2️⃣ Senator Pocock has questioned the sharing of the letter from the Joint Select Committee on AI with the PM's office before release while OpenAI gave evidence in the wake of the agentic Medicare data incident.

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#WTFnow #AI #copyright

⁉️ Here’s WTF happened this week:

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1️⃣ The Joint Select Committee on AI has sent early advice to the PM urging comprehensive safeguards, sovereign capabilities, a copyright fix for AI training and AI standards.
#WTFnow #AI #copyright

Also the Paramount–Warner Bros. merger came to an end and Bluesky has applied for .bsky to become a top-level domain.

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#WTFnow #Skydance #Paramount #WarnerBros #SocialMedia #Bluesky

2️⃣ A Wikimedia investigation has revealed that OpenAI agents made edits to wiki projects and millions of requests to a public API, raising concerns about unchecked AI dragging on the knowledge commons.

#WTFnow #AI #AIagents #Wikipedia #WikimediaFoundation @wikipedia.org @wikimediafoundation.org

⁉️ Here’s WTF happened this week:

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1️⃣ Screenrights heads to the Copyright Tribunal to determine equitable remuneration for schools use of broadcast content after negotiations reached ‘an impasse’.

#WTFnow #copyright #StatutoryLicence

Also the Paramount–Warner Bros. merger faces more hurdles even though settlement deals have been reached.

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#WTFnow #Paramount #WarnerBros #ParamountWarnerBrosMerger

3️⃣ Meta’s third gen smart glasses includes a camera-free model alongside more camera-equipped models and celebrity collaborations. Meta will also bring enhanced privacy features and Muse AI integration.

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#WTFnow #Meta #SmartGlasses

2️⃣ Personified and anthropomorphic mascots are a key part of Meta’s Muse and OpenAI’s Dots but are they meant to disarm consumers and gloss over risks?
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#WTFnow #AI #AIagents #agenticAI #Meta #MetaMuse #OpenAI #ChatGPT #ChatGPTdots

⁉️ Here’s WTF happened this week:

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1️⃣ An OpenAI agent accessed Medicare statistics in June prompting a rapid review and push ahead with the government plan to introduce AI safety standards.

#WTFnow #AI #AIagents #agenticAI #AIstandards

4️⃣ Paramount reached settlements with twelve US states and the Writers Guild of America, securing production and financial commitments that clear the path for its merger with Warner Bros.

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#WTFnow #Paramount #WarnerBros

3️⃣ Four AI subscribers have started a posisble class action claiming major AI companies illegally coordinated AI development slowdowns in breach of competition law.

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#WTFnow #antitrust

2️⃣ Apple Music is opening a 600-capacity venue in London but the focus seems to be on live streams not live music. Also, UK startup Unit1 raised £15 million for music avatars.

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#WTFnow #MusicTech #AppleMusic #AppleMusicHall #Unit1

⁉️ Here’s WTF happened this week:

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1️⃣ Sony and Universal are suing Suno over their new AI models while Universal and Warner push to get a music union lawsuit over AI licensing dismissed.

#WTFnow #AI #music #RecordLabels #copyright

Plus the Paramount–Warner Bros. proposed merger is going to a court overseen settlement conference.

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#WTFnow #Paramount #WarnerBros

6️⃣ New data centre projects in Australia could avoid new rules as NVIDIA announced a huge increase in local data centres capacity.

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#WTFnow #AI #DataCenters

4️⃣The ACCC has authorised APRA’s music licensing arrangement again – this time for 5 years.

5️⃣ AI bosses are in agreement we need to slow AI development and the world needs to listen.

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#WTFnow #AI #music #APRAAMCOS #MusicRoyalties

3️⃣ Head of Instagram Adam Mosseri criticises Australia’s digital duty of care by telling us that we’ll hate an algorithm-free feed.

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#WTFnow #Instagram #DigitalDutyOfCare

2️⃣ Licensing deals with major labels are behind two major AI music announcements.

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#WTFnow #AI #music #MusicAndAI #Suno #ElevenLabs

⁉️ Here’s WTF happened this week:

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1️⃣ Leaked government proposals for AI training on copyright material in Australia have resparked the copyright and AI debate.

#WTFnow #AI #copyright

Plus: Hachette Australia has acquired Smith Street Books, NVIDIA's will pay $12.9B to acquire Hugging Face, Meta's has launched its Muse personal AI agent and Thailand has paused all data center builds.

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#WTFnow #books #AI #DataCentres