Open-weight LLMs memorize books far more than previously believed. Memorization varies by model family, model size, and book. In extreme cases, entire books are memorized, and we can generate them eff...

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On September 23, 2026, the Jiang’an District People’s Court in Wuhan, China announced the first case in Hubei Province involving copyright infringement of an AI-assisted short drama, holding that AI-g...

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It has been a fascinating week in the world of artificial intelligence. The subject has broken containment, and it seems like everyone is talking about it. I was listening to a football podcast and the hosts started talking about AI killing everyone. It would be fair to say that AI has now gone mainstream, and not only that, it has become a hot political subject.

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There's a fascinating legal conflict brewing online that has really caught my attention. This story has everything: niche online communities, obscure horror fandom, internet drama, independent film-making, misappropriation of internet culture, and Creative Commons licences. It involves SCP (Secure. Contain. Protect), a popular wiki that tells the fictional story of a foundation dedicated to "containing anomalous objects, entities, and phenomena." The other player is…