A new term is emerging in the debate around artificial intelligence and writing: semantic ablation. Claudio Nastruzzi writes for The Register that AI tools do not just add errors to text. They also systematically destroy what makes writing distinctive in the first place. Semantic ablation describes how AI models erode high-value, precise, or unconventional language …
ByteDance faces mounting pressure from major entertainment companies over its Seedance video generation tool. Disney and Paramount Skydance have sent cease-and-desist letters to the Chinese technology giant, accusing it of copyright infringement. Disney’s lawyers claim ByteDance provides users with a “pirated library” of copyrighted characters from Star Wars, Marvel and other franchises. David Singer, a …
ByteDance has released Seedance 2.0, an artificial intelligence model that generates videos from text prompts. The system can process text, images, audio, and video simultaneously. ByteDance states the technology is designed for professional film, e-commerce, and advertising productions. The model has generated significant attention on social media. One viral video depicted a rooftop fight between …
Romance novelist Coral Hart produces over 200 books annually using artificial intelligence, earning six figures from sales on Amazon. What once took her months now takes 45 minutes per novel. Alexandra Alter reports for The New York Times that the romance industry is rapidly adopting AI writing tools, despite significant controversy within the community. Hart, …
AI tools promise to lighten workloads, but new research reveals they often have the opposite effect. Workers using generative AI are taking on more tasks, working longer hours, and experiencing increased cognitive strain. Aruna Ranganathan and Xingqi Maggie Ye report for Harvard Business Review on their eight-month study at a U.S. technology company with 200 …
Major news publishers are restricting the Internet Archive’s access to their content, worried that AI companies might use the nonprofit’s digital library as a backdoor to scrape their articles for training data. Andrew Deck reports for Nieman Lab that outlets including The Guardian and The New York Times have taken steps to limit how the …
Wiki Education has concluded that editors should never copy and paste content from AI chatbots like ChatGPT directly into Wikipedia articles, following an extensive investigation into AI-generated content on the platform. LiAnna Davis, representing Wiki Education, reports in a detailed blog post that the organization discovered a troubling pattern after analyzing thousands of articles created …
Two major tech companies are pulling back on AI features in their software following negative user feedback. Microsoft is reconsidering its aggressive integration of Copilot across Windows 11, while Mozilla is introducing controls to disable all AI features in Firefox. Microsoft faces criticism for adding Copilot buttons throughout Windows 11 applications, including File Explorer and …
A detailed analysis challenges the growing concerns about datacenter water consumption by comparing one of the world’s largest AI facilities to fast food restaurants. Nicolas Bontigui writes for SemiAnalysis that Elon Musk’s Colossus 2 datacenter in Memphis consumes approximately 346 million gallons of water annually. This figure equals roughly 2.5 In-N-Out burger restaurants, each using …
Mozilla is assembling a network of AI startups and developers to counter the dominance of industry leaders OpenAI and Anthropic. The nonprofit organization, known for its Firefox browser, plans to deploy its $1.4 billion in reserves to support companies focused on transparent and trustworthy AI development. Ashley Capoot reports for CNBC that Mozilla President Mark …