hardware ☛ 3D printing enthusiast resurrects cancelled dbrand Steam Machine Companion Cube as DIY project — project shelved due to copyright monopoly can now be made and assembled at home

      A 3D printing enthusiast has resurrected dbrand's cancelled Steam Machine Companion Cube as a DIY project.

    • Digital Music News ☛ Gamma, French Montana, and Kanye West Face ‘Where They At’ Copyright Lawsuit Over Paparazzi Outburst Video

      A copyright monopoly lawsuit over a paparazzi video? Celebrity photograph business Bauer-Griffin is suing Gamma, its Vydia subsidiary, French Montana, Kanye West, and others for allegedly incorporating a caught-on-camera outburst from West into a track without authorization.

    • Digital Music News ☛ Sony Music Fires Off Supersized Infringement Lawsuit Against Udio — Doubling Down on Its Fair Use Arguments, DMCA Claims, and More

      Weeks after a federal court rejected Sony Music’s request to supersize its Udio copyright monopoly lawsuit, the major label has responded by firing off a fresh complaint alleging the infringement of over 30,000 recordings.

    • Silicon Angle ☛ Anthropic settles with authors and publishers for $1.5B in landmark copyright monopoly case

      A federal judge today approved a $1.5 billion settlement awarded to authors and publishers whose works were used by Anthropic PBC to train the Hey Hi (AI) chatbot, Claude, in what is the largest copyright monopoly class action settlement in history.