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Is AI just a photocopier for other people's work? What the copyright cases show about when, and why, AI actually reproduces text word for word.

John Henry beat the steam drill and it killed him. The race with AI is coming for writers too, and the folk ballad has the wrong lesson in it.

Conference attendees have many questions about AI, and organizers would better serve their audience by engaging with intent and clarity.

Spain recorded more than 3.5 million foreign workers up to August, a labour force that grew by 12% more than the national average on a year-on-year basis and accounts for 15.9% of total employment

Everyone wants to tell us whether AI is good or bad. The question nobody is paying us to ask is who owns the machinery.

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My friend Bruce vanished from Facebook. The reasons are worth thinking about.

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The ex-girlfriend of a modeling agent is threatening Melania Trump with legal action while vowing to expose her "corrupt system."

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